La Venexiana
Gabriele Palomba | artistic director
La Venexiana relishes the sound of the Renaissance and Baroque with passion and an irrepressible joy in music making. The freedom of this music is animated by the smallest details with finesse, style, perfect intonation, homogeneity and beautiful tone.
La Venexiana, founded by Claudio Cavina and now lead by Gabriele Palomba, earned its reputation as leading Italian ensemble in the field of Early Music also due to the prizes it won for its highly recommended CDs. Their recordings of madrigals by d’India, Luzzaschi, Marenzio, Gesualdo and the complete recording of the madrigal books and operas by Monteverdi on GLOSSA have won acclaim worldwide. On the occasion of Monteverdi’s 450th birthday, the ensemble gave concerts and opera performances all over Europe, including Schwetzingen, Zurich, Halle, Venice and Lisbon.
Watch and Listen
The second to last release A DUE ALTI as well as the complete repertoire on GLOSSA are available on YouTube | listen
Projects
Caravaggio and Monteverdi – Pur ti Miro | A collaboration between La Venexiana and Teatri 35
You can get a first impression of the Tableaux Vivants here.
Round M | Monteverdi meets Jazz – for further details please see info in the dowload section.
ROUND M | Konzertverein Bozen | June 2021
Reviews
The rhythm is slow and the intonation meticulous, within a polyphony of great sensuality, allowing one to appreciate the quality of each voice and the harmonic audacities of the Prince of Venosa, placed in the service of the word (sospiro, lagrime, m’uccide…) and expression.
Res Musica | Printemps Monte Carlo | Michèlle Tosi | 18 March, 2026
The a cappella singing – the perfect intonation of which must be emphasised – is thus followed by a vocal line enriched by a harpsichord and a lute, which add to the sensuality of the overall soundscape.
Forumopera.com | Printemps Monte Carlo | Tania Bracq | 14 March, 2026
Shock-frozen Bible stories
With just a few things and an arsenal of cloths for the various garments, mainly in red, white and black, miraculous transformations took place, resulting in images that seem like shock-frozen Bible stories. This marriage of hearing and seeing had a magical, sometimes even spiritual power.
Kleine Zeitung | Styriarte Graz – Pur ti Miro | Michael Tschida | 25 June, 2024
…there is no sense of academic archaeology here, and very much a spirit of adventure and exploration. … This first-class album, graced by attractive notes and just as attractive an acoustic – warm but open – explores the genre imaginatively and vividly.
www.musicweb-international.com | CD A due alti | Jonathan Woolfe
Gabriele Palomba | artistic director
La Venexiana relishes the sound of the Renaissance and Baroque with passion and an irrepressible joy in music making. The freedom of this music is animated by the smallest details with finesse, style, perfect intonation, homogeneity and beautiful tone.
La Venexiana, founded by Claudio Cavina and now lead by Gabriele Palomba, earned its reputation as leading Italian ensemble in the field of Early Music also due to the prizes it won for its highly recommended CDs. Their recordings of madrigals by d’India, Luzzaschi, Marenzio, Gesualdo and the complete recording of the madrigal books and operas by Monteverdi on GLOSSA have won acclaim worldwide. On the occasion of Monteverdi’s 450th birthday, the ensemble gave concerts and opera performances all over Europe, including Schwetzingen, Zurich, Halle, Venice and Lisbon.
