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Concerto Italiano
Concerto Italiano
Italian early music ensemble
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Trevor Pinnock
Trevor Pinnock
English harpsichordist and conductor
2
Sara Mingardo
Sara Mingardo
Italian opera singer
3
Fabio Biondi
Fabio Biondi
Italian violinist & conductor
4
The English Concert
The English Concert
chamber orchestra
5
Sandrine Piau
Sandrine Piau
French opera soprano
6
La Stagione Frankfurt
La Stagione Frankfurt
German baroque music ensemble
7
Alan Curtis
Alan Curtis
American musician
8
René Jacobs
René Jacobs
Belgian (Flemish) countertenor and conductor
9
Christophe Rousset
Christophe Rousset
French musician
10
Václav Luks
Václav Luks
Czech cemballist and music educator
11
Aapo Häkkinen
Aapo Häkkinen
Finnish musician and conductor
12
Café Zimmermann
Café Zimmermann
musical ensemble
13
Georg Philipp Telemann
Georg Philipp Telemann
German composer
14
Ludger Rémy
Ludger Rémy
German conductor and musicologist
15
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Austrian conductor
16
Gustav Leonhardt
Gustav Leonhardt
Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor
17
Joanna MacGregor
Joanna MacGregor
British musician
18
Julius Baker
Julius Baker
American musician
19
Murray Perahia
Murray Perahia
American pianist and conductor
20
Rachel Podger
Rachel Podger
British musician
21
Truls Mørk
Truls Mørk
Norwegian cellist.
22
Shunsuke Sato
Shunsuke Sato
Japanese musician
23
Pieter-Jan Belder
Pieter-Jan Belder
Dutch musician in historically informed performance, recorder and keyboard instruments, founder of Musica Amphion
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Jérémie Rhorer
Jérémie Rhorer
musician and conductor
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer and musician of the Baroque era
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Italian conductor and harpsichordist, fortepianist, and organist

Rinaldo Alessandrini

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Italian conductor and harpsichordist, fortepianist, and organist
Rinaldo Alessandrini

Rinaldo Alessandrini (born 25 January 1960) is a virtuoso on Baroque keyboards, including harpsichord, fortepiano, and organ. He is founder and conductor of the Italian early music ensemble Concerto Italiano, performing music of Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Couperin, Bach, and others. He is considered a foremost interpreter of early Italian opera.

Alessandrini did not start piano until around the age of 14. In parallel he participated in a choral ensemble. At age 18 he discovered the harpsichord, took lessons with Ton Koopman, and subsequently gave his first concert.

In 2009 Alessandrini conducted his Concerto Italiano at the annual Misteria Paschalia Festival in Kraków, Poland.