il Pomo d'Oro
Introduction
Founded in 2012, il Pomo d’Oro has established itself as an ensemble of outstanding quality in the field of historically informed performance. The ensemble is characterized by an authentic, dynamic interpretation of operas and instrumental works from the Baroque and Classical period. In 2022, il Pomo d’Oro celebrated 10 years of intense concert activity worldwide and an impressive list of 35 recordings, many of them award winning.
Since 2016 Maxim Emelyanychev has been Chief Conductor of il Pomo d’Oro. The ensemble has also worked with conductors Riccardo Minasi, Francesco Corti, Stefano Montanari, George Petrou and Enrico Onofri. Violinist Zefira Valova leads the orchestra in various projects.
Since they first collaborated in 2016, Askonas Holt has arranged over 35 tours with il Pomo d’Oro across Europe, North America, South America and Asia with some of the world’s leading singers and instrumentalists, including Joyce DiDonato, Jakub Józef Orliński, Franco Fagioli, Alina Ibragimova and Edgar Moreau.
The discography of il Pomo d’Oro includes several opera recordings: Händel’s Theodora, Agrippina, Tamerlano, Partenope and Ottone, Vinci’s Catone in Utica, Recitals with Joyce DiDonato, Ann Hallenberg, Jakub Józef Orliński, Max Emanuel Cencic and Franco Fagioli. Among the instrumental albums the recordings of Haydn’s violin and harpsichord concertos as well as a cello album with Edgar Moreau received Echo Klassik Awards in 2016. With Maxim Ememlyanychev, the ensemble will release the complete Mozart Symphonies for the 21st Century over 6 discs. The first volume, “The Beginning and the End”, was released in February 2023.
il Pomo d’Oro is official ambassador of El Sistema Greece, a humanitarian project to provide free musical education to children in Greek refugee camps.
The ‘il Pomo d’Oro Academy’ was launched online during the first wave of the Covid 19 pandemic, offering free music lessons to music students worldwide. The Academy is now collaborating with El Sistema Venezuela, offering online masterclasses in Baroque music interpretation in cooperation with the “Inocente Carreño Itinerant Conservatory” in Caracas to the Baroque music ensembles of the El Sistema movement.
The ‘il Pomo d’Oro Academy’ is a longterm project that will start in their new residence, the monastery in Monte San Savino, Tuscany. Currently under construction, the monastery will be transformed into a state-of-the-art rehearsal and recording room, which can also serve as a small but very atmospheric concert venue. It will host masterclasses, workshops and educational programs for children.
Tours
- Aug 2024 - Sep 2024Europe
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor -Turku) Zefira Valova (conductor - Aalborg, Warsaw) Turku Concert Hall | Musikkenhus, Aalborg | Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio, Warsaw EDEN
- Aug 2024South America
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Zefira Valova (conductor) Santa Domingo | Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires | Sala Sao Paulo | Caracas EDEN
- Jun 2024Asia
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Zefira Valova (conductor) Hong Kong City Hall | Opera House of the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung | Shanghai Grand Theatre | National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing EDEN
- May 2024Europe
Francesco Corti (conductor) Cast: Sandrine Piau, Arianna Vendittelli, Paul Antoine Benos Dijan, Ann Hallenberg, Hugh Cutting, John Chest, Matthew Newlin Teatro Real, Madrid | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris Handel Berenice
- Apr 2024North America
Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, La Jolla | Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley | Bing Concert Hall, Stanford | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Vancouver | Peace Center Concert Hall, Greenville | University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, Athens Beyond: a unique selection of rarely performed music from the XVII century, featuring works of Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Strozzi, Cavalli, Netti, Moratelli.
