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Baroque for Baby

Biography

Elisa was born in Italy where she divided her artistic life between orchestral work and chamber musician. She has recorded and toured, often as leader or concertmaster, with such ensembles as Dolce & Tempesta, Europa Galante, Accademia Bizantina, Accordone, Zefiro, la Venexiana, La Risonanza, Ensemble 415, Concerto Italiano, Orquestra del Monsalvat, Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra Academia 1750, and Balthasar-Neumann Choir & Ensemble .From 2004 to 2017 she was a member of the Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano. In 2000, Elisa was selected as concertmaster and soloist with the orchestra of the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, where she received intensive professional training.Then she began studying baroque violin with Enrico Onofri,Chiara Banchini and with Luigi Mangiocavallo. Her discography includes more than 36 recordings . She played with Stefano Montanari in Estravagante Ensemble, and from 2014–2016 worked alongside Stefano as co-chair of the baroque violin studies program at the Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado in Milan. Elisa arrived in Toronto in the September 2017 as new Music Director of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir . Soon she was awarded 2019 Leonardo Award for Arts, Science & Culture by the Italian Chamber of Commerce for her contribution to the cultural and intellectual life of Canada. Upcoming appearances as guest director include Seattle Symphony, the Artosphere Festival in Arkansas, and Québec's Les Violons du Roy.