Valencia, one of the great cultural centres of the Mediterranean between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, experienced a period of extraordinary musical splendour linked to the courts of Alfonso the Magnanimous in Naples and of Ferdinand of Aragon, Duke of Calabria, and Germaine of Foix in Valencia. This programme revives the music that resonated in those Renaissance environments through sources such as the Montecassino Songbook and the Songbook of the Duke of Calabria (also known as the Upsala Songbook), exceptional testimonies to a flourishing artistic life. The programme is completed with works from other contemporary songbooks and composers associated with the Crown of Aragon, as well as pieces by the Valencian composer Joan Baptista Cabanilles, offering a rich panorama of Mediterranean musical roots.
Founded in 2015 by recorder player David Antich, Mediterrània Consort specialises in music composed before the eighteenth century. Bringing together musicians with solid international careers, the ensemble is committed to artistic excellence, historical research and educational work in the fields of early and Baroque music.
Their artistic approach combines stylistic rigour with a deeply Mediterranean expressiveness, inviting audiences to leave the everyday behind and embrace new emotional experiences through sound. The ensemble has appeared at major early music and Baroque festivals and has earned recognition from both audiences and critics. Its recordings have been praised by leading international publications for both their interpretative quality and their commitment to recovering historical repertoire.
David Antich, director and recorder
Juan Carlos de Mulder, vihuela and Renaissance guitar
Leonardo Luckert, bowed vihuela and viola da gamba
Ignasi Jordà, harpsichord
Pau Ballester, percussion