- Jan 2024 - Feb 2024Europe
il pomo d’oro il pomo d’oro choir Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Cast: Joyce DiDonato, Fatma Said, Andrew Staples, Hugh Cutting, Beth Taylor, Carlotta Colomba Philharmonie, Luxembourg | Barbican Centre, London | Teatro Real, Madrid | Palau de la Musica, Valencia | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris | Musikkens Hus, Aalborg | Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg | Philharmonie, Essen Giacomo Carissimi Jephte, Henry Purcell Dido and Æneas
- Oct 2023 - Dec 2023Europe
Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) Wroclaw Opera | Warsaw Philharmonic | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam | Cologne Philharmonie | Staadstheater, Arnhem | Essen Philharmonie | Gulbenkian, Lisbon | Luxembourg Philharmonie | Berlin Philharmonie | Landestheater, Linz Beyond: a unique selection of rarely performed music from the XVII century, featuring works of Monteverdi, Frescobaldi, Strozzi, Cavalli, Netti, Moratelli.
- Aug 2023Sweden
Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) Zefira Valova (violin & conductor) SR Berwaldhallen, Stockholm Facce d'Amore
- Jun 2023Germany
Aylen Pritchin (violin) Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Residenz, Kaisersaal, Würzbur (Mozartfest Würzburg) Mozart Symphony No. 35 KV 385 (Haffner) Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 KV 216 Mozart Symphony No. 36 KV 425 (Linz)
- May 2023 - Jun 2023Europe
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Megaron, Athens | Gulbenkian, Lisbon | Teatro Real, Madrid | Palau de la Musica, Barcelona | Halle aux Grains, Toulouse | Kulturpalast, Dresden | die Glocke, Bremen | Philharmonie, Essen | Philharmonie, Katowice | Dzintari Concert Hall, Riga | La Scala, Milan EDEN
- May 2023Europe
Michael Spyres (tenor) Francesco Corti (conductor & harpsichord) Opéra Comédie Montpellier | Wigmore Hall, London | Philharmonie Berlin Contra-tenor
- Apr 2023 - May 2023Europe
Francesco Corti (conductor) Cast: Jakub Józef Orlinski, Giuseppina Bridelli, Melissa Petit, Andrea Mastroni, Paul-Antoine Benos-Djian Teatro Real Madrid | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées Paris | Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg | NOSPR Katowice Handel Tolomeo
- Mar 2023UK
Giovanni Sollima (cello) Federico Guglielmo (concertmaster) Wigmore Hall, London Al Bunduqiyya
- Jan 2023 - Feb 2023North America
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Zefira Valova (conductor) The Conrad, La Jolla | Bing Performance Hall, Stanford | Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley | Granada Theatre, Santa Barbara | Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Montreal | Palais Montcalm, Quebec | Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, Princeton EDEN
- Dec 2022Hong Kong
Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) Tai Kwun, Hong Kong (Prison Yard Festival) Facce d'Amore Le Stagioni dell'Anima
- Nov 2022Europe
George Petrou (conductor) Cast: Franco Fagioli, Mélissa Petit, Sarah Gilford, Luciana Mancini, Nicholas Phan, Alex Rosen Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona | Philharmonie, Essen | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris | Teatro Colón, A Coruña Handel Ariodante
- Sep 2022 - Oct 2022Europe
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Zefira Vaolva (conductor - Paris only) Auditorium, Grafenegg (Grafenegg Festival) | Musiktheater, Linz | Music Centre De Bijloke, Ghent (Flanders Festival Ghent), Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris EDEN
- Aug 2022South America
Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Sala Sao Paulo | Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro | Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires | Iglesia San Ignacio, Bogota Facce d'Amore
- Jun 2022Europe
Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Iş Sanat Concert Hall (Istanbul Music Festival) | Veľký evanjelický kostol, (Viva Musica! Festival Bratislava) Facce d'Amore
- Mar 2022 - Apr 2022Europe & North America
