Category: News

November News and Adrian abroad

Written by Sarah on 2nd December 2022. Posted in News.

Forza Azzurri! made it into the UK Classical Chart this week. Listen / buy the album here! Adrian gave an interview about Forza Azzurri! in Italian for Italian radio...

October News from La Serenissima

Written by Sarah on 1st November 2022. Posted in News.

October kicked off with the final performance of An Englishman Abroad for Norwich Chamber Music – a concert where Adrian was excited to meet audience members from Liverpool of all places! We...

New single from Forza Azzurri! featuring Tabea Debus, out now!

Written by Sarah on 7th October 2022. Posted in News.

Concerto for Recorder, Strings & Continuo in F Major: III. Allegro assai · La Serenissima · Adrian Chandler · Tabea Debus · Giuseppe Sammartini At last! La Serenissima’s first single...

August News from La Serenissima

Written by Sarah on 28th August 2022. Posted in News.

Here at La Serenissima base camp we have been busy with the launch of Vivaldi’s Women and its three singles which have been coming out on streaming sites over recent weeks. More on this below… We...

July News from La Serenissima

Written by Sarah on 3rd August 2022. Posted in News.

Earlier this month we treated guests of Martin Randall Travel to the modern premieres of music by Vinacessi (c.1670-1719) and Bigaglia (c.1678-1745) in Lavenham, as part of the Music in Great...

June News from La Serenissima

Written by Sarah on 2nd July 2022. Posted in News.

This month, Adrian has been brushing up on his viola d’amore ahead of La Serenissima’s concert in Lavenham, Suffolk on 6 July. We will perform Vivaldi’s famous Nisi Dominus RV608 with contralto...

Adrian being saluted by the attending Carabinieri as Ambassador Trombetta presents the award

Cavaliere of the Order of the Star of Italy

Written by Sarah on 17th February 2022. Posted in News.

On 9th February 2022, at the Residence of His Excellency The Ambassador of Italy, Adrian was awarded the honour of ‘Cavaliere’ of the Order of the Star of Italy, in recognition of his service to the...

Tartini 250 coming soon!

Written by Camilla Scarlett on 28th July 2021. Posted in News, Uncategorised.

Thanks to the generosity of our Serene Recovery Funders, La Serenissima is on course to make a new album of sonatas by extraordinary violinist-composer Giuseppe Tartini. Our Tartini 250 plan had to...

Ecco gli Italiani! New album, podcasting & outreach underway

Written by Camilla Scarlett on 23rd May 2021. Posted in News, Uncategorised.

Thanks to the generosity of funders Continuo Foundation and Arts Council England (Culture Recovery Fund Round 2) members of La Serenissima are preparing for 4 days of sessions during June in fabulous...

A Serene start to 2021

Written by Camilla Scarlett on 10th January 2021. Posted in News.

The first week of January saw the group notch up 11,000+ streams on Spotify for new single by Dall’Abaco, the first of 3 tracks to be aired ahead of new album Settecento coming out on Signum...

The UK’s Culture Recovery Fund fails to support La Serenissima

Written by Camilla Scarlett on 20th October 2020. Posted in News.

La Serenissima learned on Monday 12 October that its application to the UK’s Culture Recovery Fund has failed. The outcome places La Serenissima outside the 1,974+ organisations who will benefit...

COVID-19 Artist Relief Fund launched

Written by Camilla Scarlett on 24th March 2020. Posted in News.

La Serenissima has taken the unprecedented step of launching a Crowdfunding campaign via Global Giving to raise money to support its freelance workforce during the COVID-19 crisis. Our aim is to give...