Early Music in Venice

• Enjoy recitals dedicated to Italy's greatest early composers, including Vivaldi and Monteverdi, within an array of beautiful Venetian spaces

• Visit the Piccolo Museo della Pieta, where Vivaldi composed for and taught orphaned children, and the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, burial place of Monteverdi

• Explore connections between music and art at the fabulous Gallerie dell'Accademia and the majestic Ca' Rezzonico palace

Tour Director

Combining a successful career across both theory and practice, Ashley Solomon, FRAM, FRCM, is Head of Historical Performance at London’s Royal College of Music, having been appointed a professor in 1994. In 2014 he was awarded a Personal Chair, in July 2017 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music (FRAM), and in 2019 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Music (FRCM). Since 2003 Ashley has been training vocalists and instrumentalists in Bolivia, working on the remarkable collection of music held in archives by the Moxos and Chiquitos indigenous people. He formed Arakaendar Bolivia Choir in 2005 and Arakaendar Baroque Orchestra in 2007, and has directed them in concerts at major international festivals. In 2008 he was one of the first Europeans to receive the prestigious Bolivian Hans Roth Prize. Since 2014 he has been working closely with the Royal Collection Trust to curate musical performances in their royal venues. 

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