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200 Years of Early Music Pleasure
MARCH 14, 7:30 p.m. in Rochester (Mt Olive Lutheran Church - 2830 18th Ave NW, Rochester, MN 55901)
MARCH 15, 7:30 p.m. in Saint Paul (Sundin Hall - 1531 Hewitt Ave, St Paul, MN 55104)
An eclectic concert spanning two centuries featuring Haydn, Handel, Biber, Corelli, and Leclair, led by artistic director candidate Pedro Gandía Martín.
About Pedro Gandía Martín, guest director
Violinist Pedro Gandía Martín performs worldwide as a soloist, conductor and ensemble member. He is a member of the trio Passamezzo Antico and has been artistic director of the Baroque Orchestra of Seville
(Spanish National Prize 2011) from 2000 to 2021. He is on faculty at Musikene (the Higher School of Music of the Basque Country) in San Sebastián, artistic director of Propitia Sydera and is also teaching historical music courses and conducting the baroque orchestra at the University of Salamanca.
Gandía did his violin studies in Spain and Holland. He has also worked extensively with and under the direction of renowned early music specialists such as Gustav Leonhardt, Jacques Ogg, Monica Huggett, Enrico Onofri, Jaap Schröder, Andrew Manze, Barry Sargent, François Fernandez, Christophe Coin, Wilbert Hazelzet, Alfredo Bernardini, Marc Minkowski, Roy Goodman, Sigiswald Kuijken, Harry Christophers, Fabio Bonizzoni, Shunske Sato, Giuliano Carmignola, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Hiro Kurosaki, Maxim Emilyanychev, Pablo Valetti, Diego Fasolis and Wim ten Have, among others.
An active performer, Gandía has played in the world’s most prestigious festivals and concert halls with groups such as Passamezzo Antico, Les Musiciens du Louvre, European Union Baroque Orchestra, Leipzig’s Chürsasische Capelle, Café Zimmermann, Baroque Orchestra of Seville, Baroque Orchestra of Salamanca, Lyra Baroque Orchestra Minnesota, Propitia Sydera Bilbao and Al Ayre Español. Under his direction, the Baroque Orchestra of Salamanca, Propitia Sydera, Bilbao Symphonic Orchestra and the Baroque Orchestra of Seville, among others, have presented several programs focused on cantatas/operas of Bach and Handel, concerti grossi of Corelli, Hellendal, and Handel, and baroque suites of Locke, Purcell, Telemann, Conti, etc.
He has recorded extensively for labels including Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Arsis, ALPHA, Columns Classics, Warner-Erato, ONA Digital, Alma Musik, Archiv Produktion, Harmonia Mundi, Passacaille, OBS Prometeo as well as for the BBC, Radio France, Polish and Danish Radio, Radio Nacional de España, and Radio Euskadi.