Il Terzo Suono (SI)

The international ensemble Il Terzo Suono was founded in 2005. It performs its repertoire also on Baroque instruments, collaborates with renowned soloists at festivals, and is composed of members from various international orchestras. As a festival ensemble, it tours across Europe and aims to increase the visibility of Slovenia’s musical and cultural scene. It has performed at major European festivals, including the Ravello Festival, Emilia Romagna Festival, Veneto Festival, Festival Ljubljana, Korkya Baroque Festival, Le Vie del Barocco (Genoa), Kammermusik Festival Wien, and the Jersey Opera House. The ensemble has also presented Slovenian music for the Council of Europe in Luxembourg and in 2018 in Brussels. It regularly collaborates with distinguished musicians such as Sergio Azzolini, Christophe Coin, Giuliano Carmignola, Erich Höbarth, Giorgio Fava and others. Preparations are currently under way for the recording of a CD featuring works by Slovenian and European composers of the 17th and 18th centuries (Vivaldi, Tartini, Gabriello Pulitti, Isaac Posch).Jasna Nadles, traverso (SI), graduated with honours from the Ljubljana Academy of Music in 1996. She continued her studies at the Salzburg Mozarteum in the class of Professor Irena Grafenauer and in Paris with Professor Gilles Bourgos. In 2000, she worked with Jeanne Baxtresser at the Juilliard School of Music in New York.

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An evening with Il Terzo Suono was a true musical refreshment – the ensemble’s mature interpretation convinced us with its energy and passionate performance. … Tartini’s spirit also accompanied the second evening, performed by the excellent ensemble Il Terzo Suono, consisting of Jasna Nadles on the traverso flute, Milan Vrsajkov on the cello and Ellen Braslavsky on the harpsichord. … The opening Vivaldi Sonata in C major, RV 48, for traverso and basso continuo gently led us into a delicate solo on the flute, subtly accompanied by cello and harpsichord. … The Sonata in A minor, RV 43, for cello and basso continuo revealed the optimal coordination between cello and harpsichord. … Jasna Nadles masterfully delivered the melody with a light and colourful touch. … The cellist’s playing was truly impressive, especially in the Allegro assai, with its passionately shaped melody. … We also remember the final Allegro, where it was clear that all three performers played with true unity and enthusiasm. (Marina B. Žlender, Slovenian Music Information Centre, 31 August 2024)

Jasna Nadles is a founding member of the Baroque ensemble Il Terzo Suono. Since 2002, she has been the Artistic Director of the Tartini Festival in Piran (www.tartinifestival.org) and performs in various chamber ensembles. As a soloist, she has recorded several flute concertos with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra (Mozart, Jolivet, Kantušer). In 1998, she received an honorary medal at the Maria Canals International Flute Competition in Barcelona. She is also a respected music educator; until 2012, she was a professor of flute at the Conservatory of Music and Ballet Ljubljana.

Gianpiero Zanocco, baroque violin (IT), is concertmaster of the Venice Baroque Orchestra, with which he has performed across Europe, Asia and the United States. A frequent soloist with the orchestra, he also performs with I Sonatori della Gioiosa Marca, L’Arte dell’Arco and Il Pomo d’Oro. He has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Warner Classics, Amadeus, Brilliant and ORT. A native of Castelfranco Veneto, he studied violin with Michele Lot and graduated with honours from the Agostino Steffani Conservatory. He is the winner of several competitions, including first prize at the Carlo Soliva International Music Contest. He performs Classical repertoire for violin and fortepiano with Anna Fusek, with whom he recently recorded a CD dedicated to Mozart’s sonatas.

