Concerto Scirocco

The ensemble Concerto Scirocco, founded in 2009, is dedicated to historically informed performance. This eclectic ensemble using period instruments is united by a common enthusiasm for the music of the Renaissance, and of the early to late Baroque era, and seeks to combine personal creativity with an awareness of historical performance practices garnered through experience of the world of early music.
 
Concerto Scirocco performs regularly in international concert halls and festivals such as: Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, Berliner Philharmonie, Festival Resonanzen in Wien, Forum Agostino Steffani in Hannover, Sastamala Gregoriana in Finland, Festival Paesaggi Musicali Toscani, Festival Internacional de Musica de Gaia, Festival Misteria Paschalia Krakow, Brunnenthaler Konzertsommer, Musical Evenings at St Donatus in Zadar, Varaždin Baroque Evenings, MidiMusique in Basel, LAC (Lugano Arte Cultura) Concert Hall, L’ADMA in Fribourg, Fabulous Fringe in Utrecht, Festival Alte Musik Live in Berlin, Freunde Alter Musik Basel, La Tribune des Jeunes Musiciens in Geneva and many others.
 
Concerto Scirocco has been broadcasted live for RSR Espace 2, Radio Svizzera Italiana Rete Due and concertzender.nl. The ensemble’s recordings, all released by Arcana / Outhere Music, were rated 5 Diapasons and the Diapason Découverte by Diapason Magazine, 5 stars from Musica Magazine, the “Choc du mois” by Classica Magazine, “Clef d’Or” Res Musica, and were nominated for the “Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik”.
 
In 2021, Concerto Scirocco was one of the four winners of the Kulturplatz competition by SRF – Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, selected from among more than sixty cultural projects from Switzerland. A detailed reportage about the ensemble was filmed at the prestigious Stadtcasino Basel.