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Gergely Madaras (conductor - Budapest only) Bozar, Brussels | Luxembourg Philharmonie | Stadstheater, Arnhem | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam | Musikhuus, Aalborg | Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg | Konzerthaus, Vienna | MUPA, Budapest | Barbican, London | National Concert Hall, Dublin | Folly Theater, Kansas City | Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor | Harris Theatre, Chicago | Koerner Hall, Toronto | Carnegie Hall, New York | The Music Center at Strathmore, Washington EDEN
- Feb 2022UK
Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) Francesco Corti (conductor) Wigmore Hall, London Anima AEterna
- Jan 2022 - Feb 2022Europe
Anna Prohaska (soprano) Florian Boesch (baritone) Francesco Corti (conductor) Elbphilharmonie Hamburg | Zaryadye Hall Moscow | Philharmonie Berlin Bach and Buxtehude cantatas
- Dec 2021Europe
Avi Avital mandolin Theater für Niedersachsen Hildesheim | Elbphilharmonie Hamburg | Tonnhalle Dusseldorf | Philharmonie Cologne | Auditorium Manzoni Bologna | Konzerthaus Berlin Concerti and sonatas for mandolin by Scarlatti, Avison, Durante and Barbella
- Nov 2021Europe
il pomo d’oro il pomo d’oro choir Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Cast: Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Spyres, John Chest, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian Theater an der Wien | Teatro alla Scala Milan | Théâtre des Champs Elysées Paris | Philharmonie Luxembourg | Philharmonie Essen Handel Theodora
- Sep 2021 - Nov 2021Europe
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Zefira Valova ( violin/conductor ) The Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest (UNESCO Festival) | de Singel, Antwerp | Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden | Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona | Gulbenkian, Lisbon My Favourite Things
- Aug 2021Europe
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Edinburgh Academy Junior School (EIF), Haus für Mozar, Salzburg (Salzburg Festival), Wolkenturm Auditorium, Grafenegg (Grafenegg Festival) My Favourite Things
- Aug 2021Austria, Spain
Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) Zefira Valova (violin/conductor) Innsbruck Festival | Torroella Festival Facce d'Amore
- May 2021Europe
Jakub Józef Orlinski (countertenor) Francesco Corti (conductor) Essen Philharmonie | MUPA, Budapest (online) Facce d'Amore
- Apr 2021 - Jul 2021Europe
Dmitry Sinkovksy (conductor, Moscow only) Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Cast: Franco Fagioli, Julia Lezhneva, Dilyara Idrisova, Francesca Ascioti, Krystian Adam, Biagio Pizzuti Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow | Philharmonie, Essen | Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Paris | Halle aux Grains, Toulouse Handel Oreste
- Dec 2020Spain
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Francesco Corti (conductor) Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia My Favourite Things
- Sep 2020Bayreuth
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Francesco Corti (conductor) Markgräfliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth (Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival) My Favourite Things Rossi Sinfonia e grave à cinque voci, Monteverdi Illustratevi, o cieli, Cesti Intorno all idol mio, Monteverdi Sinfonia and Addio Roma, Gluck Danza dei spettri e delle furie, Hasse Morte col fiero aspetto, Handel Piangeró, la sorte mia, Merula Ciaccona, Dowland Come Again, Sweet Love, Handel Dopo notte
- Dec 2019London
Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) Wigmore Hall, London Facce d'Amore
- Oct 2019 - Nov 2019South America and North America
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Teatro Mayor, Bogota | Teatro Nacional, Santo Domingo | Sala São Paulo | In War & Peace: Harmony Through Music | Fundación CorpArtes, Santiago | Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires | Emory University, Atlanta | Houston Grand Opera | Kennedy Center, Washington In War & Peace: Harmony Through Music
- Jun 2019London
Edgar Moreau (cello) Milton Court Hall, London Handel, Platti, Durante, Tartini
- May 2019 - Jun 2019Europe
Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Cast: Joyce DiDonato, Samantha Hankey (Turku only), Franco Fagioli, Elsa Benoit, Luca Pisaroni, Gianluca Buratto (Paris only), Andrea Mastroni, Xavier Sabata, Jakub Józef Orlinski (Turku only), Carlo Vistoli, Biagio Pizzuti Luxembourg Philharmonie | Teatro Real, Madrid | Liceu, Barcelona | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris | Barbican Centre, London | Turku Concert Hall Handel Agrippina
