Marco Ambrosini
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Marco Ambrosini is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
) is an Italian
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musician
Musician
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, composer
Composer
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and arranger
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living in Germany
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.
Studies
From 1971 to 1981, Ambrosini studied violinViolin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
and viola
Viola
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(with Adrio Casagrande) and composition
Musical composition
Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...
with Mario Perrucci at the "Instituto Musicale G.B.Pergolesi" in Ancona
Ancona
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and at the conservatory "G.Rossini" in Pesaro
Pesaro
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.
Musician
Ambrosini plays with different ensembles for early musicEarly music
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, baroque music
Baroque music
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and contemporary music. Worldwide concert activity includes over 110 CDs, broadcast and television shots as a composer, soloist
Solo (music)
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, or as member of the Katharco Early Music Consort and the ensemble
Musical ensemble
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Oni Wytars
Oni Wytars
Oni Wytars is an early music ensemble that was founded in 1983 by Marco Ambrosini and Peter Rabanser.- The Music :Appearing in concerts and at festivals throughout Europe, Americas, Middle- and Far East they perform music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance as well as classical and traditional Arab...
(Germany
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), Els Trobadors (Spain
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), ensemble Unicorn, ensemble Accentus, Clemencic Consort, Armonico Tributo Austria
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, Ensemble Kapsberger (Rolf Lislevand, Norway), L'Arpeggiata
L'Arpeggiata
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(Christina Pruhar, France), Jean-Louis Matinier and with Michael Riessler.
He also played in 1994 for baroque concerts for the Muscovites Philharmonic Concert Halls as Nyckelharpa
Nyckelharpa
A nyckelharpa , sometimes called a keyed fiddle, is a traditional Swedish musical instrument. It is a string instrument or chordophone. Its keys are attached to tangents which, when a key is depressed, serve as frets to change the pitch of the string.The nyckelharpa is similar in appearance to a...
soloist with the ensemble LAD.
Concerts and tours have taken him to more than 25 states.
Composer / List of works
- Since 1991 Ambrosini played together with Katharina Dustmann as artistic director/conductor of the "Studio Katharco - sound:creations".
- In 1993 Ambrosini was selected by the German radio station "SWR" as a composer for the “New Jazz Meeting”.
- To celebrate the jubilee of 1200 years of the city of Frankfurt am Main he composes the musical theater production "Emperors Coronation" (direction: W. Lenssen).
- In 1995, on behalf of the Ministry for Education and Culture, he composed the music for the musical theater production "La Divina Commedia." (theatre forum, direction: W. Lenssen).
- In 1996 he was selected it by the Swedish radio as an interpreter and composer for the Nordic Jazz Meeting.
- In 1997 he was musical director for the Celebration of the Renaissance in Lemgo (GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
). - By order of the concert hall "Alte Oper – Franfurt" and the Italian Institute of Culture he composed in collaboration with Katharina Dustmann "The Return of the Marco Polo". premierePremiereA premiere is generally "a first performance". This can refer to plays, films, television programs, operas, symphonies, ballets and so on. Premieres for theatrical, musical and other cultural presentations can become extravagant affairs, attracting large numbers of socialites and much media...
1998. - In 1999, premier of "Between Skies and Hell" (composed together with Katharina Dustmann), direction: Wolfram Lenssen
- 2000 premier of "misch:lagen".
- 2001 premier of "Zechenzirkus".
- 2002 premier of "Illumina" (for the European exhibition of the art of gardens "EUROGA 2002") and "QuasiBolero" (for the appointment of an old German mineMiningMining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
"Zollverein" as a World Heritage SiteWorld Heritage SiteA UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by the UNESCO as of special cultural or physical significance...
by the UNESCOUNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
. - 2003 "Illumina 2", "ExtraSchicht" and "Ensemblia" (composed together with Katharina Dustmann), direction: W. Lenssen.
- 2004 "Magic Illumina" and "Centro" (film music, composed together with Katharina Dustmann), direction: W. Lenssen.
- 2006 "Wasserquintett", composed together with Katharina Dustman, direction by Imma Schmidt.
- 2007 „Die Pennschnecke Jonathan“, a radio drama by Thos Renneberg
- 2011 „The Praise of Folly - La Follia & Other Crazy Grounds“, (sony music)
Discography
A discographyDiscography
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with more than 100 CD published between 1991 and 2007 can be found on the homepage of Marco Ambrosini.
Publications
"Einführung in die mittelalterliche Musik" (introduction to the medieval music, only in German, in collaboration with Michael Posch, 1992, ISBN 3927240133)
Nyckelharpa
Since 1983 Ambrosini has played the NyckelharpaNyckelharpa
A nyckelharpa , sometimes called a keyed fiddle, is a traditional Swedish musical instrument. It is a string instrument or chordophone. Its keys are attached to tangents which, when a key is depressed, serve as frets to change the pitch of the string.The nyckelharpa is similar in appearance to a...
as one of the first full-time musicians since the baroque time outside of Sweden.
Together with the former skilled violin makers and today's Nyckelharpa makers Jean Claude Condi and Annette Osann (France
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) he helped further develop the instrument.
Pedagogics
Ambrosini is teaching early music at the "Stages for Early Music at castle Burg Fürsteneck" (Germany) an on other occasions.He is the initiator and conductor of the "European Nyckelharpa Training", that takes place in co-operation of the "Scuola di Musica Popolare di Forlimpopoli
Forlimpopoli
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", Italy
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, the academy "Burg Fürsteneck
Burg Fürsteneck
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" near Fulda
Fulda
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, Germany
Germany
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, and the "Eric Sahlström Institutet" in Tobo, Sweden
Sweden
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, as a vocational trainer for musicians on the Nyckelharpa.