Orpheon Consort

Classical Chamber Ensemble

ensemble Orpheon Consort performs music from the Renaissance, the Baroque and the Classical Periods on a collection of historical musical instruments which encompasses over 200 violas da gamba, violas d'amore, violins, violas, violoncellos, violones and historical bows from between 1560 and 1800 by the finest makers from Italy, Germany, Austria, Flanders, Holland, France and England. The European Community awarded Orpheon a grant (Culture-2000, Mozart-Call) to present exhibitions, courses and concert series on these instruments in Austria during 2007. In 2009 exhibitions took place in the Torre Medieval in Basauri (Spain), in the Château de Lunéville (France) and in the Parador Nacional in Cuenca (Spain). Since 2010 the collection has been on exhibition at the Castello di Duino (Italy), where courses and concerts are held.