Andrea Buccarella
Musical Direction
Harpsichordist, organist and conductor, Andrea Buccarella is among the most appreciated musicians and early music specialists of his generation. In 2018, he won First Prize at the Bruges International Harpsichord Competition and the Outhere Prize. Following this success, he embarked on an intense concert activity that led him to perform at major festivals and concert halls in Europe, the United States, Colombia, Bolivia, Korea and Japan, both as a soloist and as a conductor. In 2012, he took over the artistic and musical direction of the Abchordis Ensemble, for which he conducts an intense research activity, aimed at discovering musical masterpieces from the past, unpublished and undiscovered in modern times. Under his direction Abchordis Ensemble won First Prize at the Händel International Competition in Göttingen (2015).
Andrea has also been invited to conduct several vocal and instrumental ensembles, including The Venice Baroque Orchestra, Il Pomo d’Oro, Frau Musika Orchestra, Ensemble Clematis, Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, Kore Orchestra and others. In February 2020 he made his conducting debut at the Musikverein Wien with the Venice Baroque Orchestra and Julia Lezhneva. As soloist and conductor of the Frau Musika Orchestra, he toured J.S. Bach’s 6 Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 (May 2022) and J.S. Bach’s Concertos for 2, 3 and 4 harpsichords and strings BWV 1060-1065 (May 2023). In June 2024, he conducted the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia, with a program featuring works by G.Gabrieli, J.S.Bach, J.C.Bach and W.A.Mozart. Both as a soloist and conductor he has recorded numerous CDs, which have received international critical acclaim and many awards.