Thomas Hengelbrock and the Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

The German violinist, musicologist and conductor Thomas Hengelbrock, who worked as assistant to Antal Doráti at one time, came to world attention for a repertoire spanning Baroque historically informed music to modern times. Violinist with Concentus Musicus Wien, and one of the founders of Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, he conducted Tannhäuser in Bayreuth in 2011. As leader of the Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble he founded in 1995, he conducts instrumental pieces by Bach and Telemann as well as opera pasticcio reviving the traditions of Baroque music theatre. In accordance with 18th century practice, well known and obscure yet valuable Baroque arias are strung onto a single dramaturgical thread, and these are then placed into the service of the story of Saracen sorceress Armida and Crusader knight Rinaldo.