L’Estravagante has
been founded in 2007, the third centenary
of Buxtehude’s death.
For this occasion, Stefano Montanari
(violin), Rodney Prada (viola da gamba)
and Maurizio Salerno (harpsichord)
recorded D. Buxtehude’s only
published work, Suonate a doi, violino
& viola da gamba, con cembalo,
op. 1 and op.2.
Well-known musicians in Italy and
Europe, they take part in the most
important early music festivals, as
soloists or with ensembles such as
Il Giardino Armonico, Europa Galante,
Accademia Bizantina, Les Talens Lyriques,
La Capella della Pietà de'
Turchini.
Stefano Montanari and Maurizio Salerno
also recorded J.S. Bach’s Sonatas
for Obbligato Harpsichord and Violin
(La Bottega Discantica).
L’Estravagante has a thriving
artistic activity and further recordings
are planned for 2008 and 2009.
> Rodney
Prada
 Born
in Costa Rica in 1973 into a family
of violinmakers, Rodney Prada began
his studies at a young age. In 1986
he moved to Italy where he studied
viola da gamba at the Civica Scuola
di Musica with Roberto Gini and Vittorio
Ghielmi.
After having established himself quickly
in the European early music scene,
he has participated in numerous productions
with the most well-known ensembles
( Elyma, Il Giardino Armonico, La
Fenice, Les
Musiciens du Louvre, Europa Galante,
Accademia Bizantina, Les Talens Lyriques,
Concerto Italiano, Il Suonar Parlante,
La Venexiana, L’Amoroso, Labyrinto,
Quartetto Italiano di Viole da gamba,
La Capella della Pietà de’
Turchini etc. ), performing in prestigious
halls throughout Europe and North
and South America.
He has recorded for Teldec, Astrée,
K617, Opus111, Winte&Winter, Symphonia,
Glossa, Naive, Tactus.
As soloist and as member of Il Suonar
Parlante, he has dedicated himself
not only to early music, but also
to contemporary and jazz music in
projects that experiment with the
use of original instruments in present
-day musical contexts. He has collaborated
with young Italian
composeres as well as jazz musicians
like Uri Caine.
He teaches viola da gamba at the Accademia
Internazionale della Musica (Milan).
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> Stefano
Montanari
After obtaining a diploma “cum
laude” in violin and piano,
Stefano Montanari specialised in Chamber
Music under Maestro PierNarciso Masi
at the Music Academy of Florence,
and obtained a further diploma as
soloist under Maestro Carlo Chiarappa
at the Swiss Italian Conservatory
in Lugano.
Since 1995 he has played as first
violinist in the Accademia Bizantina
of Ravenna.
He collaborates with some of the most
important exponents in the field of
early music, and particularly with
C. Rousset (with whom he has recently
recorded Bach’s Sonatas for
violin and obbligato harpsichord for
Naïve), with “Concerto
Köln” as Konzertmeister
and conductor and with “Kammerorchester
Basel” (with whom he will soon
record – a world premiere –
A. Montanari’s violin concerti,
for Sony).
He has recorded with record companies
like Fonè, Frequenz, Denon,
Opus 111, Erato, Virgin, Tactus, Astrée,
Thymalus, Simphonya, Bottega Discantica,
Decca, Oiseau Lyre, Naive e Arts (recently,
his recording of Sonatas op. 5 by
Corelli obtained a “Diapason
d’or” in France and several
further international prizes).
In March 2007 he was the protagonist
of the issue of Amadeus magazine,
with a complete recording of D. Buxtehude’
Sonatas for violin, viola da gamba
and continuo.
He teaches baroque violin at Accademia
Internazionale della Musica di Milano
and a II level baroque violin course
at “Dall’Abaco”
Conservatory in Verona; for the last
two years he has also been a teacher
at the International Courses of Early
Music in Urbino.
Beyond his activity as a soloist,
he is also a conductor. He made his
debut with Mozart’s Nozze di
Figaro for the season of the Orchestra
"I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano",
in collaboration with As.Li.Co, he
has conducted Orchestra 1813 of Como
and in the next autumn he will be
a protagonist of the Autumn Season
at Bergamo Theatre, conducting the
Bergamo Musica Festival “G.Donizetti”
Orchestra in the opening concert and
in G. Donizetti’s “Don
Gregorio”.
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> Maurizio
Salerno
 He
was born in Milan in 1970, and graduated
in Organ and Composition for organ
from the Conservatory of his home
town, and in Harpsichord, under Ottavio
Dantone, from the Conservatories of
Lugano and Turin. He furthered his
studies at the "Schola Cantorum"
in Basel under Jean-Claude Zehnder;
he studied also with Andrea Marcon.
With an intensive concert schedule
throughout Italy and Europe, he has
also given concerts in the United
States, Brasil, Mexico, Russia and
Australia. With Stefano Montanari
(violin) and Rodney Prada (viola da
gamba), Maurizio has founded the ensemble
"L'Estravagante" and recorded
the complete sonatas for violin, viola
da gamba and harpsichord by D. Buxtehude,
published by Amadeus and due to be
republished soon by Arts.
Together with Edoardo Bellotti, he
has recorded a CD of music for two
organs by Bach and Handel (Unicef),
a CD of the organ version of Haydn's
“Seven Last Words from the Cross”
and a CD of Pachelbel’s “Musikalische
Sterbens-Gedanken”, both for
Amadeus magazine, and two CDs of Bernardo
Pasquini's “Sonate a due bassi”
(December 2004 and August 2006).
Maurizio Salerno is the Organist at
the renowned Basilica of Santa Maria
della Passione in Milan and teaches
Organ at Darfo - Boario Terme Conservatory.
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Stefano Rossi
 He
graduated “cum laude”
in baroque violin at Conservatorium
van Amsterdam, where he studied with
Lucy van Dael, also participating
to the classes of Alfredo Bernardini,
Bob van Asperen and Wouter Moller..
He collaborates with groups as Accademia
Bizantina, Cappella della Pietà
dei Turchini, Musica ad Rhenum, Zefiro,
Camerata Anxanum, Ensemble La Fontegara,
Al Ayre Espanol, Xacona, Estro Armonico.
With Musica ad Rhenum he recorded
the complete chamber music by Francois
Couperin, and - with Zefiro Ensemble
- Vivaldi’s “concerti
per più strumenti” and
Mozart’s divertimenti. He also
recorded for Naive, Stradivarius,
Decca, Ambroyse, Virgin Classic, and
the main European radios.
He plays an instrument made by Henry
James in London, 1740.
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