Concerto Adriatico
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JANUARY 24, 7:30 p.m. in Rochester (Mt Olive Lutheran Church - 2830 18th Ave NW, Rochester, MN 55901)
JANUARY 25, 7:30 p.m. in Saint Paul (Sundin Hall - 1531 Hewitt Ave, St Paul, MN 55104)
Virtuosic music by composers who lived along the Adriatic Coast.
About Bojan Čičić, guest director
Croatian-born violinist Bojan ČiČić has established himself as one of the leading names on the early music scene, as both a soloist and music director.
In addition to being the leader of the Academy of Ancient Music, he directs several ensembles, including De Nederlandse Bachvereniging, Dunedin Consort, Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, and Phion Orkest van Gelderland & Overijssel.
As a soloist he has appeared with the Academy of Ancient Music, Orchestra of the 18th-Century, Kioi Hall Chamber Orchestra Tokyo, and Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla.
Bojan formed his own group, Illyria Consort, which explores and specializes in lesser-known repertoire of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Their debut album, Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli: Sonate da Camera Nos 1–6 (Delphian Records, 2017), achieved great critical acclaim and won Presto Recordings of the Year Award in 2017.
Their collaboration with Marian Consort, titled Adriatic Voyage, won the same award in 2021. The same year saw the release of Pyrotechnia: Fire & Fury from 18th Century Italy, featuring Italian virtuoso violin concertos by Vivaldi, Tartini, and Locatelli (“a thrilling musical discovery”—Classical Music Daily).
In 2022, Illyria Consort released the first-ever complete recording of Johann Jacob Walther, Scherzi da Violino: Cucu (“enviously spontaneous and carefree”— Gramophone), as well as an album of Christmas instrumental music titled La Notte: Concertos and Pastorales for Christmas Night (“One for every December!”—BBC Music Magazine).
His recent recording, Bach: Sonatas and Partitas, was nominated for the Critic’s Choice 2023 by Gramophone and Editor’s Choice by BBC Music Magazine.
In 2016, Bojan was appointed Professor of Baroque Violin at the Royal College of Music, and is passionate about training the next generation of instrumentalists in historically-informed performing styles.