- Apr 2019Birmingham
Franco Fagioli (countertenor) Town Hall, Birmingham
- Jan 2019Asia
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Shanghai Symphony Hall | NCPA Beijing | Macau Cultural Center | Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall | National Performing Arts Center Taiwan, Taipei | Lotte Hall, Seoul | Emirates Place, Abu Dhabi In War & Peace: Harmony Through Music
- Nov 2018 - Dec 2018Russia
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Zaryadye Hall, Moscow In War & Peace: Harmony Through Music
- Jun 2018Greece
il pomo d’oro Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano) Karina Gauvin (soprano) Mary Ellen Nesi (mezzo-soprano) Kristina Hammarstrom (mezzo-soprano) Andreas Wolf (bass) Francesca Aspromonte (soprano) Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens (Hellenic Festival) The Handel Mythology
- May 2018 - Jun 2018Europe
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Gulbenkian, Lisbon | Staatstheater Wiesbaden | Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Halle | Kulturpalast Dresden | Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg | Hagia Irene, Istanbul | Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich | Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest | Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center, Athens In War & Peace: Harmony Through Music
- Nov 2017Europe
Alina Ibragimova (violin) Gulbenkian, Lisbon | Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden | Wigmore Hall, London | Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam | Cologne Philharmonie Haydn Violin Concerto in G major MH52, Mendelssohn Sinfonia No. 10 in B minor, Mendelssohn Concerto in D minor for violin and string, Vivaldi Concerto for violin, strings and continuo in F minor, Vivaldi 'L'inverno' RV297
- Aug 2017London
Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Edgar Moreau (cello) Cadogan Hall, London (BBC Proms) Hasse Adagio and Fugue in G minor, Platti Cello Concerto in D major, Vivaldi Cello Concerto in A minor RV 419, Telemann Divertimento in B flat major, Boccherini Cello Concerto in D major, G479
- May 2017 - Jun 2017Europe
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Théatre des Champs-Élysées, Paris | Philharmonie Essen | Philharmonie Berlin | Teatro Real, Madrid | Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona | Auditorio - Palacio de Congresos Príncipe Felipe, Oviedo | National Concert Hall, Dublin In War & Peace: Harmony Through Music
- Nov 2016 - Dec 2016Europe and North America
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Bozar, Brussels | Concertgebouw, Amsterdam | Barbican, London | Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna | Musiikkitalo, Helsinki | Orpheum Theater, Vancouver | Bing Concert Hall, Stanford | Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley | Folly Theater, Kansas | Harris Theater, Chicago | Kodak Hall, Rochester | Carnegie Hall, New York In War & Peace: Harmony Through Music Handel Scenes of horror, scenes of woe, Leo Prendi quel ferro, o barbaro!, De Cavaleiri Sinfonia Rappresentatione di anima e di corpo, Purcell Ciaconna in sol min for 3 violins and basso, Purcell Dido’s Lament, Handel Pensieri, voi mi tormentate, Gesualdo Tristis est anima mea, Handel Lascia ch’io pianga, Purcell They tell us that you mighty powers, Handel Crystal streams in murmurs flowing, Pärt Da pacem, Domine, Handel Augelletti, che cantate, Handel Dopo Notte
- Oct 2016Europe
Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) Edgar Moreau (soloist) Gulbenkian, Lisbon | Festspielhaus, Baden Baden Programme: Giovincello
Photos
News
Joyce DiDonato’s EDEN comes to a close after 50 concerts on four continents
Jakub Józef Orliński debuts at BBC Proms with il Pomo d’Oro
Askonas Holt artists and touring partners to appear at the 2024 BBC Proms
ON TOUR: Jakub Józef Orliński and il Pomo d’Oro tour North America
ON TOUR: il Pomo d’Oro tours Europe with Joyce DiDonato, Fatma Said and Hugh Cutting
ON TOUR: il pomo d’oro and Jakub Józef Orliński take ‘Beyond’ to Europe
ON TOUR: EDEN returns to North America
Il Pomo d’Oro returns to Asia
On tour with Joyce DiDonato : EDEN
On tour: il pomo d’oro and Franco Fagioli perform Handel in Moscow