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The Baroque orchestra Modo Antiquo is regarded as one of the leading ensembles on the international early music scene. Founded by Federico Maria Sardelli, Modo Antiquo brings together specialists in Baroque music who share a taste for instrumental virtuosity and an in-depth knowledge of historical performance styles and languages.
With its specific approach to performance of Italian Baroque music, and of Vivaldi in particular, Modo Antiquo has become established as a benchmark ensemble in this field. Its discography of more than forty titles includes many world premiere recordings, among them the complete cantatas of Vivaldi and the same composer's complete concertos for transverse flute, a reconstruction of Corelli's Concerti Grossi op.6 with additional wind parts, and Vivaldi's 'Paris Concertos'.
Modo Antiquo is the first Baroque ensemble to have received two nominations in the prestigious Grammy Awards: the first was for its recording Vivaldi, Concerti per molti strumenti, voted one of the five best international CDs of 1997, and the second for Corelli's Concerti Grossi op.6 in 2000.
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In 1984 Federico Maria Sardelli founded the Baroque orchestra Modo Antiquo, with which he appears at major festivals and concert halls throughout Europe as bost soloist and conductor. He is regularly invited to the most prestigious European concert halls. He appears as a guest conductor with many symphony orchestras, including the Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Since 2006 he has been principal guest conductor of the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra. Federico Maria Sardelli has made more than forty recordings as soloist and conductor. He has twice been nominated for the Grammy Awards, the most prestigious recording prize.
Federico Maria Sardelli has been a notable protagonist in the Vivaldi renaissance of the past few years: he conducted the world premiere recordings of the operas Arsilda Regina di Ponto, Tito Manlio, Motezuma, and Atenaide. Alongside his career in the concert hall, he is also extremely active as a musicologist. He is a member of the musicological committee of the Istituto Italiano Antonio Vivaldi, and has published many musicological essays and critical editions (he is the author of the study Vivaldi's Music for Flute and Recorder, published in the UK by Ashgate). He is general editor of the collection of facsimile editions 'Vivaldiana' and of the Opere Incomplete (SPES).
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