Leonardo García Alarcón

Leonardo García Alarcón (born 1976 in La Plata) is an Argentine conductor, harpsichordist and organist who is mainly active in the field of historical performance practice.

Life

Leonardo García received his first piano lessons at the age of six years. At 15, he became a member of the ensemble " Toccata Instrumental " which played on period instruments. This experience made ​​it possible for him to become familiar with the practice of the basso game. In parallel, he began his piano studies at the Conservatory of his hometown of La Plata. First experience as a conductor he made as leader of the orchestra of the National University of La Plata. He completed his studies at the subject organ and harpsichord. After obtaining the diploma Leonardo García came to the Conservatory of Geneva in the Class of Christiane Jaccottet, at the same time he attended theoretical courses at the " Centre de Musique Ancienne de Genève " (Centre for Early Music ) and became a member of "Ensemble Elyma " under Gabriel Garrido, who made ​​him his assistant at the university. In 2003 he received the diploma of " Maestro al Cembalo " ( ensemble conducting at the harpsichord ) in the class of Alfonso Fedi.

In 1999 he founded in Geneva, the " Cappella Mediterranea ", which specialized in the interpretation of Spanish and Latin American Baroque music, she received numerous invitations to several prestigious " Early Music Festival" and 2003 was followed by a first CD with Andalusian Baroque music from the Mexico of 17. century.

Since 2005 he entered more and more with the Belgian, founded by the violinist Stéphanie de Failly Ensemble Clematis in appearance, with whom he undertook several recordings, as per a sound recording of works by Nicolaus à Kempis, Carolus Hacquart, Carlo Farina Girolamo Frescobaldi and Matheo Romero. In the same year he was co-founder and artistic director of the Geneva ensemble " La Nouvelle Ménestrandie ". He also founded in his Argentine hometown baroque orchestra "Bach de La Plata ", which is to introduce them to historical performance practice young musicians.

As a chamber musician, cellist Christophe Coin, viola da gamba Andrea di Carlo, the bassoonist Sergio Azzolini and violinist Manfredo Kraemer should be mentioned among many others. Already with the "Ensemble Elyma " he began in 1996 for the first time at the festival Ambronay in part, in which he " artiste en residence " is now.

As a musicologist, he was able to demonstrate, by 2005 manuscripts that individual, yet the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart assigned, arias written by Niccolò Piccinni came.

Leonardo García Alarcón - since 2008 artistic director of the Opera of Monte - Carlo and honorary organist of several churches in Geneva. For the label Ambronay he made with the " Cappella Mediterranea " 2008 recordings of motets and madrigals unveröffentlichzen by Peter Philips and Barbara Strozzi. Since 2010 he has been chief conductor of the Choeur de chambre de Namur, in succession to Jean Tubéry. With the Choir and Baroque Orchestra " Les Agrémens " he took in 2009, the oratorio Judas Maccabaeus by Handel. A performing and recording of the oratorio " Il Deluvio universal " by Michelangelo Falvetti and a cycle with previously unknown works by the Roman composer Giovanni Giorgi, appear 2011.

Since 1999, García professor for harpsichord and since 2004 professor of basso class and singing class " Ancient Music " at the " Centre de Musique Ancienne de Genève ".