Iveta Schwarz, barbaroque violin (CZ), was born in the Czech Republic and began her musical education at an early age. She studied at the conservatories in Budweis and Prague, and continued her training with Professor Paul Roczek at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, where she earned her Master’s degree. She went on to pursue postgraduate studies in Baroque violin and historical performance practice with Professor Reinhard Goebel. Her education was further enriched by masterclasses with Lewis Kaplan, Aline Champion, Thomas Albert, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Academy and the Freiburger Barockorchester Academy. Devoted primarily to chamber music, chamber orchestras and the performance on period instruments, she has gained professional experience with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Camerata Salzburg, Salzburg Chamber Soloists and the European Chamber Orchestra. In recent years, she has become a member of Collegium 1704 (Prague), Ensemble and Orchestra 1756 (Salzburg), Hofkapelle München and Concerto Melante (Berlin). She performs on a 1677 Baroque violin by Jacobus Stainer (Absam) and a 1791 violin by Tomaso Eberle (Naples).

Francesca Bonomo, viola (IT), graduated in 2000 from the B. Marcello Conservatory in Venice under the guidance of G. Marchi and subsequently completed a two-year internship with S. Zanchetti. In the following years, she specialised in chamber music with Maestro Franco Rossi and continued her violin studies with Maestro C. Lazzari, as well as Baroque repertoire with Maestro G. Fava. In 2007, she earned her second-level diploma with highest honours from the A. Steffani Conservatory in Castelfranco Veneto, under the direction of Maestro M. Lota. Through collaborations with various orchestras and ensembles – including La Fenice di Venezia, I Sonatori della Gioiosa Marca, L’Arte dell’Arco and the Venice Baroque Orchestra – she has performed in some of the most prestigious concert halls across Europe and recorded for labels such as Brilliant and Velut Luna. She combines orchestral work with chamber music, performing on both modern and Baroque instruments. Francesca was assistant to Maestro M. Lota at the A. Steffani Conservatory in Castelfranco Veneto and currently teaches at the Ludus Musicae association in Thiene and Clara Schumann in Castagnole di Paese. Her interest in teaching has led her to integrate the great Italian violin tradition with a more attentive approach to modern methodologies that take into account instrumental psychology and physiology.

Milan Vrsajkov, cello (SI), has been a member of Camerata Salzburg since 1995, initially under the artistic direction of Sándor Végh and later Sir Roger Norrington. He actively performs as a soloist and chamber musician worldwide. As a soloist, he has appeared with orchestras such as the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt, RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, Il Terzo Suono and others. He has recorded for ORF, ZDF, Koncertzender Amsterdam, RTV Slovenija and Radio France. Since 2002, he has been the Programme Director and co-founder of the Tartini Festival in Piran and the ensemble Il Terzo Suono. From 2006 to 2014, he worked as a professor at the Conservatory of Music and Ballet in Ljubljana, and since 2007 he has served as principal cellist of the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss under the leadership of Isabelle van Keulen.

Petar Brčarević, double bass (SI), was born in Belgrade in 1974, where he began studying double bass with Professor Borislav Lalović. He completed his Master’s degree at the Academy of Music with Professor Slobodan Gerić. He twice won first and special prizes at the “Petar Konjović” competition. He pursued further training with principal double bassists of renowned orchestras, including Rainer Zepperitz, Ludwig Streicher, Matthias Weber and Johannes Seidl. He has taught at the Conservatory in Klagenfurt, served as principal double bassist of the Belgrade Philharmonic, and is currently a member of the Slovenian Philharmonic and its Chamber String Orchestra. He is also active as a soloist and records works by Slovenian composers.

Ellen Braslavsky, harpsichord (US), is an accomplished pianist and harpsichordist, active as a soloist and chamber musician. She has performed at Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the Berlin Philharmonie, Izumi Hall in Osaka, Melba Hall in Melbourne, the Rudolfinum in Prague, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, and Teatro La Fenice in Venice. She has collaborated with artists such as Nobuko Imai and Steven Isserlis, and performed as soloist in the German premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina’s Alleluia under the baton of Mstislav Rostropovich. As a soloist, she has appeared with orchestras including the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Salzburg Chamber Soloists, Kraków Philharmonic, and Prague Philharmonia. Ellen began piano studies in Moscow at the age of five and completed her formal education at the renowned Juilliard School in New York. She is currently a répétiteur at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.