LA RISONANZA FABIO BONIZZONI DISCOGRAPHY LA RISONANZA Founded by Fabio Bonizzoni in 1995 as a vocal and instrumental group, La Risonanza has become a chamber orchestra devoted to 17th and 18th Century music. It frequently collaborates with guest choirs for programmes such as Handel's Messiah or Monteverdi's Vespers and invites regularly leading Italian singers like Roberta Invernizzi, Romina Basso, Raffaella Milanesi, Nuria Rial and Sergio Foresti. Its intense concert activity brings the group all over Europe in the most important series: Santa Cecilia and Società del Quartetto in Italy, Festival of Utrecht, Quincena de San Sebastian, Festival de Cuenca, Festival de Santander, Teatro Real de Madrid, Bruges Festival and Concertgebouw,  Bozar Center in Brussels, Arsenal in Metz, Salle Gaveu in Paris... La Risonanza is currently involved in a long term project devoted to the Italian cantatas with instruments of Handel which will be all recorded by Spanish label Glossa.This project is done in collaboration with the Faculty of Musicology of the University of Pavia and with the Associazione Hendel of Milan. To support this project it is possible to make a donation on www.associazionehendel.it. The debut CD of the series has been awarded the prestigeous Stanley Sadie Handel recording prize 2007 while the second volume has been "Editor's Choice" in Gramophone. The last volume appeared has won the "ffff" award of  French magazine Télérama and the "10" of Dutch magazine Luister. From 2007, La Risonanza is “orchestra in residence” in the French "Département de l'Aisne" with the support of the “Conseil général de l'Aisne” and of  the “Ministère de la culture et de la communication (DRAC de Picardie)”. For further information please contact Laura Crippa - La Risonanza's manager - at larisonanza@gmail.com FABIO BONIZZONI Harpsichordist, organist and conductor, Fabio Bonizzoni graduated in organ, organ composition and harpsichord cum laude and studied afterward under Ton Koopman being his only student graduating both in baroque organ and as a harpsichord soloist. After having played for several years with some of the most important orchestras specializing in early music (Le Concert des Nations of Jordi Savall, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra of Ton Koopman and Europa Galante of Fabio Biondi), he is now devoting himself to his activities as soloist and director of his own orchestra “La Risonanza”. Furthermore, he is harpsichord professor at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague (Holland), at the Conservatory of Trapani (Italy) and at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana of Lugano (Switzerland) and leads the "Atelier départemental de musique ancienne de l'Aisne". After several solo recordings for labels Arcana (Claudio Merulo) and Stradivarius (Baldassarre Galuppi and Andrea Gabrieli), he is working for the Spanish label Glossa (works of Giovanni Salvatore, of Giovanni Picchi - awarded the Deutsche Schallplatten Preis, Francesco Geminiani – FFFF of Télérama, Bernardo Storace – CD of the month for Amadeus, Domenico Scarlatti – Eccezionale by Scherzo). His last release is devoted to the Goldberg Variations of J.S. Bach. top DISCOGRAPHY Discography Fabio Bonizzoni Baldassarre Galuppi, Opere per clavicembalo e organo (Stadivarius, 1995) - 5 stelle – Amadeus Andrea Gabrieli, Pass'e mezzo e altre opere per tastiera (Stadivarius-WDR, 1997) - 5 Diapason - 5 stelle – Amadeus Claudio Merulo, Toccate e canzoni per cembalo e organo (Arcana-WDR, 1998) - Record of the Year - Todd M. McComb on Internet - 5 Diapason - 9 di R⁄pertoire - 5 stelle Amadeus - 5 stelle Goldberg Bach e Buxthehude, Organ works (Milano, 1998) Giovanni Salvatore, Messa della Domenica, organo e clavicembalo (Glossa-WDR, 2000) - 5 Diapason - 5 stelle Amadeus Giovanni Picchi e la scuola veneziana, cembalo (Glossa, 2000) - Preise der deutschen Schallplattenkritik - 5 stelle Goldberg Francesco Geminiani, Pieces de Clavecin, cembalo (Glossa, 2002) - ffff di TELERAMA, marzo 2002 Bernardo Storace, cembalo e organo (Glossa, 2003) - 5 Diapasons - CD of the month on Amadeus - 5 stelle Goldberg Domenico Scarlatti (Glossa, 2004): "Late harpsichord sonatas" - 5 stelle Amadeus - Eccezionale Scherzo - 5 stars Goldberg J.S. Bach (Glossa, 2005): "Goldberg Variations" Discography La Risonanza Sigismondo d'India, Arie e Lamenti (Stradivarius, 1996) Girolamo Frescobaldi, Arie e Sonate (Amadeus, Milano, 1997) Johann Caspar Kerll, Missa non sine quare (Symphonia, 2000) - Choc - Monde de la Musique / eccezionale - CD Classica Barbara Strozzi, Opera VIII (Glossa, giugno 2001) Giuseppe Sammartini, I concerti per organo (Amadeus, giugno 2001 e Glossa, dicembre 2002) Luigi Rossi, cantate a tre voci, Emanuela Galli soprano, Gloria Banditelli contralto, Sergio Foresti basso (Stradivarius, aprile 2004) Franz Joseph Haydn, Concerti per organo (Amadeus, luglio 2004) G.F: Handel, Le Cantate per il Cardinal Pamphili – Roberta Invernizzi – soprano (Glossa 2007) – Stanley Sadie Handel recording prize 2006 - CD of the week Sunday Times - recommended by Gramophone -  Nomination for the Edison Classical Music Award G.F. Handel, Le Cantate per il Marchese Ruspoli – Emanuela Galli and Roberta Invernizzi – sopranos (Glossa 2007) – CD of the week by Sunday Times - Editor's Choice Gramophone G.F. Handel, Le Cantate per il Cardinal Ottoboni - Raffaelle Milanesi soprano, Salvo Vitale basso (Glossa 2008) - ffff Télérama - 10 of Luister G.F. Handel, Aminta e Fillide - Nuria Rial, Maria Grazia Schiavo, sopranos - Glossa 2008 - Editor's Choice Gramophone - CD of the week by Sunday Times M. Corrette,Concertos pour orgue - Fabio Bonizzoni, orgue - coproduction Radio France/Harmonia Mundi - 5 Diapasons G.F. Handel, Clori Tirsi e Fileno - Roberta Invernizzi, Yetzabel Arias Fernandez, sopranos, Romina Basso, alto - Glossa 2009 - CD des Monats,Toccata - 5 Diapasons - Gramophone Editor's Choice - top

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