Barbara Riccabona | Cello
Cellist Barbara Riccabona lives in Vienna and performs internationally as an interpreter of contemporary music.
She studied at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg under Heidi Litschauer, Dana Micicoi and Susanne Riebl, graduating with honours in 2006. She spent one year studying at the Musikhögskolan in Malmö, as part of the Erasmus exchange programme, before pursuing a Master of Arts in Violoncello at the Musikhochschulen in Frankfurt and in Stuttgart under Conradin Brotbek where she graduated with the highest grade in 2010.
As a performer of contemporary music she has worked with important ensembles such as Klangforum Wien, Ensemble PHACE, Ensemble Wiener Collage and in various chamber music formations at Festivals such as Wien Modern, Wiener Festwochen, Salzburger Festspiele, Münchner Opernfestspiele, Internationale Sommerakademie Salzburg, Impuls Festival, John Cage Festival Waiblingen among others.
She has worked with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg and conductors such as Kent Nagano, Johannes Kalitzke, Ingo Metzmacher and Ivan Fischer
Anna Müller | Baroque Cello
At the heart of the musical work of Anna Müller is the baroque ensemble KLINGZEUG, the quartet for early and contemporary music VIERHALBIERT and ARCINVENTO, a duo for violoncello and large organ. All these ensembles focus on a dramaturgically well-thought-out concert experience that invites audiences to break away from their usual listening habits in sometimes unusual venues.
She has also worked with ensembles such as the Munich Baroque Soloists, the Academy for Early Music Berlin, Radio Antiqua, Concerto Stella Matutina, La Banda, Academia Jacobus Stainer, Tyrolean Baroque Instrumentalists and others at festivals such as the Trigonale, Regensburg Early Music Days, Innsbruck Early Music Festival, Tyrol Easter Festival and Festival d'Ambronay.
She studied in Innsbruck, Linz, Berlin and Munich, where she obtained her master's degree in baroque cello with Kristin von der Goltz in 2016. She teaches a cello and recorder class at the Landesmusikschule Telfs and is based in Innsbruck.
Looking closely to discover the unexpected, the accidentally ingenious or the deliberately hidden is what she loves doing most - especially when travelling.
Sofie Thorsbro Dan | Violin
Lucia Giraudo | Baroque Violin
Danish violinist Sofie Thorsbro Dan lives in Aarhus (DK) and performs throughout Europe as an interpreter of contemporary music.
She was educated from The Royal Academy of Music Aarhus with Emile Cantor and Michelle Makarski, at The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Ernst Kovacic and at The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz from where she graduated with a Master’s Degree in “Performance Pratice in Contemporary Music” with Klangforum Wien in 2015.
Sofie Thorsbro Dan is regularly invited to renowned festivals and scenes for contemporary music and has played in venues such as Wiener Konzerthaus, Lucerne Concert Hall, Berliner Philharmonie, Wien Modern, Klangspuren Schwaz, Salzburger Festspiele and has worked with composers such as Helmut Lachenmann, Simon Steen-Andersen, Beat Furrer and Georg Friedrich Haas.
Sofie is an active member of the Black Page Orchestra, the Lucerne Festival Alumni and Curious Chamber Players of Sweden.
In 2022 she founded The Danish New Music Academy together with composer James Black, Saxophon player Anja Nedremo and pianist Fei Nie. More info: www.danishnewmusicacademy.org/
Lucia Giraudo, originally from Argentina, is a baroque violinist currently based between The Netherlands and Spain. She is a core member of the Netherlands Bach Society and regularly records for their "All of Bach" project, the online platform where works by J.S. Bach are recorded in high quality audio and video, and presented for free to a worldwide audience. She is also a core member of the Italian orchestra Il Pomo d'Oro with whom she performs in all major concert halls in Europe and tours extensively in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. With Il Pomo she has recorded award-winning albums for labels including Erato, Deutsche Grammophon, Warner, Aparte, Arcana and Naive.
Lucia also performs with other ensembles such as Collegium Vocale Gent, Vox Luminis, Collegium 1704, Les Musiciens du Prince (Cecilia Bartoli), and B'Rock Orchestra. Lucia is co-founder of the ensemble Radio Antiqua, with whom she won the International Händel Competition Göttingen and the Van Wassenaer Concours at the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht. With Radio Antiqua she released the album “Sonate a Tre”, Triosonatas by Giovanni Benedetto Platti (Ramee, Outhere). The CD contained previously unedited, unrecorded sonatas, and received excellent reviews around Europe. Lucia also enjoys performing new music, having premiered compositions in the United States, Spain, The Netherlands and Norway. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University (USA) and a master’s degree from The Royal Conservatoire in The Hague.
Claudia Delago - Norz | Baroque Violin
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