Music Chamber

Marco Uccellini - Aria sopra "La Bergamasca", op. 3

Dario Castello - Sonata Terza in stile moderno

Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli - Sonata "La Cesta", op.3 no. 2

Andrea Falconieri - L'Eroica, Pasacalle, La Batalla

Diego Ortiz - 2 Ricercare

Juan Cabanilles - Xacara

Tarquinio Merula - Ciaccona

 

Musica Gardenia is a new period instrument ensemble, formed with the ambition to create performances which are high-level, exciting, and fun for the musicians and audiences alike. The ensemble aims not only to perform the standard Baroque repertoire, but also to reach new audiences and display the many sides of historical performance through imaginative programming, exploration of seldom-played repertoire and thematic performances.

 

 

Paulina Pluta - baroque violin

Paulina began her music education during her early childhood in Krakow, Poland. Whilst studying English Philology and Literature at the Jagiellonian University of Krakow she actively pursued her interests in music. Her love of the early music repertoire and different ways of music making brought her to London to study baroque violin with Walter Reiter at Trinity College of Music, where she has been working with musicians such as Laurence Cummings, James Johnstone, Catherine Martin, Adrian Butterfield, Ashley Solomon and Philip Thorby. In 2010 Paulina was a member of Britten-Pears Baroque Orchestra. Apart from music her main interests include fine art and literature. 

                                                                                                                                                                                             Elektra Miliadou - baroque 'cello

Elektra moved to London in 2003 to continue her cello studies at the Royal College of Music after graduating at her hometown, Thessaloniki. Soon her interest was turned to Historically Informed Performance and led her to obtain of a MMus in Performance Practice in 2009. She studied as a scholar with Catherine Rimer, Richard Tunnicliffe, Reiko Ichise and Ashley Solomon focusing on chamber music. She has performed extensively in major London venues and festivals in the UK and the continent with Florilegium, Melopoetica and Latinitas Nostra among others. She is a founding member of the ensemble Amaranthos.

 

Isobel Clarke - recorder                         

After learning recorder with Susan Fuchs and Henriette Bos in Edinburgh,  Isobel continued her studies at the Royal College of Music and subsequently graduated with a BMus in recorder performance in 2009. She is currently a student on the Masters programme at RCM, studying with Ashley Solomon and Julien Feltrin. She is a founding member of the Mediaeval-Renaissance ensemble Tre fontane, with whom she won the RCM Early Music Competition in 2009. She was also a finalist at the 2010 Fenton House Early Keyboard Ensembles Competition with Ensemble Xantippe. Although performing music ranging from Mediaeval to 21st century, Isobel's main interest lies in Historical Performance, relating to ensemble and consort repertoire.

 

Jadran Duncumb - theorbo

Jadran attended the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo from the age of 12 under the tutelage of Vegard Lund, later also taking lessons with Prof. Sven Lundestad at the Norwegian Academy of Music. Currently in his third year at the Royal College of Music, he studies theorbo and classical guitar with Jakob Lindberg and Gary Ryan respectively.

 

As a classical guitarist, Jadran has won the string section of BBC Young Musician of the Year and been a finalist in Norwegian television’s equivalent; “Virtuos”. He has performed in venues such as Cardiff's Millenium Centre, Queen Elisabeth Hall, Oslo Konserthus and Wigmore Hall, where his recital was broadcast on Radio 3. Also in demand as a continuo player, he has played with ensembles including I Fagiolini, Harmony of Nations Baroque Orchestra and the English Baroque Soloists.

  

Joseph Chesshyre - harpsichord 

Joseph Chesshyre’s musical career began when he was six with piano and violin lessons. He has loved the harpsichord from a young age, but did not start playing it until he began his undergraduate degree at University of Edinburgh with tuition from John Kitchen. He performed frequently as a soloist and was in demand as an accompanist. He made his debut with Edinburgh Symphony Baroque playing continuo for Bach’s Mass in B minor, and continued playing with them until he left Edinburgh for London in 2008. Joseph is particularly fond of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English keyboard music. He is studying for an MMus at GSMD under Carole Cerasi and James Johnstone.