Vittorio Ghielmi
Illustration — Vittorio Ghielmi (foto Holger Schneider) Vittorio Ghielmi is a Milanese soloist (viola da gamba), conductor, composer. He has been compared by critics to Jasha Heifetz ("Diapason") for his virtuosity, and described as "An Alchemist of sound" ("Diario de Sevilla"), "A shaman of the viol" ("La Repubblica") or "Ein Teufelgambist" (“Mittelbayerische Zeitung”) for the intensity and versatility of his musical interpretations. - Le violiste au coup d’archet le plus libre et le plus enlevé de la planète. (Radio France "France Musique"). • Illustration — Vittorio Ghielmi (foto Orlando Bonaldo) As viola da gamba soloist or conductor, he appears regularly with famous orchestras in the fields of both classical, modern and early music (Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra – with J.G.Graun's Concerto in the Hollywood Bowl; the London Philharmonia, Staatskapelle Berlin, The Wiener Philharmoniker, the Wiener-Symphoniker, Il Giardino Armonico, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Akamus etc.).
Vittorio Ghielmi

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- composer · conductor · viol player · harpsichordist · musician · university teacher · writer · violist
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Illustration — Vittorio Ghielmi (foto Holger Schneider) Vittorio Ghielmi is a Milanese soloist (viola da gamba), conductor, composer. He has been compared by critics to Jasha Heifetz ("Diapason") for his virtuosity, and described as "An Alchemist of sound" ("Diario de Sevilla"), "A shaman of the viol" ("La Repubblica") or "Ein Teufelgambist" (“Mittelbayerische Zeitung”) for the intensity and versatility of his musical interpretations. - Le violiste au coup d’archet le plus libre et le plus enlevé de la planète. (Radio France "France Musique"). • Illustration — Vittorio Ghielmi (foto Orlando Bonaldo) As viola da gamba soloist or conductor, he appears regularly with famous orchestras in the fields of both classical, modern and early music (Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra – with J.G.Graun's Concerto in the Hollywood Bowl; the London Philharmonia, Staatskapelle Berlin, The Wiener Philharmoniker, the Wiener-Symphoniker, Il Giardino Armonico, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Akamus etc.).
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Quarto Scherzo delle ariose vaghezze, SV 316: "Ohimè ch'io cado, ohimè ch'inciampo"
Primo libro d’arie musicali: Se l'aura spira tutta vezzosa, F 7.15
Secondo libro d’arie musicali: Voi partite mio sole, F 7.30
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Ghielmi worked across composer, conductor, viol player, harpsichordist and musician and 3 further recorded occupations. This article rests on 85 catalogued compositions and 11 issued recordings drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
• Bagpipes from Hell – Music for Viola da gamba, Lyra-viol, Lute, and Ceterone. 17th and 18th century (Vittorio Ghielmi, Luca Pianca, 1999) • Pièces de caractère – Works by: Marais, Forqueray, Mouton, Dollé, Caix d'Hervelois, De Visée (Vittorio Ghielmi, Luca Pianca, 2002) • Short Tales for a Viol – English lyra-viol music of the 17th century (Vittorio Ghielmi) • Duo – German Music for Lute & Viol (Vittorio Ghielmi, Luca Pianca) • Full of Colour (V. Ghielmi, E. Reijseger, Il Suonar Parlante) • Johann Sebastian Bach – Preludi ai corali (Vittorio Ghielmi, Italian Viola da Gamba Quartet) • Telemann, Georg Philipp – Chamber Music with Viola Da Gamba (Ensemble Baroque de Limoges) • Devil's Dream (Ghielmi, Pianca, Gibelli) • Johann Sebastian Bach – Sonatas, Preludes and Fugues • Villa Medici – Nata per la musica Bern, Beschi, Caine • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Lieder zum singen bey dem Clavier • Johann Gottlieb Graun – Konzertante Musik mit Viola da Gamba • J. S. Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord, Vittorio Ghielmi (viola da gamba), Lorenzo Ghielmi (fortepiano). Also includes Bach Preludes & Fugues, 1998, [Lorenzo is Vittorio's older brother] • C. P. E. Bach: Lieder – Zum singen bey dem clavier — Ursula Fiedler (Soprano) Lorenzo Ghielmi (Clavier), Vittorio Ghielmi (viola da gamba), Ars Musici, 1999 • Der Kastanienball – Vittorio Ghielmi, Il Suonar Parlante – Prinzregenten Theater, Munchen, Germany (2004). • Dalla Casa: Il Secondo Libro dei Madrigali – Il Terzo Suono Balconi, Dalla Casa, Fabris, Fagotto, Fedi • Graun: Concerti – Ponseele, Il Gardellino Ensemble • Graun: Concerti CPO • Marin Marais: La Force et la Douceur, Pièces de viole, V. Ghielmi and Luca Pianca, Passacaille, 2010 • Barbarian Beauty, Concertos for viola da gamba and orchestra, (Graun, Telemann, Tartini and Vivaldi: the gypsy side), with Marcel Comendant (cymbalon), Dorothee Oberlinger recorder, M.Hirasaki, violin and "Il Suonar Parlante Orchestra", Passacaille 2011 • La Force et la douceur, Music by Marin Marais, Vittorio Ghielmi and Luca Pianca, Passacaille ed. Marais: La Force et la douceur. Ghielmi, Pianca. • Forqueray le diable Vittorio Ghielmi, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Rodney Prada, Luca Pianca, Passacaille ed. • Gypsy Baroque, Alpha, Vittorio Ghielmi IL SUONAR PARLANTE ORCHESTRA, Gypsy Baroque | Outhere Music • "Le Secret de Marais", Alpha, Vittorio Ghielmi IL SUONAR PARLANTE ORCHESTRA, Le secret de Monsieur Marais With Uri Caine • The Goldberg Variations (Winter & Winter, 2000)

Vittorio Ghielmi
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Recordings and discography
The 2000s are the densest decade of publication, with 6 issues. The performers and issuing labels are as the discographic register states them; where it names no performer the article names none.
Le Diable
2014
Le secret de Monsieur Marais
2020
Per un bacio
2004
Concertos
2005
La Force et la Douceur
2009
Suitte d'un goût etranger
1998
The Passion of Musick
2014
Gypsy Baroque
2018
Concerti
2006
Gamba Sonatas & Fantasias
2008
Die Kunst der Fuge
2009
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