Ensemble Bastion (CH)
Ensemble Bastion bfocuses on performing repertoire from the 17th and 18th centuries. The name Bastion symbolizes the mission of preserving and researching old music and at the same time honors the memory of the famous composer and music theorist Sebastijan Virdung from the 16th century. His treatise, published in 1511, Musica getutscht, describes all the instruments that also make up the Bastion ensemble: recorder, viola da gambo, lute and keyboard instruments. Since the treatise was printed in Basel, this is an additional link with the ensemble, which has its headquarters there. In July 2024, Ensemble Bastion received the EUBO (European Union Baroque Orchestra) award as the most promising ensemble of young artists specializing in baroque music at the prestigious York Early Music International Young Artists Competition. The members of the ensemble, Maruša Brezavšček, Martin Jantzen, Elias Conrad and Mélanie Flores, are also multiple winners of prestigious international competitions. They started working together in the ensemble during their studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, which is one of the most respected educational centres for early music.
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Ensemble Bastion / Arcangelo Corelli, Sonata Nr. 4, op. 5 / Ornamentation by Johan Helmich Roman
F. Couperin - Echos (Second Concert Royal) I Ensemble Bastion
Henry Purcell: Fairest Isle / Ensemble Bastion
Henry Purcell Chaconne "Two in One Upon a Ground" - Ensemble Bastion
G.P. Telemann - Triosonata C Major / Ensemble Bastion
G.P. Telemann I Trio sonata C Major, dolce I Ensemble Bastion
G. P. Telemann - Triosonata TWV 42:g9 - Vivace / Ensemble Bastion
Maruša Brezavšček is a Slovenian recorder player, specialising in early and contemporary music, also active as a performer of the baroque bassoon and dulcian. She teaches recorder at the Academy for Music in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Maruša is active as a soloist, as well as a chamber musician, and is a founding member of ensembles Ensemble Bastion and Ensemble Pampinea, the winner of the London International Festival of Early Music competition 2022. As a soloist, she has been the recipient of numerous prestigious accolades, including the first prizes including at the Tel Aviv Recorder Festival 3, and at the European Recorder Players Society Competition in Graz. She has appeared as a soloist with orchestras/ensembles including Capricornus Consort Basel, the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra, Musica Cubicularis, and the Chamber Ensemble of the Slovenska Filharmonija. Maruša has appeared on recordings produced by Slovenian National RTV, on several CDs and has premiered new works by distinguished Slovene and international composers.
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Christoph Graupner - Ouverture-Suite for Recorder, Strings and Continuo in F major, GWV 447
Ensemble Pampinea - Saltarello
Beatriz López Paz (1997) born in Havana, Cuba, is a musician specializing in early music. She began studying violin at age 7 at Manuel Saumel Conservatory in Havana and completed intermediate violin studies at Escuela Nacional de las Artes in 2015. During this period, she developed a passion for early music and joined the early music ensemble Ars Longa as a violinist and gambist. With Ars Longa, Beatriz has performed in Europe, the United States, and Latin America at various prestigious festivals. In 2021, she completed her Bachelor’s studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, specializing in the Viola da gamba under Paolo Pandolfo. She continued her education with a Master Performance degree at the Schola in 2023 and is now pursuing Master Pedagogical studies in Basel. Beatriz has collaborated with ensembles such as Elyma, La Chimera, and Ars Longa, and has participated in recording projects with Ars Longa and Los Elementos. Her contributions to early music are marked by her dedication and artistic excellence.
A graduate of University Mozarteum Salzburg and Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, the German lutenist Elias Conrad has an active concert schedule performing all over Europe on a variety of historical plucked instruments, specialising in a wide repertoire from the 16th to 19th centuries. Repeatedly awarded he is laureate and winner of prestigious international competitions and holder of numerous scholarships. Frequently involved in productions and recordings with famous soloists, like Andreas Scholl and Amandine Beyer, conductors, like René Jacobs, Raphaël Pichon and Alessandro De Marchi, and orchestras and institutions, such as Gli Incogniti, Pygmalion and I Gemelli, he has performed on renowned stages and festivals like MAfestival Brugges, Oude Muziek Festival Utrecht, Händelfestspiele Göttingen, and recorded for labels such as Aparté, Arcana/ Outhere and Pan classics. He is artistic director of the international prize-winning ensemble Mozaïque.
Mélanie Flores received her first harpsichord lessons in Mexico City at the age of 8. She further pursued her studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland. Her teachers include Norma Garcia, Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, and Andrea Marcon. Currently she is studying choir conducting with Martin Wettges at the Musical Academy in Basel, Switzerland. Her musical activities span from teaching, conducting, and performing at an international level. She currently teaches basso continuo at the Mexican Baroque Orchestra (AMA-UNAM), an orchestra made up of young students and founded by the National University of Mexico. She is an official accompanist at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, and from March she will conduct the choir of the ‘Katholische Universität Gemeinde’ in Basel, Switzerland. Both as a soloist and as a member of various ensembles, Mélanie has performed in many important international festivals in Switzerland, France, Italy, Slovenia, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, and México. In 2022 she was awarded at the Bach International Competition, held in Leipzig, Germany.
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