Biscantores & Luca Colombo
Biography Biscantores & Luca Colombo
Biscantores
is a vocal and instrumental ensemble founded and directed by Luca Colombo. The ensemble presents a very dynamic ensemble that can range from madrigal ensemble to chamber group.
Specialised in the Italian repertoire of the late Renaissance and Baroque, the Biscantores are musicians who have matured their training in the most prestigious Italian and foreign musical realities.
Their ongoing quest to recover the Italian musical heritage of the 17th century has resulted in an extensive project on the Mantuan court of the Gonzaga family, presented at The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in the prestigious setting of "Villa I Tatti" in Florence.
Luca Colombo
From a very young age, Luca Colombo dedicated himself to studying the piano, and later the organ, immediately approaching Renaissance and Baroque music. He studied composition with Maestro Bruno Zanolini at the 'Giuseppe Verdi' Conservatory in Milan and, at the same institution, he graduated with top marks in choral music and choir conducting with Maestro Domenico Zingaro. He specialised in Renaissance polyphony with top marks and honours at the Conservatorio 'Tito Schipa' in Lecce under the guidance of maestro Diego Fratelli, with whom he also completed a specialist diploma in polyphony at the Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado in Milan.
Alongside baroque and renaissance music, he undertook the study of Gregorian chant with maestro Johannes Berchmans Göschl at the international courses in Cremona. He deepened his study by singing in the vocal group 'More Antiquo' in Lugano (CH) directed by Giovanni Conti.
He founded and directs the vocal group Ensemble Biscantores, recognised as one of the most interesting young Italian ensembles, with which he performs in the main Italian and European festivals with great success with audiences and critics.
Alongside his artistic activity, he also researches and transcribes, focusing mainly on music from Mantua. For the Libroforte publishing house, directed by Vittorio Ghielmi, he has published several volumes on Renaissance music.
He is regularly invited to hold seminars and masterclasses on Renaissance and Baroque performance practices at conservatories and specialised institutions.
He teaches theory, Renaissance counterpoint and exercises on original sources at the Early Music Institute of the Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado in Milan.
