conductor
Leonardo García Alarcón
Leonardo García Alarcón is chief conductor of Cappella Mediterranea, which he founded in 2005, 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 at the Geneva University of Music. As a conductor and harpsichordist Alarcó performs at festivals and in concert halls all over the world, preferrably with lesser known repertoire. With Cappella Mediterranea he gave much acclaimed performances of largely forgotten early Italian operas, including Francesco Cavalli’s Elena, Erismena, Eliogabalo and Il giasone. He composed a highly acclaimed new third act to Antonio Draghi’s opera El Prometeo, the original score having been lost to history.
In October 2022 Leonardo García Alarcón made his debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducting Mozart’s version of Handels’s opera Acis and Galatea, in a mise-en-espace by Pierre Audi.
Leonardo García Alarcón is chief conductor of Cappella Mediterranea, which he founded in 2005, 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 at the Geneva University of Music. As a conductor and harpsichordist Alarcó performs at festivals and in concert halls all over the world, preferrably with lesser known repertoire. With Cappella Mediterranea he gave much acclaimed performances of largely forgotten early Italian operas, including Francesco Cavalli’s Elena, Erismena, Eliogabalo and Il giasone. He composed a highly acclaimed new third act to Antonio Draghi’s opera El Prometeo, the original score having been lost to history.
In October 2022 Leonardo García Alarcón made his debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducting Mozart’s version of Handels’s opera Acis and Galatea, in a mise-en-espace by Pierre Audi.
Leonardo García Alarcón is chief conductor of Cappella Mediterranea, which he founded in 2005, 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 at the Geneva University of Music. As a conductor and harpsichordist Alarcó performs at festivals and in concert halls all over the world, preferrably with lesser known repertoire. With Cappella Mediterranea he gave much acclaimed performances of largely forgotten early Italian operas, including Francesco Cavalli’s Elena, Erismena, Eliogabalo and Il giasone. He composed a highly acclaimed new third act to Antonio Draghi’s opera El Prometeo, the original score having been lost to history.
In October 2022 Leonardo García Alarcón made his debut with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducting Mozart’s version of Handels’s opera Acis and Galatea, in a mise-en-espace by Pierre Audi.