conductor
Leonardo García Alarcón
Leonardo García Alarcón is chief conductor of Capella Mediterranea and artistic director of the Namur Chamber Choir.
After studying piano in his native country, Argentina, in 1997 Alarcón moved to Geneva in order to continue his studies as a harpsichordist and specialise in early music. In Switzerland he studied conducting with Baroque specialist Gabriel Garrido. Alarcón teaches the harpsichord in Geneva. In 2005 he founded Cappella Mediterranea, with which he gave much acclaimed performances of largely forgotten early Italian operas, notably works by Cavalli. In addition, Alarcón composed a highly acclaimed new third act to Antonio Draghi’s opera El Prometeo, the original score having been lost to history.
As a conductor and harpsichordist Alarcó performs at festivals and in concert halls all over the world.
In the 2022-23 season Leonardo García Alarcón will make his debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducting Mozart’s arrangement of Handels’s opera Acis and Galatea, in a mise-en-espace by Pierre Audi.
Leonardo García Alarcón is chief conductor of Capella Mediterranea and artistic director of the Namur Chamber Choir.
After studying piano in his native country, Argentina, in 1997 Alarcón moved to Geneva in order to continue his studies as a harpsichordist and specialise in early music. In Switzerland he studied conducting with Baroque specialist Gabriel Garrido. Alarcón teaches the harpsichord in Geneva. In 2005 he founded Cappella Mediterranea, with which he gave much acclaimed performances of largely forgotten early Italian operas, notably works by Cavalli. In addition, Alarcón composed a highly acclaimed new third act to Antonio Draghi’s opera El Prometeo, the original score having been lost to history.
As a conductor and harpsichordist Alarcó performs at festivals and in concert halls all over the world.
In the 2022-23 season Leonardo García Alarcón will make his debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducting Mozart’s arrangement of Handels’s opera Acis and Galatea, in a mise-en-espace by Pierre Audi.
Leonardo García Alarcón is chief conductor of Capella Mediterranea and artistic director of the Namur Chamber Choir.
After studying piano in his native country, Argentina, in 1997 Alarcón moved to Geneva in order to continue his studies as a harpsichordist and specialise in early music. In Switzerland he studied conducting with Baroque specialist Gabriel Garrido. Alarcón teaches the harpsichord in Geneva. In 2005 he founded Cappella Mediterranea, with which he gave much acclaimed performances of largely forgotten early Italian operas, notably works by Cavalli. In addition, Alarcón composed a highly acclaimed new third act to Antonio Draghi’s opera El Prometeo, the original score having been lost to history.
As a conductor and harpsichordist Alarcó performs at festivals and in concert halls all over the world.
In the 2022-23 season Leonardo García Alarcón will make his debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducting Mozart’s arrangement of Handels’s opera Acis and Galatea, in a mise-en-espace by Pierre Audi.