Fanzago Baroque

Fanzago Baroque: Founded in 2004 by Vincenzo Bianco and Leonardo Massa, the Ensemble owes its name to the baroque architect and sculptor Cosimo Fanzago, where the rhythmic and sonorous aspect of Nature becomes Music, like thought and language of matter.

The work of the Ensemble is based on the study of researching, recovering and performing with original instruments, built between 1600 and 1800, unpublished scores of the Neapolitan, national and European musical heritage, through the collaboration of soloists of international prestige. The instrumental work consists of strings and basso continuo, enriched with typical instruments of the different musical traditions, that, from east to west, have passed through the centuries round the ancient city of Naples. The Ensemble, composed of Neapolitan musicians formed with the greatest contemporary virtuosi, is actively present in the national and international concert scene and collaborates with the most prestigious baroque groups and Institutes of Early Music. The work of deepening and the rediscovery of ancient Neapolitan and European manuscripts makes it presently engaged in various projects, including first world performances such as unpublished Bach cantatas and sonatas, unpublished Mozart and instrumental music of the Neapolitan school between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. Its repertoire includes works and cantatas by Pergolesi, Porpora, Leo,Vinci, Sabatino, Durante and Veneziano. It performs in prestigious venues and concert halls of international importance.