JOSU\u00c9 MEL\u00c9NDEZ (Hochschule der K\u00fcnste Bremen, Germany)
\n25 November @9.30-10.40 in D-411 a lecture “Grace and basic ornamentation in Music from 15th to 19th centuries”<\/p>\n
Josu\u00e9 Mel\u00e9ndez<\/strong> (cornetto, recorder) began his musical studies in trombone at the Conservatorio Castella in Costa Rica. From 1991 to 1995, he studied at the Escuela Nacional de M\u00fasica in Mexico, where he founded the country\u2019s first early music festival, the Festival Santo Domingo de M\u00fasica Antigua. At the festival, he conducted Claudio Monteverdi\u2019s L\u2019Orfeo and several other productions.<\/p>\n In 1997, Mel\u00e9ndez moved to The Hague, where he earned two diplomas in recorder performance at the Royal Conservatoire, one of which recognised his outstanding achievements in contemporary music performance. From 2002 to 2006, he studied cornetto with Bruce Dickey at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland.<\/p>\n Since then, he has pursued an international career as a cornetto and recorder player, performing and recording with renowned early music ensembles including Concerto Palatino, La Fenice, Les Cornets Noirs, Musica Fiata, Oltremontano, Nederlandse Bach Vereniging<\/em>, His Majesty\u2019s Sagbutts & Cornetts, and the Academy of Ancient Music. He has also worked with distinguished conductors such as Ton Koopman, Jordi Savall, Gabriel Garrido, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Claudio Cavina, Philippe Herreweghe, Paul van Nevel, Thomas Hengelbrock, and Sigiswald Kuijken.<\/p>\n Mel\u00e9ndez is the founder of the ensemble I Fedeli,<\/em> which won first prize at the International Artist Presentation competition in Antwerp. The ensemble has released two recordings: Lo Zuane Tedesco, featuring music by Johann Rosenm\u00fcller (Pan Classics), and Tarasconi Codex Diminuito (Passacaille).<\/p>\n A specialist in Baroque improvisation, Mel\u00e9ndez teaches cornetto and diminution at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts and the University of the Arts Bremen. He has led workshops on ornamentation and diminution at numerous institutions, including the Berlin University of the Arts, the Freiburg University of Music, the National University of Mexico, the Norwegian Wind Ensemble, and the Urbino Academy. He has also published several academic articles on musical ornamentation.<\/p>\n"}]},"yoast_head":"\n