Riccardo Doni
Keyboardist Riccardo Doni is a key figure of the Italian Baroque music scene, directing and playing harpsichord for a large variety of early music ensembles. He is conductor of the Accademia Musicale dell'Annunciata ensemble.
Doni was born on July 21, 1965, in Milan. He attended the Arrigo Boito Conservatory of Music and Drama in Parma, where he studied with Lorenzo Ghielmi. Doni went on for further studies in harpsichord and organ at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland, with Jean-Claude Zehner. In 1994, he began a long association with the Baroque group Il Giardino Armonico, eventually being designed as a permanent collaborator. His recording debut also came that year on the Sarx label, joining the Ars Cantica Choir on the album Musica Sacra a Santa Barbara all'Epoca di Guglielmo Gonzaga. In 1998, he was heard on another choral album, Giuseppe Sarti: Il Santo Natale, with the Cappella Musicale del Duomo di Milano.
The choirs on those two albums represented just a small fraction of the ensembles with which Doni has collaborated over the years, both as keyboardist and conductor. He has conducted the I Cameristi della Scala, I Madrigalisti Ambrosiani, and Accademia Bizantina, among other groups. In 2002, Doni joined the period instrument group Imaginarium as harpsichordist. In 2008, he formed a musical partnership with Baroque violinist Giuliano Carmignola; the duo appeared in concert across Italy and in other European countries. Doni was named music director of the Accademia Musicale dell'Annunciata in 2010, and he continued to hold that position as of the mid-2020s. With that group, he returned to the recording studio in 2015, releasing the album Battaglie e Tempeste ("Battles and Storms") on the Musica Viva label. Since then, he has recorded for Musica Viva and Arcana, releasing the 2023 album The Three Seasons of Antonio Vivaldi with Carmignola and the Accademia Musicale dell'Annunciata on the latter label. By that time, Doni's recording catalog comprised some 20 items. In addition to performing and recording, he has taught at conservatories in Milan and Ferrara.
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The Three Seasons of Antonio Vivaldi
Giuliano Carmignola, Accademia dell'Annunciata, Riccardo Doni
Classical - Released by Arcana on Sep 8, 2023
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Bach & Vivaldi: Sonar in ottava. Double Concertos for Violin and Violoncello Piccolo
Giuliano Carmignola, Mario Brunello, Accademia dell'Annunciata, Riccardo Doni
Classical - Released by Arcana on Mar 20, 2020
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Durante: Concerti per archi
Accademia dell'Annunciata, Riccardo Doni
Classical - Released by Arcana on Feb 17, 2023
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Giuseppe Tartini: Concerti e Sonate per violoncello piccolo
Mario Brunello, Accademia dell'Annunciata, Riccardo Doni
Classical - Released by Arcana on Nov 13, 2020
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J. L. Krebs: Orgelwerke, Vol. 3 (Organo Ahrend della Basilica di S. Simpliciano, Milano) [Ahrend's Organ of S. Simpliciano Church, Milan]
Classical - Released by Musica Viva on Apr 11, 2013
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J. L. Krebs: Orgelwerke, Vol. 1 (Organo Silbermann del Duomo di Arlesheim, Basilea) [Silbermann's Organ of Arlesheim Cathedral, Basel]
Classical - Released by Musica Viva on Apr 11, 2013
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Musiche organistiche della famiglia Bach
Classical - Released by Musica Viva on Jan 30, 1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo