"Ensemble Chaconne, both in its individuals and together, is a powerhouse of great playing" ~ Classical Voice of North Carolina
Founded in 1985, Ensemble Chaconne concertizes extensively, with tours in England, Ontario, and throughout the United States. The ensemble has performed at London's National Gallery; Atlanta's famed Spivey Hall; the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Residency at Davidson College; the venerable Edison Theatre in St. Louis; The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa; The Bach Festival Society of Winter Park Florida; Boston’s legendary Jordan Hall; and The Yale Center for British Art, to name a few. |
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The viola da gamba playing of Carol Lewis has been called "quick-speaking, prismatic, sweet-sounding" (The Boston Globe). She has demonstrated her musical virtuosity and versatility as a soloist in recitals in the United States and abroad, as well as in performances of cantatas and Passions by Bach and others. A former student of Jordi Savall, Ms. Lewis holds a soloist diploma from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Basel, Switzerland). She is an accomplished ensemble musician, having toured and recorded extensively with Hespèrion, the Boston Camerata, and Capriccio Stravagante. Recent performances include appearances with Hespèrion at the Cleveland Museum of Art and Baylor University, and with the Boston Camerata at Dumbarton Oaks (Washington, DC), the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum concert series (Boston, MA), and the Radio France Auditorium (Paris). She has recorded on Astrée, EMI, Lyrichord, Harmonia Mundi, Nonesuch, Erato, Atma Classique and Koch International.
Ms. Lewis has taught at Festival dei Saraceni (Pamparato, Italy), Milano Civica Scuola di Musica (Italy), New England Conservatory of Music, Amherst Early Music, and the annual summer conclave of the Viola da Gamba Society of America, and she has lectured at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She is a co-founder of the Society for Historically Informed Performance. The Boston Herald called her playing “brilliantly florid,” and the Centre Presse (Poitiers, France) admired her “technique and musicality, her breathtaking dexterity.” |
Olav Chris Henriksen acclaimed throughout Europe and North America as a soloist on lute, theorbo and early guitars, is also a much sought-after ensemble player, performing and recording with the Boston Camerata, Handel & Haydn Society, Waverly Consort, Boston Baroque, Emmanuel Music, Musicians of the Old Post Road, Four Nations Ensemble, and Chanticleer, among others. His playing has been hailed as "exemplary" (The Kansas City Star), "musically first-class" (The Boston Globe) and "powerful and vibrant" (Lute Society of America Quarterly). Performances include Monteverdi’s Vespers with the Cantata Singers and Bach’s St. John Passion with Emmanuel Music, concerts with the Boston Camerata in Paris and Normandy, and appearances at the Library of Congress (Washington, DC) and the Wadsworth Atheneum (Hartford, CT). His solo recording, Guitar of the North, is on the Centaur label; his earlier solo recording, La Guitarre Royalle: French Baroque and Classical Guitar Music, is on the Museum Music label, and he has also recorded for Nonesuch, Erato, Pro Musica, Telarc and Decca. He performs and lectures frequently at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, playing musical instruments from the Museum’s collection. He has also lectured at Harvard University, Cambridge; Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City; Musikkhögskolen, Oslo; Aston Magna Academy, Rutgers University; and Lincoln Center Institute, New York. He teaches at the Boston Conservatory and the University of Southern Maine. The Boston Herald praised his playing, saying, “Henriksen was able to dazzle with his virtuosity in the fantastical figurations of John Dowland’s solo Fantasy for lute and Kapsberger’s similarly brilliant Toccata prima.”
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Mezzo-soprano Burcu Gulec, guest artist, has performed in New York, Boston, Detroit, Seattle, and other U.S. locations, and throughout Turkey (in Ankara, Antalya, Kastamonu, and other cities). Acclaimed for charisma, versatility, and impressive vocal range, she has appeared with Grammy-nominated Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol, Robert Larabee, the early music/world music group Dünya, Ensemble Chaconne, Duo Maresienne, and other noted ensembles. |