Musicians of the ensemble posing on the stairs on an outdoor Roman theatre

il Pomo d'Oro

Introduction

Founded in 2012, il Pomo d’Oro has established itself as an ensemble of outstanding quality in the field of historically informed performance. The ensemble is characterized by an authentic, dynamic interpretation of operas and instrumental works from the Baroque and Classical period. In 2022, il Pomo d’Oro celebrated 10 years of intense concert activity worldwide and an impressive list of 35 recordings, many of them award winning.

Since 2016 Maxim Emelyanychev has been Chief Conductor of il Pomo d’Oro. The ensemble has also worked with conductors Riccardo Minasi, Francesco Corti, Stefano Montanari, George Petrou and Enrico Onofri. Violinist Zefira Valova leads the orchestra in various projects.

Since they first collaborated in 2016, Askonas Holt has arranged over 35 tours with il Pomo d’Oro across Europe, North America, South America and Asia with some of the world’s leading singers and instrumentalists, including Joyce DiDonato, Jakub Józef Orliński, Franco Fagioli, Alina Ibragimova and Edgar Moreau.

The discography of il Pomo d’Oro includes several opera recordings: Händel’s Theodora, Agrippina, Tamerlano, Partenope and Ottone, Vinci’s Catone in Utica, Recitals with Joyce DiDonato, Ann Hallenberg, Jakub Józef Orliński, Max Emanuel Cencic and Franco Fagioli. Among the instrumental albums the recordings of Haydn’s violin and harpsichord concertos as well as a cello album with Edgar Moreau received Echo Klassik Awards in 2016. With Maxim Ememlyanychev, the ensemble will release the complete Mozart Symphonies for the 21st Century over 6 discs. The first volume, “The Beginning and the End”, was released in February 2023.

il Pomo d’Oro is official ambassador of El Sistema Greece, a humanitarian project to provide free musical education to children in Greek refugee camps.

The ‘il Pomo d’Oro Academy’ was launched online during the first wave of the Covid 19 pandemic, offering free music lessons to music students worldwide. The Academy is now collaborating with El Sistema Venezuela, offering online masterclasses in Baroque music interpretation in cooperation with the “Inocente Carreño Itinerant Conservatory” in Caracas to the Baroque music ensembles of the El Sistema movement.

The ‘il Pomo d’Oro Academy’ is a longterm project that will start in their new residence, the monastery in Monte San Savino, Tuscany. Currently under construction, the monastery will be transformed into a state-of-the-art rehearsal and recording room, which can also serve as a small but very atmospheric concert venue. It will host masterclasses, workshops and educational programs for children.

Tours

  • May 2025
    Europe

    Giovanni Sollima (cello) Federico Guglielmo (violin) Lielais Dzintars, Liepaja Al-Bunduqiyya – The Lost Concerto

  • Apr 2025 - May 2025
    Europe

    Francesco Corti (conductor) Joyce DiDonato, Michael Spyres, Melissa Petit, Jasmin White, Cody Quattlebaum Théâtre des Champs-Elysées | Teatro Real, Madrid | Konzerthaus Dortmund | Auditorio Principe Felipe Oviedo | Barbican Centre, London | MÜPA Budapest | NOSPR Katowice Handel Jephtha

  • Apr 2025
    Europe

    Michael Spyres (tenor) Neue Aula, Heidelberg Contra-tenor

  • Mar 2025
    Europe

    Joyce DiDonato (mezzosoprano) Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Konzerthaus Dortmund Mozart Symphony No.1 in E♭ Major Rachel Portman The First Morning of the World Mozart Symphony No.41 in C Major "Jupiter"

  • Feb 2025 - Mar 2025
    Europe

    Michael Spyres (tenor) Essen Philharmonie | Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon Contra-tenor

  • Jan 2025
    Asia

    Avi Avital (mandolin) Hong Kong City Hall Concerti and sonatas for mandolin by Scarlatti, Vivaldi and Barbella

  • Jan 2025
    Asia

    Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) Incheon Arts Center | Hong Kong City Hall | Beijing NCPA Beyond: a unique selection of rarely performed music from the XVII century, featuring works of Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Strozzi, Cavalli, Netti, Moratelli.

  • Dec 2024
    Europe

    il pomo d'oro choir Giuseppe Maletto (conductor) Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Zagreb Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610)

  • Dec 2024
    Europe

    Francesci Corti (conductor) Elsa Dreisig, Sandrine Piau, Juliette Mey, Jasmin White, Stefan Sbonnik, Bruno de Sá, Alex Rosen Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris | Teatro Real, Madrid | Theater an der Wien, Vienna Handel Alcina

  • Nov 2024
    Europe

    Julie Fuchs (soprano) Max Volbers (conductor) Société de Musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds Sacred & Profane Love: Arias of Handel and Vivaldi

  • Nov 2024
    Europe

    il pomo d'oro choir Giuseppe Maletto (conductor) Essen Philharmonie Gesualdo: Sacrae Cantiones

  • Nov 2024
    Europe

    Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Johannes Hinterholzer (french horn) Musikverein, Vienna Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonie D-Dur, KV 133 Konzert für Horn und Orchester Es-Dur, KV 447 Symphonie Es-Dur, KV 543

  • Sep 2024 - Sep 2024
    Europe

    Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) Wigmore Hall, London | NTGhent Schouwburg | Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg Beyond: a unique selection of rarely performed music from the XVII century, featuring works of Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Strozzi, Cavalli, Netti, Moratelli.

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