Quarteto Arabesco
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Arabesco string quartet has evidenced itself as a pioneering portuguese ensemble, with an original approach of a varied repertoire. It is composed by Denys Stetsenko (violin), Raquel Cravino (violin), Lúcio Studer (viola) and Ana Raquel Pinheiro (cello). It is specialized in authentic performance of baroque and classical music. Period instruments are used and historical treatises and other written evidence are followed to gain insight into stylistic and technical considerations on how the works may have been played in the period in which they were written. This work has been enthusiastically followed by great masters such as Enrico Onofri, Alfredo Bernardini, Richard Gwilt and Gaetano Nasillo.
Since its premiere in 2006, it presented more than 60 concerts3, continuously seeking for the creatin of novel programs. It has participated in festivals such as International Music Festival of Madeira, Maio Barroco Festival (Óbidos), 25th Leiria Music Festival, Mafra Organ Festival, X Encontros de Musica Antiga de Loulé, Faro Organ Festival, Temporada Musica em S. Roque, as well as in the most important concert halls of Portugal, such as Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Casa da Música, Belém Cultural Cultural and Culturgest.
Concert proposals − in historical instruments
Bicentenary of French Invasions, Ensemble Arabesco - Baroque Orquestra, Marcos Magalhães (musical direction)
Renascentist banquet, with Pedro Castro (record)
Stabat Mater from Boccherini, with Ana Leonor Pereira (soprano)
Mozart Requiem, version for string quartet by P. Liechtenthal (1810)
Lisbon of Scarlatti
Chanber music with organ, with Rui Paiva (organ)
Classicism and Gallant music, with Pedro Castro (classical oboe)
Celebration of Classicism - oboe quartets, with Pedro castro (classical oboe)
Iberic music with guitar, with Pedro Joia (guitar)
Boccherini guitar quintets, with Pedro Joia (guitar)
Classical vienneese string quartets