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Thomas Armand (France) is the Winner of the Premio Bonporti 2025
Twenty-one-year-old Armand Thomas (France) has won First Prize at the Premio Bonporti for Baroque Violin 2025. The prize hasn’t been awarded since 2019 and this is just the fourth time in the eleven editions since 2003. It is therefore a highly prestigious award that recognizes the young violinist’s high technical and interpretative qualities. Second Prize went to Italian Lorenzo…
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Premio Bonporti 2024 for Composers – The Musical Theme!
The musical Theme, taken from a “Trio Sonata” by F.A. Bonporti is now published on the website. Composers: make a beautiful musical creation! The Theme must be treated in the form of a chamber trio sonata with unrealized basso continuo (the composition must include at least three movements for a total duration of approximately 8’/10′; the…
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The Finals of the Premio Bonporti 2025 are coming soon – the challenge: sight-reading with improvisation and new “cadenze” for Vivaldi!
In just a few days, the final challenge launched by the 2025 Premio Bonporti (30th Edition, 11th for Baroque violin) will begin. The response has been impressive: twelve violinists, all of the highest calibre, have put themselves to the test. Coming from around the world (Cuba, Germany, Poland, the United States, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, and…
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The Candidates admitted to the Premio Bonporti 2025
The jury of the Premio Bonporti 2025 has selected the four finalists for this year’s edition, which will be held in Rovereto (Italy) from 17 to 19 October. Emilio Moreno (Spain) – President, Odile Edouard (France), Francois Fernandez (France), and Romano Vettori (Italy) appreciated the high technical and artistic level of all the participants. The…
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Premio Bonporti 2025 – The Regulations are online!
The Regulations for the Premio Bonporti 2025 – 11th International Baroque Violin Competition have been published on the website. The contest will take place in Rovereto (Italy) from 16 to 19 October 2025. The Jury will be composed of Emilio Moreno (Spain) – President, François Fernandez (France), Odile Edouard (France), Romano Vettori (Italy). The deadline for…
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Premio Bonporti 2024, Interview with Elam Rotem
Elam Rotem, composer, singer, and harpsichordist, gives us his take on Period Music and lays out his aesthetic vision. Interview by David Ramirez. July 30th 2024.
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Period composition (and the truth about Albinoni’s adagio)
For the footnotes and other extra information see the following link: https://www.earlymusicsources.com/youtube/period Created by Elam Rotem, March 2024.Special thanks to Erik Schroeder, Alon Schab, Nimrod Ben-Zeev, Enrico Correggia, Iason Marmaras, Fynn Titford-Mock, Bob Tennent, Lisandro Abadie, Tim Braithwaite, Nicola Schneider, Domen Marincic, Augusta Campagne and Anne Smith.
