23.08. 2025
20:30
Minorite Monastery of
St Francis, Piran
Il Terzo Suono
“From both sides of the Adriatic”
Jasna Nadles, flute traverso
Gianpiero Zanocco, violin
Iveta Schwartz, violin
Francesca Bonomo, viola
Milan Vrsajkov, cello
Petar Brčarevič, double bass
Ellen Braslavsky, harpsichord
Gianpiero Zanocco, violin
Iveta Schwartz, violin
Francesca Bonomo, viola
Milan Vrsajkov, cello
Petar Brčarevič, double bass
Ellen Braslavsky, harpsichord
Il Terzo Suono – the festival’s Baroque ensemble will perform the opening concert of the 24th Tartini Festival on historical instruments, with violinist Gianpiero Zanocco playing an original Tartini violin made by Nicolo Amati of Bologna. The focus will be on the musical dialogue between the two great masters of the Baroque, Vivaldi and Tartini, who each created an extraordinary artistic world on their respective sides of the Adriatic, but who were also deeply connected to the ideas, style and spirit of the time. The programme “Both Sides of the Adriatic” will be brought to life on Tartini’s violin, which adds symbolic power and authenticity to the concert and invites us back to an era when Venice and Piran spoke the same language of musical beauty.
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The organizers would like to express their sincere gratitude for the generous future loan of the harpsichord. This instrument is a copy made after the model of Carlo Grimaldi (1697), crafted in the workshop of Winfried Hackl, which will greatly contribute to the historical authenticity and artistic excellence of the upcoming performances.
29.08. 2025
20:30
Minorite Monastery of
St Francis, Piran
Austrian Baroque Company
“Paths to Tartini”
Michael Oman, recorder
Wolfgang Heiler, baroque bassoon & recorder
Daniel Oman, baroque guitar
Martina Oman, harpsichord
Wolfgang Heiler, baroque bassoon & recorder
Daniel Oman, baroque guitar
Martina Oman, harpsichord
This concert offers a musical walk through almost a century and a half of Italian violin art, from the virtuosic baroque expressiveness of Pandolfi Mealli and the emotional depth of Marcello, to the stylistic perfection of Tartini and his successors. Vivaldi’s masterpiece from the La Stravaganza cycle reveals his bold harmony and lyrical imagination, while Nardini’s Sonata already signals the transition to classicism. The programme highlights the diversity of the Italian violin repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries, with a special focus on Tartini’s influence and legacy.
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The organizers would like to express their sincere gratitude for the generous future loan of the harpsichord. This instrument is a copy made after the model of Carlo Grimaldi (1697), crafted in the workshop of Winfried Hackl, which will greatly contribute to the historical authenticity and artistic excellence of the upcoming performances.
30.08. 2025
20:30
Minorite Monastery of St Francis, Piran
I Solisti Veneti & Giuliano Carella
I Solisti Veneti, conducted by Giuliano Carella and featuring flutist Massimo Mercelli-the legendary Italian chamber orchestra-will open the festival with a brilliant Baroque program. First violinist Lucio Degani will play Tartini’s violin.
Soloist: Massimo Mercelli, flute
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The organizers would like to express their sincere gratitude for the generous future loan of the harpsichord. This instrument is a copy made after the model of Carlo Grimaldi (1697), crafted in the workshop of Winfried Hackl, which will greatly contribute to the historical authenticity and artistic excellence of the upcoming performances.
4.09 2025
20:00
Minorite Monastery of St Francis, Piran
Ansambel 1756
“Heaven, Devil, Death and Madness”
Iveta Schwarz – violin
Florian Moser – violin
Milan Vrsajkov – cello
Konstantin Hiller – harpsichord
Florian Moser – violin
Milan Vrsajkov – cello
Konstantin Hiller – harpsichord
This programme brings together the finest works of three great violinists and Baroque masters – Giuseppe Tartini, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber and Antonio Vivaldi – and reveals a rich range of Baroque violin expression, from deep emotion to virtuosic brilliance. We will hear, among others, Tartini’s legendary sonata “The Fairy Trill” and the moving “Didone Abbandonata”, Biber’s expressive Rosenkavalier Sonata and the dance-tinged Partita I, and Vivaldi’s imaginative Trio Sonata “La Follia”.
A special musical note is given by the fact that Iveta Schwarz will play on Jacobus Stainer’s master violin and Florian Moser on Giuseppe Tartini’s historic violin, the Nicolo amati from Bologna.
A special musical note is given by the fact that Iveta Schwarz will play on Jacobus Stainer’s master violin and Florian Moser on Giuseppe Tartini’s historic violin, the Nicolo amati from Bologna.
Programme:
The organizers would like to express their sincere gratitude for the generous future loan of the harpsichord. This instrument is a copy made after the model of Carlo Grimaldi (1697), crafted in the workshop of Winfried Hackl, which will greatly contribute to the historical authenticity and artistic excellence of the upcoming performances.
5.09. 2025
20:00
Minorite Monastery of St Francis, Piran
Ansambel Cenacolo Musicale
“Tartini, Gorizia and the Slovenian Baroque”
Ensemble Cenacolo Musicale – under the artistic direction of Donatella Busetto, will perform works by Tartini, Gobbi and Ivancic. Tommaso Luison will be the soloist on Tartini’s violin.
Artistic direction by Donatella Busetto,
Soloist: Tommaso Luison, baroque violin
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The organizers would like to express their sincere gratitude for the generous future loan of the harpsichord. This instrument is a copy made after the model of Carlo Grimaldi (1697), crafted in the workshop of Winfried Hackl, which will greatly contribute to the historical authenticity and artistic excellence of the upcoming performances.
