Happy Birthday, Emanuele!
April 14, 2023
The Neapolitan violinist and composer Emanuele Barbella (1718-1777) enjoyed great popularity: after his first studies with his father, the “maestro d’instrumenti ad arco” of the
The Neapolitan violinist and composer Emanuele Barbella (1718-1777) enjoyed great popularity: after his first studies with his father, the “maestro d’instrumenti ad arco” of the
Johann Heinrich Rolle is a composer who has now accompanied the Kölner Akademie for several years, especially the two surviving ones of his four Passions.
He is one of the most important Baroque composers and was also considered an exceptionally good businessman and very well connected – we are talking
We are in the midst of the Passion season, which of course also has an effect on the current activities of the Kölner Akademie. In
Which instrument do you play at the Kölner Akademie and when did you start playing?Since 2022 I play with the Kölner Akademie: baroque flute for
2023 is the year of the mandolin – what could be more fitting than to put this much too little appreciated instrument at the center
Kölle alaaf! These days, we at the Cologne Academy want to take a look at the music in carnival. If we take today’s Cologne carnival
Which instrument do you play at the Kölner Akademie and when did you start playing?At the Kölner Akademie I play the violin, the instrument that
He was a musical prodigy whose life was far too short. And at the same time, Michael Alexander Willens, director of the Kölner Akademie, says
A life for the flute – this should actually be the subtitle of a biography of today’s birthday child. Johann Joachim Quantz was a flutist,