EUBO keyboards & continuo

Simone Vallerotonda, Italy

Theorbo

Simone began his musical studies on the classical guitar with Maurizio Di Chio and Giuliano Balestra. Fascinated by early music, he decided to study the lute with Andrea Damiani at the Conservatory Santa Cecilia in Rome, where he graduated with honours. He has performed in major music festivals including the International Festival of Early Music in Urbino, Flatus Festival of Sion, Rome Baroque Festival, Concerts of Capri, and at prestigious concert halls such as the Teatro Regio in Torino, Auditorium de Espinho, Auditorium Santa Cecilia, the Aula Magna of the University La Sapienza in Rome. He graduated in philosophy with honours from the University Tor Vergata in Rome, specializing in the aesthetics of the 17th and 18th century, with particular attention to the relationship between synesthesia and music and philosophy. He currently studies with Rolf Lislevand at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Trossingen. He has recorded for Amadeus, E lucevan le stelle Records, Musical Treasures of Rome. Simone collaborates as a continuo player with various ensembles including: Modo Antiquo, Cantar Lontano, Le Parlement de Musique, Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino, Mvsica Perdvta.

Yavor Genov, Bulgaria

Theorbo

Yavor was born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. He graduated from the University of Sofia in the guitar class of Panajot Panajotov. During his studies he took part in masterclasses of baroque music interpretation with Ashley Solomon and Kreeta-Maria Kentala. Yavor is an active lute performer of renaissance and baroque music. He studied the lute with Jakob Lindberg, with whom he currently works. As a solo lute player his most recent recital was in the Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Främjande, Stockholm. As a continuo player in the consort for early music Concerto Antico, Yavor participated in the Festival de Música Antiga in Barcelona, the Fabulous Fringe series of the Festival Oude Muziek in Utrecht as well as the Bulgarian Festival Luxuria Europae - The Art of Baroque.Yavor has also made recordings of renaissance and baroque chamber and solo music for the Bulgarian National Radio and he holds a PhD from the Institute of Art Studies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, which focuses on the Gregorian chant. In 2009 he won the Young Scholar Award of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Francesco Tomasi, Italy

Theorbo

Francesco started playing the guitar aged eight. Five years later he decided to study lute with Andrea Damiani at the Conservatory Santa Cecilia in Rome. He graduated in 2009 with the highest mark. He is currently doing a master’s degree with Rolf Lislevand at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Trossingen, Germany. Francesco has played in many festivals in Italy and in Europe such as the Early Music Festival in Toledo, Flatus Festival of Sion, Festival of Herne, Festival Internazionale di Musica Antica in Urbino, Festival di Polifonia e Musica Antica in Palestrina. He has recorded a CD of madrigals by Monteverdi for the Discoteca di Stato, and a CD with works by Biagio Marini, Alla Luna, with the ensemble La Selva for the municipality of Parma. He participated in radio recordings for Radio Vaticana and WDR3 and a television recording for RAI International.

Patrycja Domagalska, Poland

Harpsichord

After graduating from the Music Academy in Lodz, Patrycja moved to The Netherlands to specialize in harpsichord, basso continuo and chamber music with Fabio Bonizzoni and Patrick Ayrton at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. She has participated in masterclasses in Norway, Germany, France and Austria where she worked with Nicholas Parle, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Jesper Christensen, Ketil Haugsand, Wladyslaw Klosiewicz, Lilianna Stawarz, Huguette Dreyfus and Blandine Rannou. Patrycja has worked as a continuo player in orchestral projects led by Pavlo Beznosiuk, Elizabeth Wallfish, Ryo Terakado, Christina Pluhar and Fabio Bonizzoni. She also has a keen interest in baroque dance, has had lessons with Maria Angad-Gaur and cooperated with the Nederlands Historisch Dans Theaterensemble. With this group she appeared in the production Concerten van Mijnheer de Liz in 2009 and in Vers Hartzeer performing in the Schiller Theatre in Utrecht. Patrycja is the founder of Ensemble Barocum which had its debut at the Fabulous Fringe series of the Festival Oude Muziek in Utrecht in 2007, and was also selected for the Festival de Música Antiga in Barcelona in 2008.