Lorenzo Colitto

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Lorenzo Colitto

Violin concertmaster

Born in Roma, he studied in Conservatorio di S. Cecilia where he graduated in 1990. In 1993 he started studying early music with original instruments. In 1994 he is admited in Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, in whitch he studied 3 years with T. Hengelbrock. Also in 1994 he was selected to make a trouneé with Europeian Union Baroque Orchestra where he worked with Ton Koopman, Roy Goodman and Andrew Manze. Since then he develops an intence concert activity, making concerts in every part of the world.  Was member of Europa Galante Baroque Orchestra, directed by Fabio Biondi, with whom he recorded solo for Virgin-EMI and obtained excelent critics. From 1999 to 2002 he was the concertino of the american ensemble New York Collegium with which he made concerts with Reinhard Goebel, Andrew Parrot, Biondi, Lopez Banzo, Labadie, having been very well apreciated by the critic in international titles like The Boston Globe and The New York Times. He's frequently convocated to play has concertino and soloist in many famous early music ensembles in Europe: Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, Orchestra Barocca di Siviglia, Accademia Bizantina, European Union Baroque Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro di Cagliari, Accademia Litta, Al Ayre Español, Elyma, Amarillis, Pulcinella, La Grande Chapelle, Real Compañia Opera da Camara, Harmonices Mundi-Bozen Baroque Orchestra, Accademia degli Astrusi, Divino Sospiro. Also in this context he obtained excelent critics (Amadeus – ITA, Res Musica – FRA, Observator cultural - ROM). He was invited by City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, dos Solisti di Zagabria of Collegium Melbourne for the Spring Early Music Festival of Melbourne as director and soloist. And recently he was invited for concertmaster of New York Baroque Incorporated, recent and young ensemble formed bythe first generation of recognized students of the early music department of Juilliard of New York. He directed masterclassses in Spain  in Arseguell and Granada courses, in Academy of Arts di Hong Kong, in Fontecolombo di Bridgetown Institute (Perth – Australia), in Melbourne University (Austrália) and we eas a guest teacher of JONDE preparation courses (Young Orchestra of Spain). Recorded CD's for Harmonia Mundi, Virgin EMI, Opus 111, Tactus, Ambroisie, K617, Divox Antiqua, Stradivarius and Bongiovanni. He recently recorded Mozart serenatas K100 e K 185 for Amadeus magazine, inserted in the integral publication of Mozart Serenatas. In this project he is concertino and plays violin solo with the ensemble Accademia Litta. He recently founded the ensemble Archipelago. In his musical investigation, he had identified works of some bolonha composers of the beggining of the XVII century, which caught the attention of theaters, festivals and music editors.


Participates on the following ensembles