About us
We are a professional baroque music group created in Bogotá in 2013, thanks to the initiative of four harpsichordists from Bogotá.
Through the participation of the vast majority of Colombian professional musicians dedicated and interested in historically informed performance, we have managed to become a broad and flexible group that offers an interesting artistic space to encourage learning, study and performance.
The Bogotá Baroque Ensemble, currently directed by the French flutist residing in Bogotá Julien Faure, is already an important reference in our city and in Colombia for this musical style. We constantly seek to invite and form alliances with national and foreign groups, artists and musicians such as Alfredo Bernardini, Adrián Chamorro, Christof Richter, Leila Schayegh, soon Sigiswald Kuijken among others, with the aim of always maintaining a vivid connection with international artistic activities.
One of our backbones is the training aspect of young musicians interested in delving into the practice of early music. The Ensemble, through the EBB Foundation, regularly calls for and offers scholarships to participate in our Baroque Violin and Cello Academy, and our specialized workshops. The objective is to always integrate into our productions those instrumentalists who want to be part of and get into the practice, through our interesting musical productions.
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Projects
2017
February:
Master workshops with members of the Ensemble Zefiro: Alfredo Bernardini, Paolo Grazzi, Alberto Grazzi, Francesco Corti, Paolo Zuccheri in Bogotá.
August:
Series of the 12 Harpsichord Concerts and String Orchestra by J. S. Bach at Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo – for the 1st time in Bogotá, under the musical direction of Adrián Chamorro. Soloists: Juan Manuel Estévez, Álvaro Huertas, Héctor Montoya, Julien Faure, Eleonora Rueda, Carmen Yepes, Jaime Quijano, Ana María Fonseca.
2018
March:
X Encuentro de Música Antigua of Villa de Leyva: Tribute Concert to G. Ph. Telemann on the 250th anniversary of his death.
2019
July:
The 6 Brandenburg Concerts by J. S. Bach at the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo, musical Director: Christof Richter. Soloists: Christof Richter - violin, piccolo violin; Olga Marulanda, Miriam Jorde, Laura Alvarado - oboe; Hernando Leal - traverso; Julien Faure, Leonardo Peña-Vega - recorder; Daniela Pierson, Carlos Parra, Esteban Hernández - viola; Paul Hopkins, Joel Arias - horn. Stephanie Corwin - bassoon; Esteban Escobar, Lina Manrique - viola da gamba; Julien Faure - harpsichord; Ana María Bedoya, Juan Pablo Martínez, Esteban Escobar - cello; Juan Manuel Giraldo, Carlos Felipe Vega - double bass
2020
Septembre - October:
„Cycle of Nations“: Two introductory concerts for the Bogotá International Classical Music Festival 2021 “Bogotá is Baroque: Bach, Händel, Vivaldi”. Two virtual concerts at the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Theater in Bogotá.
2021
June:
XV CARTAGENA MUSIC FESTIVAL. "From Monteverdi to Händel". Two concerts at the Adolfo Mejía Theater in the city of Cartagena de Indias, with great arias by Monteverdi, Cavalli, Scarlatti and Händel that included Colombian and foreign soloists such as Andrés Silva, Ma. Paula Gómez, Eliana Piedrahita, Elisa Bonazzi, Juan David González and María José Ramírez.
September:
Participation in the Bogotá Sacred Music Festival, with a concert at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá, Boyacá.
November:
Participation in the V International Classical Music Festival of Bogotá "BOGOTÁ ES BAROCO: Bach, Händel, Vivaldi" with a concert at the Teatro Colón in Bogotá. This program was conducted by the renown swiss violinist Leila Schayegh, who was invited as Musical Director of the project, which also included outstanding national and foreign singers: Andrés Silva and Cornelia Horak among others.
2022
March:
Joint project with the PER-POC puppet company from Catalonia, Spain. Two presentations at the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo for children and adults, which told, through puppets and French baroque music, the story "Puss in Boots" by the writer Charles Perrault (1628-1703).
2023
March and August:
Two concerts featuring the organ as a solo instrument in the 18th century repertoire.
1. "THE ORGAN IN THE BAROQUE: BETWEEN VIRTUOSISM AND LITURGY", directed by maestro Julien Faure, with works by J.S. Bach, G.F. Händel and A. Corelli. Soloists: Eleonora Efler and Julien Faure, organ; Azael Cuesta Cardona, countertenor.
2. "JOSEPH HAYDN, A CELEBRATION", program directed by maestro Santiago Medina, in which the group delves into the repertoire of the preclassical and classical period, presenting concerts for violin and organ. Soloists: Santiago Medina, violin and Eleonora Efler, organ.
July 8th:
Presentation at the Teatro Compensar Av. 68 in Bogotá, within its CULTURE FOR WELL-BEING strip, with concerts for solo instruments: Recorder (Julien Faure), violin (Santiago Medina) and harpsichord (Eleonora Efler).
July 21th and 22th:
Cooperation with the French orchestra La Chapelle Harmonique, directed by Valentin Tournet for the presentation of the opera "Life is a Dream", with music by Juan Pablo Carreño, libretto by Iván Olano Duque. Stage director: Alejandro Chacón, Argentina. Soloists: Andrés Felipe Agudelo, tenor; Laura Gómez, soprano; Ernesto Morillo, bass; Paola Leguizamón, mezzo-soprano; César Gutiérrez, tenor.
Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo
2024
March 2:
Concert conducted by the renowned Italian oboist Alfredo Bernardini, with the title "RESCUING FORGOTTEN INSTRUMENTS: TRIBUTE TO THE BAROQUE OBOE, OBOE D´AMORE AND VIOLA D´AMORE". Soloists: A. Bernardini and Olga Marulanda, oboe and oboe d'amore; Julien Faure, recorder; Francisco Castillo, flute traverso; Danka Nikolic, viola d'amore; Santiago Medina, violin; Eleonora Efler, positive organ.
August 11:
Recital by Eleonora Efler and Julien Faure at the Teatro Estudio, Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo. Works by Palestrina/Rognoni, Johann Sebastian and Johann Christian Bach, Antonio Soler, W. A. Mozart and J. Faure. An interesting and varied program with emphasis on historical keyboard instruments in all their combinations (fortepiano, harpsichord and organ), as well as the different recorders.
