Chiara Banchini is a
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violinist, involved in the historical performance practice movement. She specializes in the music of the
Baroque
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.
Banchini was born in 1946 in
Lugano
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, Switzerland. She graduated from the
Geneva Conservatory
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, where she earned the Virtuoso award; following this, she studied under
Sandor Vegh and dedicated several years to the creation of contemporary works as a member of the Contrechamps Ensembleand. She then moved to the Royal Conservatory in
The Hague
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under
Sigiswald Kuijken
Sigiswald Kuijken (; born 16 February 1944) is a Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor known for playing on period and original instruments.
Biography
Kuijken was born in Dilbeek, near Brussels. He was a member of the Alarius Ensemble o ...
for the
Baroque violin
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. She taught at the Centre for Early Music in
Geneva
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and began performing as a soloist.
In 1981, she moved from Geneva to the
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
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in
Basel
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, where she formed
Ensemble 415, a Baroque performance ensemble, which was dissolved in January 2012. The group took its name from
a common Baroque pitch. The ensemble's recording of
Arcangelo Corelli
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's Concerti Grossi for
Harmonia Mundi
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was a commercial success in 1992, as was their 1996 recording of
Antonio Vivaldi
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's ''Stabat Mater''. She has also recorded with
Erato
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,
Virgin Records
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, Accent,
Astreé, and
Zig Zag Territories.
In 2014 she started a collaboration with
Theresia Youth Baroque Orchestra of which she is permanent conductor together with
Claudio Astronio and
Alfredo Bernardini
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Given name
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.
She plays a violin attributed to
Nicolò Amati
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in 1674.
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Chiara Banchini
Chiara Banchini is a Switzerland, Swiss violinist, involved in the historical performance practice movement. She specializes in the music of the Baroque music, Baroque.
Banchini was born in 1946 in Lugano, Switzerland. She graduated from the Gen ...
at
Allmusic
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Swiss performers of early music
Swiss women violinists
Women performers of early music
Swiss classical violinists
1946 births
Living people
Baroque-violin players
Academic staff of Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
People from Lugano
Women classical violinists
21st-century classical violinists
21st-century Swiss women musicians