Baroque Ensemble Transylvania

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The Baroque Ensemble "Transylvania" was founded in 1995 by István Nagy, rather by a fortunate accident. What had been intended to be a concert for friends only soon developed into a highly successful ensemble invited to The Netherlands for a series of benefit concerts meant to support social projects in Romania. By now the Baroque Ensemble "Transylvania" has already had several successful tours in The Netherlands, also performing in places such as the Concertgebouw (with direct transmission by AVRO Radio) and the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, the "Gasteig" in Munich or at the Early Music Festival "Landshuter Hofmusiktage". The ensemble has also played in Germany, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Moldavia and, of course, Romania, totalizing more than 400 public appearances and three CD recordings until now.

In Romania they played at festivals, for Radio Cluj, for the President and for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but also for very thankful and enthousiastic audiences in small towns with reduced cultural life. Besides European baroque repertoire, the ensemble focusses especially on Transylvanian baroque music, which until now always met great response of the audience in both Eastern and Western Europe. Also important for historical performance practice is the work with copies of historical wind instruments, which started in 1999.

Nevertheless, the ensemble is also concerned about Transylvanian contemporary music: several pieces were already written especially for it by composers like Hans Peter Türk, Dan Voiculescu, Adrian Borza and Cornel Taranu. Another remarkable detail is the ethnic compilation of the ensemble which reflects Transylvanian multiculturality: two of them are of Hungarian, one of Romanian and one of German origin. These different backgrounds don't give any obstacle for playing together in good harmony, which is a nice example for the unifying power of music.