Il Violino Fantastico
Margherita Pupulin | Juan José Francione
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Story.
Il Violino Fantastico is a duo concert program, the result of research and experimentation aimed at rediscovering and reviving the violin’s peculiar power ‘to awaken the secret human affections’ (Galileo Galilei, 1602) as it was experienced in the 17th century.
Invented, tested and perfected in less than a half century, the violin’s language has amazed generations of intellectuals and audiences of the time, with its theatre beyond words, capable of imitating situations and emotions in such a way that they felt ‘more real than the real ones’.
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ABOUT
US
Margherita Pupulin
Margherita was initiated into the world of the baroque violin as a child by Riccardo Minasi.
Through masterclasses and seminars with maestros such as Bruno Giuranna, Enzo Porta, Rachel Podger and others, she then deepened her repertoire ranging from Renaissance Polyphony to Luigi Nono, and eventually made Early Music her permanent home.
She specialised with Fabio Biondi at the Turin Conservatory, where she graduated with honours.
She is regularly invited as a concertmaster, solo, chamber or orchestral player by ensembles such as Café Zimmermann (dir. Pablo Valetti and Céline Frisch), La Chimera (dir. Eduardo Egüez), Pulcinella (dir. Ophelie Gaillard), with whom she has performed in important European seasons and halls (Salle Gaveau, Barbican Centre London, Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, Radio France, Concertgebouw Bruges, Auditorium de Lyon…).
With the recital Il Violino Fantastico she has been invited to to relevant institutions such as the Pietà dei Turchini Foundation in Naples, the Pergolesi Theatre in Jesi and the Marchesato Opera Festival in Saluzzo among others.
Juan José Francione
After graduating in 2013 from the Guitar and Chamber Music career at the Conservatorio Superior de Música e la Ciudad de Buenos Aires “Astor Piazzolla”, he decided to continue his specialization in Lute and Figured Bass in Italy and later in the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (Zurich, Switzerland) under the guidance of Eduardo Egüez.
He develops an intense concert activity as a soloist and with the Ensemble La Chimera, exhibiting in numerous concert halls and festivals of early and modern music in Europe.
He collaborates with ensembles such Collegium 1704 (Václav Luks), La Terza Prattica (Massimiliano Toni), Talenti Vulcanici (Stefano Demicheli), Ensemble Mare Nostrum (Andrea De Carlo) and others.
He is co-founder, with Carlotta Pupulin, of the Cordis Consort ensemble, which was founded in 2019 as a variable formation mainly focused on the world of plucked instruments.
