Orchestra L'Arte del Mondo (Chamber Orchestra)

Founded: 2004 - Germany

The orchestra l’arte del mondo, which was founded by artistic director Werner Ehrhardt in 2004, stands in the tradition of historical performance practice. This is the origin of the orchestra which also presents outstanding performances on modern instruments and with repertoire up to 20th century composers.

The orchestra's creation was soon followed by invitations to perform in renowned festivals and concert series - such as the Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele, Bonn’s Beethoven festival, Rheingau Musikfestival, Musikfestspielen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, and the Cité de la musique in Paris - and to collaborate with the West German Broadcasting Company (WDR) and Deutschlandfunk.

This ensemble’s interesting œuvre has been documented under the various cd labels. The recording list includes a number of world premiers and rediscovered orchestral works, operas, and oratorios. The recording of Nicolas Méhul’s comic opera L'Irato ou l'Emporté as well as the recording “Liaisons” with soprano Chen Reiss (2011) received the prestigious French award the "Diapason."

From the 2010 - 2011 season on, l'arte del mondo's recordings are published at Sony / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. "Amor Oriental", the first record published under this label was published in April 2011. Premiere world recordings as Pasquale Anfossi's La finta giardiniera with Nuria Rial and Krystian Adam, Funeral Cantata by Joseph Martin Kraus with RIAS-Kammerchor and Christoph Willibald Gluck's La clemenza di Tito followed.

The orchestra’s regular guest soloists include the sopranos Simone Kermes, Edita Gruberová, Chen Reiss, Laura Aikind and Raffaella Milanesi, tenors Christoph Prégardien, Rainer Trost and Thomas Michael Allen, violinists Daniel Hope, Viktoria Mullova and Baiba Skride, trumpeter Reinhold Friedrich, harpist Xavier de Maistre and jazz-pianist Uri Caine.

Performances lead l’arte del mondo to venues like the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Herkulessaal in Munich, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, the Philharmonie Berlin, the Schwetzinger Festspiele, the Handel Festival in Halle, Musikfestspiele Potsdam-Sanssouci as well as to the Israel Festival, South America, Turkey, Switzerland, France, Denmark, Russia and Japan.

Since Summer 2010 l’arte del mondo is the permanent orchestra in residence of Bayer Arts and Culture in Leverkusen, the culture division of Bayer AG International. This residence includes various performances throughout the concert season.

Members of the Orchestra:

Concertmaster:Andrea Keller
Violins: Petar Mancev, Zsuzsanna Czentnár, Go Yamamoto, Martin Ehrhardt, Danylo Gertsev, Rafael Roth, Mariya Ivanova, Christian Friedrich, Olga Piskorz, Emilio Percan, Marika Apro-Klos, Malina Mantcheva, Katja Grüttner, Valentina Resnyanska, Ingrid Schmanke, Erika Apro-Schkrobol
Violas: Antje Sabinski, Priscila Rodriguez-Cabaleiro, Gabrielle Kancachian, Rafael Roth, Corina Golomoz
Cellos: Linda Mantcheva, Rosa Cañellas, Felix Zimmermann, Evelyn Buyken
Double-basses: Jörg Lühring, Christian Undisz, Markus Gartenberg, Pierce Black
Harp: Jane Berthe
Harpsichord/Organ: Massimiliano Toni, Andreas Gilger, Márton Borsányi
Flutes: Verena Fischer, Annie Laflamme, Maria Goldschmidt
Oboes: Peter Tabori, Marie-Therese Reith, Clara Geuchen
Clarinets: Marie Ross, Toni Salar Verdu, Diego Montes
Bassoons: Rainer Johannsen, Burak Özdemir, Marita Schaar
Horns: Christoph Moinian, Oliver Kersken, Dileno Baldin
Trumpets: Ferenc Mausz, Nicolas Isabelle, István Lukács
TImpani: Dirk Offelder, Peter Hartmann

Sources:
l’arte del mondo Website (April 2014)
Photos 01-04: peuserdesign.de
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (May 2016)

Werner Ehrhardt: Short Biography | Ensembles: Orchestra L'arte del mondo
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works

Links to other Sites

l'arte del mondo (Official Website) [German/English]