Música Ficta is a vocal and instrumental ensemble specialized
in the rich and fascinating Latin-American and Spanish baroque repertoire.
The ensemble, considered one of the most important early music groups
in Latin-America, has performed in more than 30 countries in 4 continents.
Música Ficta has appeared at major early music festivals
and venues around the world, including the Kennedy Center for the
Arts and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington DC, Sainte Chapelle
and the Conciergerie in Paris, the Victoria Concert Hall in Singapore,
the Stour Festival in England, Caja Madrid in Barcelona, Semana
de Música Antigua de Estella in Spain, Festival Cervantino
in Mexico, Festival de Chiquitos in Bolivia, the Rundale Palace
in Latvia, the Cemal Resit Rey hall in Turkey, and the Teatro Colón
in Colombia. The ensemble has also performed at major Latin American
churches where much of its core repertoire was composed. Some of
these include the cathedrals of Mexico City, Cartagena, Bogota,
Quito, La Paz, as well as some of the most important baroque churches
in Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia.
Throughout its career, Música Ficta has passionately endeavored
the dissemination of this often unknown and colorfully diverse repertoire.
Its innovative and creative programs, based on careful musicological
research, create persuasive performances that have been warmly praised
by music critics and enthusiastically received by the public. Its
performances have been broadcast by Radio France International,
Radio Nederland (The Netherlands), Russkoye Radio (Russia), Cologne
Radio (Germany) and National Public Radio (USA). Through its CD
recordings for Arion (France), Arts Music (Germany), Centaur (USA),
Lindoro (Spain), Etcetera (Belgium) and Jade (France), Música
Ficta has promoted Latin-American and Spanish baroque repertoire.
These recordings have received excellent reviews from the Washington
Post, Klassik Magazin, Goldberg, American Record Guide, Audiophile
Audition, Le Monde de la Musique and Allmusic.
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