Ensemble Baroque “Carlo Antonio Marino”
was born in 2008 within the orchestra of the same name, thanks to some instrumentalists’ passion for Baroque music and execution, in order to pay homage to Carlo Antonio Marino, violinist and composer from Albino (Bergamo, Lombardy) who worked between 1600 and 1700, achieved resounding success all over Europe and founded the first violin school in Bergamo.

The Ensemble has often cooperated with worldwide known instrumentalists and has already held several concerts in prestigious locations.

For the Ensemble, the important record label tactus has released two cds with music composed by Carlo Antonio Marino (tc 671301 – 671302). Several music magazines have praised these recordings and some Italian and international radio stations have presented them. In addition to the music by Carlo Antonio Marino, the Ensemble repertoire includes pieces by Antonio Vivaldi, Tommaso Albinoni, Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Francesco Geminiani and some other composers who worked between 1600 and 1700.

Natale Arnoldi
brilliantly graduated both in clarinet and in composition under the tutelage of Giuseppe Tassis and Vittorio Fellegara. He won the prize “Baronessa Maria Scotti Perego” in 1980. He performed in concerts as a solo artist or as a member of chamber orchestra. He played in important cities and musical circles both in Italy and abroad often performing the premières of Italian authors’ works.

He composed lots of holy and symphonic pièces for chamber music that were performed in concerts or festivals in Italy and abroad. The works were published by Bérben, Sinfonica, m.a.p. e SconfinArte; produced by ecm and m.a.p. and reviewed with praise in specialized magazines.

He is the founder and director of the Orchestra and the Ensemble baroque “Carlo Antonio Marino” which. he regularly directs in concert together with the cooperation of international famous artists. He is the artistic director of the musical festival “Albino Classica itinerant concerts”.