Francesco Spendolini

Francesco Spendolini works regularly with baroque orchestras and ensembles such as La Cetra Barockorchester, Les Musiciens du Prince, I Barocchisti, the Kammerorchester Basel, the Venice Baroque Orchestra, the Chambre Philharmonique, Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, Il Complesso Barocco, the Ensemble Arcimboldo, the Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Capriccio Basel, La Riscoperta, Divino Sospiro, Le Phénix, I Pizzicanti and the orchestra of the European Baroque Academy of the Ambronay Festival, under conductors such as Ton Koopman, Christopher Hogwood, Emmanuel Krivine, Andrea Marcon, Mark Minkowski, Gianluca Capuano, Giovanni Antonini, Diego Fasolis, Alan Curtis, Martin Gester, Leonardo García Alarcón, Frieder Bernius, Antonio Florio. Since 2018 he has had the honour of working continuously with Le Concert des Nations and its conductor Jordi Savall. Francesco Spendolini completed his studies in 2000 at the “Gioacchino Rossini” Conservatory in Pesaro. Further studies in historical clarinet followed, first with Luca Lucchetta at the “Arrigo Pedrollo” Conservatory in Vicenza and later with Pierre-André Taillard at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland, where he graduated with distinction with two “Masters of Arts in Specialised Musical Performance – Early Music” (baroque-classical and classical-romantic, both with a focus on historical performance practice). Francesco Spendolini is committed to the development of young artists and teaches regularly at masterclasses and music schools. Since 2014 he has been co-tutor, together with Donna Agrell, of the Harmoniemusik laboratory at the early music faculty of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.