Leonardo García-Alarcón (born 5 August 1976 in

La Plata La Plata () is the capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina. According to the 2022 Argentina census, census, the La Plata Partido, Partido has a population of 772,618 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 938,287 inhabit ...

) is an Argentinian conductor specializing in baroque music. He studied harpsichord and organ and was assistant to Gabriel Garrido for several years, before founding the ensemble Cappella Mediterranea, with whom he has performed at many festivals, particularly the Festival d'Ambronay. Following a performance of ''Il diluvio universale'' by

Michelangelo Falvetti Michelangelo Falvetti (29 December 1642 – May or June 1697Giuseppe Antonio Martino"Michelangelo Falvetti. Un grande calabrese cui spetta un posto di primo piano nella musica italiana del Seicento"(in Italian) ichelangelo Falvetti. A great Calabr ...

(1642–1692), he received the médaille de citoyen d'honneur d'

Ambronay Ambronay () is a commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. The commune covers an area of 33.55 km2 (12.95 sq mi). Vincent Mancuso is the mayor for the 2020-2026 tenure. Geography The commune o ...

. He teaches at the Geneva Conservatoire and carries out research into 17th century

basso continuo Basso continuo parts, almost universal in the Baroque era (1600–1750), provided the harmonic structure of the music by supplying a bassline and a chord progression. The phrase is often shortened to continuo, and the instrumentalists playing th ...

playing. He shares direction of the Ensemble Clematis with violinist Stéphanie de Failly. Since 2010 he is artistic director of the

Chœur de chambre de Namur The Choeur de Chambre de Namur (founded 1987) is a choir based in Namur, which is sponsored by the Communauté française de Belgique. Since 2010 the artistic director has been Leonardo García Alarcón and conductor of the instrumental ensemble i ...

, and La Nouvelle Ménestrandie.

Discography

* Mateo Romero - ''Romerico Florido'' Ensemble Clematis & Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García-Alarcón Ricercar - RIC308 2010 *

Purcell Henry Purcell (, rare: ; September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music, most remembered for his more than 100 songs; a tragic opera, ''Dido and Aeneas''; and his incidental music to a version of Shakespeare's ...

Dido and Aeneas ''Dido and Aeneas'' (Z. 626) is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque music, Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate. The dates of the composition and first performance of the opera are uncer ...

La Nouvelle Ménestrandie & Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García-Alarcón Ambronay - AMY022 *

Barbara Strozzi Barbara Strozzi (also called Barbara Valle; baptised 6 August 1619 – 11 November 1677) was an Italian composer and singer of the Baroque Period. During her lifetime, Strozzi published eight volumes of her own music, and had more secular ...

- ''Virtuosissima Compositrice Madrigals 1644 Cappella Mediterranea'', Leonarda García-Alarcón - madrigals by Barbara Strozzi, Isabella Leonarda and Antonia Bembo. Ambronay - AMY020 *

Frescobaldi The Frescobaldi are a prominent Florentine noble family whose influence extends deeply into the political, economic, and social fabric of Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the ...

- ''Il Regno d’Amore'' Ensemble Clematis, Leonardo García-Alarcón Ricercar - RIC300 *

Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Born in Halle, Germany, H ...

Judas Maccabaeus Judas Maccabaeus or Maccabeus ( ), also known as Judah Maccabee (), was a Jewish priest (''kohen'') and a son of the priest Mattathias. He led the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire (167–160 BCE). The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah ("Ded ...

, HWV 63 recorded in the abbatial church of Ambronay, at the Ambronay Festival. Choeur de Chambre de Namur & Ensemble Les Agrémens, Leonardo García-Alarcón Ambronay - AMY024 * Farina - Capriccio Stravagante & Sonate. Stéphanie de Failly (violin) Ensemble Clematis, Leonardo García-Alarcón Ricercar - RIC285 * Peter Philips, Motets & Madrigals. Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García-Alarcón Ambronay - AMY015 * Antonio de Salazar, Felipe Madre de Deus - ''Maestros Andaluces en Nueva Espana'' Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García-Alarcón. Almaviva 2004 * Carolus Hacquart - Cantiones & Sonate Ensemble Clematis,

Céline Scheen Céline Scheen (born 1976 in Verviers, Belgium) is a Belgian classical soprano. Scheen began her vocal studies with Annie Frantz. In 1996, she entered the Royal Academy of Mons and obtained a First Prize in the class of Marcel Vanaud. She t ...

, soprano, Stephan Van Dyck, tenor, Dirk Snellings, bass. Leonardo García-Alarcón and Stéphanie de Failly, direction * J. S. Bach, secular cantatas

BWV 201 (Swift, swift, you swirling winds), BWV 201, is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, on a libretto by Picander (pen name of Christian Friedrich Henrici). It is a dramma per musica, likely composed for a public performance in 1729, ar ...

and BWV 205 *

Giovanni Giorgi Giovanni Giorgi (November 27, 1871 – August 19, 1950) was an Italian physicist and electrical engineer who proposed the ''Giorgi system'' of measurement, the precursor to the International System of Units (SI). Early life Giovanni Giorgi was bo ...

(d. 1762) Ave Maria *

Giuseppe Zamponi Giuseppe Zamponi also Gioseffo Zamponi (or Zamboni, Samponi, c.1615 – February 1662) was an Italian composer best remembered for his opera ''Ulisse all'isola di Circe'' performed in Brussels in 1650, which was the first opera performed in th ...

''Ulisse nell' Isola de Circé'' (Brussels 1650) *

– ''Nabucco'' (1683 oratorio), Alarcón, Cappella Mediterranea, Namur Chamber Choir, Alarcón, Cappella Mediterranea.

References

External links

Cappella Mediterranea website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia Alarcon, Leonardo 1976 births Living people Argentine male conductors (music) People from La Plata 21st-century Argentine conductors (music)