Musica antica in casa Cozzi
Concert seasons, advanced courses, workshops, and public events have characterized the program dedicated to early music, promoted in collaboration with the almamusica433 association, under the artistic direction of Stefano Trevisi.
Over its nine editions, the project has involved some of the most important names on the international music scene together with emerging talents, with a strong focus on the study and education of music from past centuries, aiming to share its remarkable contemporary relevance.
Among the major artists involved: Norwegian lutenist Rolf Lislevand; the leading early music ensemble in America, The Boston Camerata, directed by the charismatic Anne Azéma; the award-winning Italian vocal ensemble Odhecaton, led by Maestro Paolo Da Col; the English soprano and true icon of early music, Emma Kirkby; Swedish lutenist Jakob Lindberg; Catalan violist Jordi Savall; the medieval music ensemble laReverdie; and the soloists of the Cappella Marciana.
The concert seasons, initially hosted at the auditorium of Palazzo Bomben, also engaged with important venues across the city of Treviso, such as the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, the San Francesco complex, and the auditorium of Santa Caterina, culminating each June at Casa Luisa e Gaetano Cozzi with the traditional summer celebration on the occasion of the European Music Day. From autumn 2017 onward, the concert program found a new home in the restored Church of San Teonisto.
Casa Luisa e Gaetano Cozzi, a farmhouse nestled in the countryside on the outskirts of Treviso, a place naturally intended for artistic production, and for music in particular, by testamentary bequest, has hosted advanced training courses and offered students the unique opportunity to live in close contact with the performers of the concert seasons.
Among the educational activities were the organization of residential teaching projects aimed at musical productions. Within this context, in 2017, a new recording of Guillaume Du Fay’s (1397–1474) mass Se la face ay pale was produced, performed by the ensemble Musica in Casa Cozzi directed by Maestro Claudia Caffagni, released as a supplement to issue no. 335 of the magazine Amadeus, published by Bel Vivere.
Particular attention was also given to schools of all levels, through the implementation of an educational project aimed at fostering knowledge of a rich historical period in music.
