Ensemble Zefirelli
Biography Ensemble Zefirelli
Ensemble I Zefirelli
Founded in Hamburg, the ensemble I Zefirelli stands for a fresh breeze in the world of Early Music.
Since 2017 I Zefirelli unites six musicians with a rich background in solo and chamber music performance, who work in the field of historically informed practice and thrill with their vital and vivid interpretations. The ensemble is named after Zephyr, God of the west wind, also known as the herald of spring.
The ensemble performs all over Europe, being part of well known festivals. This year for example, they played at Brucknerhaus Linz, at the Händel-Festspiele Göttingen and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival.
In 2017 the young musicians were rewarded by the Career Center of the HfMT Hamburg for their innovative concept of Mr. Händel im Pub, which brings the transitions between baroque and folk music to live. The main focus is the city of London around the year 1700. This program was recorded and published on CD in 2022 and found entrance to the Longlist 3/2022 of the Deutsche Schallplattenkritik.
The members of I Zefirelli compose, arrange and improvise a lot and with greatest pleasure: in 2020 they created a concert of improvisation at Nikolaisaal in Potsdam (freestyle) and composed two own cantatas in 2021.
For 2022 I Zefirelli was chosen for EEEMERGING+, a program for aspiring young musicians, operating all over Europe, which is supported by Creative Europe and the European Union.
