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About us
Camerata Ardesko is a professional chamber orchestra based in the Netherlands. The current musicians are all exceptional young professionals under the age of 35. The orchestra was founded in Groningen in late 2006 by a group of international conservatorium graduates and gifted conservatorium students keen to establish a vibrant, professional chamber orchestra comprising of members for whom music is not only a job but also a passion. Based in the Netherlands, Camerata Ardesko is a truly international ensemble with members from many nations including; Australia, the Netherlands, Romania, France, Russia, Germany and Brazil.
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Both parts of the orchestra’s name link to the general philosophy of the ensemble. The Florentine Camerata were a group of 16th century artists who came together to share their ideas about the arts. The word ‘Ardesko’ was taken from the latin word ardesco, meaning ‘to set fire to’, ‘to excite’. In Camerata Ardesko all members are involved in the process of making music and the orchestra as a whole strives to excite and stimulate the audience by sharing the energy and fire every single player has for music.
Depending on repertoire demands and the size of the orchestra, Camerata Ardesko plays as much as possible without conductor, believing that when each member of the orchestra becomes actively involved in the process of making music and a greater intimacy and tightness of ensemble is created. The current artisitc leader is concertmaster Melanie Waite. The orchestra currently runs on a project basis without structural government subsidy. It plans to be operating as a full-time orchestra within 3 years.
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Since the first concert series in February 2007 Camerata Ardesko has given over 40 concerts around the Netherlands. Striving to reach as broad an audience as possible the orchestra performs music from all periods from baroque to contemporary. Camerata Ardesko places great importance on projects which break the mold of the traditional classical concert and give the audience new experiences, therefore they are also involved with projects that blur style boundaries such as the jazz project Quantum Entanglement.
Some of the concerts and events that Camerata Ardesko has performed at include; the 2009 New Year's concert of bank ABN AMRO, the official opening of the 2008 Nooderzon festival with the Balanescu Quartet, performances with Italian tenor Alessandro Safina in various concert halls including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, a special series of eight 'Rush Hour' concerts for concert venue 'De Oosterpoort', Groningen and the Awards Presentation ceremony of ADCN. These many exciting and varied concerts of Camerata Ardesko make it one of the Netherlands’ top new ensembles.
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Benjamin Britten
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