Leonardo Valiante

BAROQUE IS A PASSION IN MY DAILY LIFE

At the age of 8 years I heard the Fireworks of Händel and a pianoconcert of Mozart and that gave me a lot of positive energy and appealed my curiosity to deep in the music. When I was 23, I came to the Netherlands to focus on baroque music and I studied harpsichord with Jacques Ogg, at Koncon and Annelie de Man at Conservatorium of A’dam. That music touched me by its pure sounds. I have busy working on the opera with a couple of singers and stage manager Piñón since 2015.

Opera has opened a gate for me, it has made a huge change in my career so that I can keep growing by following my passion. The support of my family, friends and acquaintances is of vital importance.

I am aware of the joy, surrounded by the baroque music and I find it pretty good to work with such great talented artists during my studies in The Netherlands, to look for new repertoire and offer concerts for everyone. Here I am living for!

Valiante’s goal is to motivate young musicians and to let them enjoy and feel the baroque through good energy, knowledge and passion.

I am working with responsibility and intelligence, creating new interpretations of the composers’ works. Also, doing an intensive research in the programs and keeping an active agenda of performances in the Netherlands and Europe and Uruguay. We are happy at work and have a really inspiring motivation and energy by coordinator Nelly Straatjes.

ConcertoValiante’s company name is becoming known in and outside the Netherlands.

Leonardo Valiante, harpsichord

 

Leonardo Valiante, born in Montevideo, Uruguay, began his studies at the music school Virgilio Scarabelli. In 1989 he graduated as piano teacher at the Conservatory Falleri Balzo and after that he followed a postgraduate with Nelly Langone de Trocolli at Superior Institute of Uruguay.
Later he began to study harpsichord with Eduardo Gilardoni and Carlos Levin at the Anglo Institute in Montevideo. During his studies he also followed harpsichord masterclasses with José Gonzalez Uriol, Rosana Lanzelotte and Yves Rechsteiner. After obtaining harpsichord diploma A, he played with the Orchestra of S.O.D.R.E conducted by Roberto Montenegro.
In 1996, he was admitted to the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and continued studying harpsichord with Jacques Ogg. Then he graduated on contemporary music harpsichord with Annelie de Man at the Sweelinck Conservatory in 2002.
In 2001 he accompanied the North Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Erik Klas in the Vredenburg Hall in Utrecht.

Since 2000 he has accompanied as a pianist-organist the VocAnimo choir conducted by Loek Ruijters and since 2012 he has accompanied the Iris choir in Warmond by Marinus Links.
Since November 2012 he plays organ during the service on Saturdays in Emmaus chapel.
On July 26th 2007, he performed in the German chapel with a trio, including French and German repertoire with the traverso Margarita Gonzales and bassoonist Gabriel Pereira.
On May 4th 2010, he accompanied as harpsichordist the Eijgenwijs choir conducted by Joke Geraets, with Pepijn Eigenraam, bass and Ruud Mourik, percussion.
On September 19th 2010, he performed parts of the opera Orlando by G.F. Handel with a baroque string ensemble and vocal soloists: mezzo-sopranos Stephanie Gericke, Alexandra d’Espinoza and countertenor Leandro Marziotte in the Blueberry Chapel in the Hague.
On August 11th 2011 he has given a concert in the Nelly Goitiñozaal of the S.O.D.R.E. in Montevideo, Uruguay, together with violinist Clara Kruk and cellist Rodrigo Riera.
On December 3rd 2011 he offered a concert in the family Church in the Hague with the soprano Maria Valdmaa and baroque violinist Javier Lupiañez Ruiz.
On April 4th 2012 he played a concert in the Cloister church in the Hague with the soprano Michal Bitan, Javier Lupiañez Ruiz and cellist Paulina Ptak.
On September 21st and 23rd 2012 he conducted and accompanied on harpsichord the opera Orlando of G.F.. Haendel with soloists and a baroque ensemble in the Church of Our Saviour and in the Blueberry Chapel in the Hague.
On November 9th 2012 he also accompanied the Rijlandsorchestra on harpsichord The Creation of Haydn in Zoeterwoude.

In 2013, he performed a concert in the Emmaus church with the baroque ensemble
and later he conducted the opera Orlando of Händel in the Old church of Naaldwijk.

In November of the same year and in January 2014 he performed highlights of the opera Rodelinda of G. F. Händel with the soloists: soprano Charlotte Munnik, as Rodelinda, countertenors: Mattias Pavlous, as Bertarido, J-Sebastien Beauvais as Unulfo and mezzo-soprano Victoria Cassano as Eduige, in the Matthias- and Emmaus church.

In april he performed a concert in the Houtrustchurch with the baroque ensemble and traverso Roberto Bando.

In 2015 he performed highlights of the opera Ottone of Händel with soloists: soprano Mariana Pimenta as Teofane, mezzo Rut Codina Palacio as Matilda and countertenor Mattias Pavlous as Ottone and the baroque ensemble in the Emmaus. He accompanied on harpsichord the opera Dido and Aeneas of H. Purcell with the soloists Michelle Mallinger conducted by Coen Honig in the Waalse church, The Hague.

BAROQUE IS A PASSION IN MY DAILY LIFE

At the age of 8 years i heard the Fireworks of Haendel and a pianoconcert of Mozart and that gave me a lot of positive energy and appealed my curiosity to deep in the music.

When I was 23, I came to the Netherlands to focus on baroque music and I studied harpsichord with Jacques Ogg, at Koncon and Annelie de Man at Conservatorium of A’dam. That music touched me by its superb pure sounds. Right now I am busy with the opera working with a couple of singers and stage manager Piñón since 2015.

I am aware of the joy, surrounded by the baroque music and I find it pretty good to work with such great talented musicians during my studies in The Netherlands, to look for new repertoire and offer concerts for the music lovers. Here I am living for!

My aim is to motivate young musicians and to let them enjoy and feel the baroque through good energy, knowledge and passion.

We are working with responsibility and intelligence, creating new interpretations of the composers’ works. Also, doing an intensive research in the programs and keeping an active agenda of performances in the Netherlands and Europe. We are happy at work and have a really inspiring motivation and energy given also by the coordinator Nelly Straatjes.

Our logo ConcertoValiante is becoming known in and outside the Netherlands.

Leonardo Valiante, harpsichord