- Ensemble Micrologus
Ensemble Micrologus is an Italian group of
medieval music , vocal and instrumental, including both religious and secular pieces from 12th to16th century in their repertoire.It is formed by Patricia Bovi (
vocals andharp ), Adolfo Broegg (lute ,psaltery andcitola ), Goffredo Degli Esposti (flute ,bombarde andbagpipes ), Ulrich Pfeifer (vocals andhurdy gurdy ) and Gabriele Russo (viela ,rebec andlyre ). It was founded in1984 , shortly after its components participated for several years in the "Calends of May" medieval festival inAssisi (Umbria ).They perform more than forty concerts worldwide, introducing one or two new shows every year. Through the years they have performed more than twenty different ones. In their performances they use reconstructions of ancient instruments, as well as of wardrobe and scenery. They also give medieval music courses in the "Festival of
Urbino ", the "Royaumont Abbey" and the "Cité de la Musique" inParis .Some received prizes:
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1996 - "Diapason d'Or de l'Année" for the album "Landini e la Musica Fiorentina".
*1999 - "Diapason d'Or de l'Année" for the album "Alla Napolitana" (in collaboration with "Cappella della Pietà de Turchini")
*2000 - Best record of the year of the Goldberg magazine for "Cantico della Terra".Other awarded records are "Napoli Aragonese" (
2001 ), "Laudario di Cortona" (2001), "El Llibre Vermell de Montserrat" (2003 ) and "LeJeu de Robin et Marion " byAdam de la Halle (2004 ).From
1995 they recorded exclusively in the labelOpus 111-Naïve . From2004 they record in the labelZig Zag Territoires .In 2007 and 2008 they toured with "Myth", a dance show made by the belgian choregrapher Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
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