Capella de la Torre

Capella de la Torre is one of the world’s leading ensembles specialising in wind music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The ensemble was founded in Berlin in 2005 by oboist, shawm player and expert on historical reed instruments Katharina Bäuml. Capella de la Torre has recorded thirty-four CDs and made numerous live recordings.
 
The name “de la Torre” can be understood in two ways. At the beginning of the 16th century, the Spanish composer Francisco de la Torre composed what is surely his most famous work for a woodwind ensemble – Danza alta. In addition to this homage to the composer, the title can also be understood literally; “downward from the tower”. At the time these pieces were written, woodwind ensembles often played on various occasions from towers or balconies.
 
In 2016, it won the Echo Klassik award in the Ensemble of the Year category, followed in 2017 by an award for the CD “Da Pacem – Echo der Reformation”, which the ensemble recorded together with the Rias Kammerchor choir. In 2018, Capella de la Torre received the OPUS Klassik award for the recording “Una Serata Venexiana”, and in 2023, another OPUS Klassik award for the CD “Monteverdi-Memories”.