Paola Erdas
Harpsichord
Born in
Sardinia, Paola Erdas was awarded her diploma in harpsichord at the
Conservatory of Venice in 1991. From 1992 to 1996, thanks to a
five-year scholarship, she studied under Kenneth Gilbert at the
Mozarteum in Salzburg. Since 1996 she has been a member of the
ensemble L'Apothéose, recording for the Stradivarius label.
In the same year, together with
recorder virtuoso Lorenzo Cavasanti, she founded the JANAS ensemble.
The group, which collaborates with the theatre and historical dance
specialist Deda Colonna, soon became multi-instrumental, with the
sound of the harpsichord augmented by voice,winds,strings
and percussion , in performances
combining poetry, dance and music of the late Renaissance and
Baroque periods in the Mediterranean area.
Particularly interested in the early harpsichord
repertoire she combines her intense performing activity with her
wide musicological interests. For Ut Orpheus Edizioni she has
published the first modern edition of the "Pièces de Luth en Musique
pour jouer sur le Luth et le Clavessin" by Perrine (Paris 1680),
which she has also recorded, for the Stradivarius label, on the
Delin harpsichord (Tournai 1768) from the collection of K.Gilbert.
Always fascinated by the
Spanish repertoire, she has studied this topic
in depth with careful research into ancient sources and treatises.
In 1997, she recorded the solo CD "Libro de Cifra Nueva" by Luys
Venegas de Henestrosa on another harpsichord in K.Gilbert's
collection, the Italian F. A. 1677.
The restoration of an extraordinary 1699 Neapolitan harpsichord by
Nicolò de Quoco by
the Italian maker Augusto Bonza has
been the occasion for her solo CD "Il Cembalo intorno a Gesualdo",
which has been internationally acclaimed by the critics.
In HERMOSURAS, the first CD
production of the JANAS ensemble, she continues her journey through
the artistic crossroads between Italy and Spain.
In 2003
Paola Erdas, Lorenzo Cavasanti, Dorothee Oberlinger and Jorge
Alberto Guerrero founded the Quadro Janas.
She is presently working on a critical edition of the "Pièces de
Clavessin" by N. A. Lebègue, the first volume of which has been
already been published by Ut Orpheus Edizioni and recently recorded
by her on the Stradivarius label.
Paola Erdas teaches thorough-bass at the Conservatory of Trieste.
Programmes for the next season:
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