L'Estro d'Orfeo & Leonor de Lera
Biography L'Estro d'Orfeo & Leonor de Lera
L'Estro d'Orfeo & Leonor de Lera
Founded by Leonor de Lera, El Canto de Orfeo is an ensemble that specializes in instrumental music of the seventeenth century, making use of period instruments and with a historically informed approach in line with the aesthetics of the time.
It takes its name and inspiration from the greek legend of Orpheus. Son of the god Apollo, god of the music and the arts; and Calliope, the muse of poetry and eloquence; Orpheus inherited from them the gift of music and poetry. As Apollo was considered the best musician amongst the gods, so was Orpheus considered the best musician amongst the mortals.
By dint of his music and singing, he could charm all living things and even rocks. He had the ability to appease and coax the wild beasts; the birds, moved by the sound of his music, would fall under a spell and stop flying; the trees would unearth their roots to move closer and crowd around him and the rivers would arrest their course to listen to his singing. There was not a god or mortal that could withstand his strains.
Taking Orpheus as its inspiration and following the ideals of the baroque period, the ensemble El Canto de Orfeo has as its purpose inviting its audience to take a journey through the wide variety of emotions that music presents to us.
Its members, all of them with an extensive training and profesional experience in the early music field, and with origins that span both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, share one common goal: to bring to life and to spread the musical repertoire of one of the most fascinating periods of our history.
