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Evangelina Mascardi
Birth nameMaria Evangelina Mascardi
BornBuenos Aires
OriginArgentina
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Musician, soloist, professor
Instrument(s)Lute, guitar, theorbo, vihuela
LabelsArcana
Websitehttp://www.evangelinamascardi.com

Maria Evangelina Mascardi is a world-renowned[1][2] Argentinian lutenist, guitarist, and theorbist known for her concert performances.[3][4][5] She is currently a university professor residing in Orte, Italy, and teaches Lute at the Conservatorio Antonio Vivaldi in Alessandria, Italy.

Life

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1977[6][5], she graduated in classical guitar and started her concert career as a highly gifted young soloist. As a teenager, she devoted herself to the guitar, performing in various concerts. She studied music at the National Music Academy Juan Pedro Esnaola with Silvia Fernandez and Gabriel Schebor, where she graduated as a state-approved music teacher.[7] She moved to Europe in 1997 and decided to study the lute at the Swiss Music Academy (SCB) in Basel, Switzerland[1][8][5]. She graduated as a soloist in famed lutenist Hopkinson Smith's class in 2001[9][5], obtaining her “Solisten Diplom” in 2001[5]. She then acquired another academic degree while working as a soloist with Tiziano Bagnati at Benedetto Marcello Conservatory.[7]

She has accompanied well-known soloists such as Jordi Savall, Andrea Marcon, Giovanni Antonini and Sir Simon Rattle as a Continuo player, participating in 30 CD productions. She has now devoted herself solely to lute solo performances[8], sometimes playing in ensembles, such as the Ensemble Zefiro under Alfredo Bernardini or the Monteverdi Choir under Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

When selecting works for recording and playing she prefers the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach and Sylvius Leopold Weiss[10][11], whom she described as the "last of the great lute players."[12][13]

Evangelina Mascardi began teaching Hauptfach Laute in 2010 at the Conservatorio Antonio Vivaldi in Alessandria, Italy[5]. She is also artistic director in the Course on Early Music Ottaviano Alberti in Orte.[7]

Discography (Solo Lute)

Mascardi has five solo albums including two devoted to Johann Sebastian Bach and Sylvius Leopold Weiss (ORF-Alte Musik, Austria 2003 and 2009), one to theorbo solos by the Modena-born Bellerofonte Castaldi (Arcana 2011) and one devoted to the Belgian lutenist and composer Laurent de Saint-Luc (Musique en Wallonie 2018).[1] She recently release a new album, J. S. Bach: Complete Lute Works (Released on March 18, 2022, Label: Arcana, available as a CD, but also in the form of high-resolution 24bit/96kHz files)[2]. She has also recorded compositions for the vihuela.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c ""La belle homicide". Evangelina Mascardi, laúd barroco". Fundación Caja Cantabria. 22 January 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b Torrico, Eduardo (29 April 2022). "Discos Excepcionales de mayo 2022. "BACH: Obra completa para laúd". Evangelina Mascardi, laúd barroco". Scherzo. Año XXXVII (Nº 384, Mayo 2022.). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  3. ^ "The days of Tiepolo: concert by the lutenist Evangelina Mascardi preceded by a guided tour of the Church of the Beata Vergine della Purità". CSS Teatro stabile di innovazione del Friuli Venezia Giulia. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Evangelina Mascardi". outhere music. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "I Mercoledì del Conservatorio: al via la nuova stagione di concerti". Corriere di Alessandria (Corriere AL). 17 November 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  6. ^ Zocca, Chiara (28 November 2021). "Mascardi e quel liuto che sa regalare magia". L'Arena.
  7. ^ a b c Evangelina Mascardi. Gastdozentur Biography from The University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich
  8. ^ a b c Baumgärtner, Rainer (7 May 2022). "Album of the Week. Evangelina Mascardi: Bach - Complete Lute Works". Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb): rbbKultur. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  9. ^ Fisherman, Diego (7 May 2022). "Flora Purim at 80, the best Bach for lute and the prehistory of Betty Boop". Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  10. ^ Chahine, Loïc (12 May 2022). "L'événement: La dame au luth, L'ŒUVRE POUR LUTH". Diapason Magazine. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  11. ^ Smaczny, Jan (1 June 2022). "J S Bach, Complete Lute Works. Evangelina Mascardi (lute)". Retrieved 30 May 2022. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  12. ^ Evangelinas Lautenbüchlein. January 2016
  13. ^ Oron, Aryeh (16 May 2022). "Evangelina Mascardi (Guitar, Lute)". Bach Cantatas Website. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  14. ^ McCutcheon, James (September 2021). "Milano Spagnola. Maurizio Croci, hpsi, org; Evangelina Mascardi, vihuela—Arcana 481—61 minutes". American Record Guide. Vol. 84, no. 5. American Record Guide. pp. 166–167.
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