L’Arpeggiata

The award-winning ensemble L’Arpeggiata was founded in 2000 by Christina Pluhar. Working with soloists from various musical backgrounds, the ensemble delights the public and the press worldwide with its unconventional and rousing performances.

Named after the toccata of the same name by Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, L’Arpeggiata specializes in music of the 17th century. The ensemble has given nu­mer­ous concert tours, travelling throughout Europe, and to Australia, South America, Japan, China, New Zealand and the USA.

Its recordings have won various awards, including the Cannes Classical Award and the Diapason d’Or, as well as the ECHO Klassik in 2009 for Monteverdi: Teatro d’Amore, in 2010 for Via Crucis and in 2011 for Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine.

In addition, the ensemble’s discography includes albums such as Los Pajaros Per­didos: The South American Project (2012), Mediterraneo with the Fado singer Mísia (2013), Music for a While – Improvisations on Purcell with Philippe Jaroussky (2014), Francesco Cavalli – L’Amore innamorato (2015) and Orfeo Chamán (2016), an opera composed and arranged by Christina Pluhar.

The ensemble’s 2017 album Händel Goes Wild with the countertenor Valer Sa­badus won an OPUS Klassik award in 2018. In October 2021 the ensemble released the album Alla Napoletana with Céline Scheen, Luciana Mancini and Vincenzo Capezzuto.