L'Appassionata Orchestra

L’Appassionata was founded in 2019 around the activities of the Gaspari Foundation as a group of outstanding young talents dedicated to the in-depth study of the chamber orchestra repertoire. Its members include some of the finest young professional musicians in Italy, trained at the most important musical institutions throughout Europe, who have already gained significant concert experience with some of Italy’s leading orchestras, including the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano, the Mantua Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Teatro Regio of Turin, the Orchestra of the Arena di Verona Foundation, the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, and the Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna.

L’Appassionata has already given concerts and toured in Germany, Switzerland, France, and South Korea, as well as performing in some of Italy’s most prestigious venues, including the Sala Verdi in Milan, the Scuola Grande di San Rocco and Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Accademia Filarmonica in Verona, the Teatro Bibiena in Mantua, and the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, within the framework of major festivals such as Serate Musicali di Milano, Emilia-Romagna Festival, Società dei Concerti di Parma, the Portogruaro Festival, the Galuppi Festival in Venice, and MantovaMusica. The ensemble has collaborated with internationally renowned artists and soloists, including Gil Shaham, Emmanuel Pahud, Leonora Armellini, Laura Marzadori, Anna Tifu, Enrico Dindo, Giuseppe Gibboni, Elio, and Andrea Battistoni.

In addition, L’Appassionata is the protagonist of two recording projects released in 2021: a monograph dedicated to Antonio Vivaldi, released for the first time by SONY Classical together with flutist Tommaso Benciolini, and a monograph on Johann Sebastian Bach with violinist Jaroslaw Nadrzycki, released by Hänssler Classics. Both recordings were met with great success from audiences and critics alike and were broadcast by outlets such as Rai Radio 3, BBC Radio, Radio Classica, Radio24, Venice Classic Radio, and Sky Classica HD.

In 2023, L’Appassionata made its debut in the United States, performing to a sold-out audience at Carnegie Hall in New York. In 2024, the ensemble was invited to perform in the main hall of the Tonhalle Zurich, receiving unanimous acclaim from both audience and critics, and in the same year it was selected to perform on the occasion of the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis to Verona.