CURRICULUM VITAE RICARDO RODRIGUEZ MIRANDA Curriculum Vitae Name Date of Birth Place of Birth Gender Marital Status Nationality Languages Address Telephone E-mail: Ricardo Rodríguez Miranda May 14, 1973 Caracas, Venezuela Male Single Venezuelan citizen with residence permit in the Netherlands Spanish - Dutch - German - English – French - Portuguese Buitenom 1A, 2512 XA The Hague, The Netherlands 0031 - 70 - 363 57 03 and 0031 646 618514 (mobile) [email protected] Education May, 2009 1998 - 2003 1992 - 1998 1993 – 1995 1991 – 1992 1981 – 1992 1978 – 1991 Diploma Staatsexamen Nederlands als Tweede Taal, programma II Musicology, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands Viola da Gamba as a principal subject. Teacher: Wieland Kuijken, Royal Conservatory of The Hague, The Netherlands Getuigschriften Hoger Beroepsonderwijs (Diplomas) • Uitvoerend Musicus • Docerend Musicus • Vrije Studierichting Scholarships: • Scholarship granted by the International Fund for the promotion of the Culture, UNESCO • Scholarship contributed by the department of Educational Support of the National Council for the Culture (CONAC), Venezuela Master – classes with Jordi Savall , Early Music Course in Catalonia and Andorra Business Administration (one semester), Universidad Metropolitana, Venezuela Piano and Violoncello principal subjects. Solfège, Harmony and Music History. Music School Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuela Kindergarten, primary and high school, Colegio Humboldt, Venezuela Diploma: Bachiller en Ciencias Prizes: 2 First prizes: Piano solo and Chamber Music (cello), 1st Musical Competition, Colegio Humboldt, Venezuela Leadership and Teaching 2009 2005 – 2008 Since 2007 Since 1999 2007 2006 2003 Before 1992 Leader of the instrumental ensemble in De Concerten van Mijnheer De Liz, Koninklijk Conservatorium and NHDT, The Netherlands Teacher (viola da gamba) in the International Summer Course of Brasilia, Brazil Coach of an amateur viol consort in Utrecht, The Netherlands Teacher for Viola da Gamba, Piano and Violoncello (private) The Netherlands Artistic leader in Delizie, Ensalada, Banchetto... Renaissance Music. Workshop and concert Brasilia, Brazil Teacher and ensemble coach in Viola da gamba workshop together with N. Schaap, Falkoog, The Netherlands Teacher and organizer of Pièces de Viole composé par M. Marais, workshop and concert. Organizer and main teacher, The Netherlands Leader of L’Avrilloza, Festival op den Berghe,The Netherlands Leader of the Early Music ensembles Acantus and Terpsichore, Venezuela Teacher (viola da gamba) in the Foundation Camerata de Caracas, Venezuela 1 V. NOV. 2009 CURRICULUM VITAE RICARDO RODRIGUEZ MIRANDA CD Recordings S. Scheidt with Vox Luminis (Ricercar) to be released in 2010 M. Weckmann with Cantus Cölln (Harmonia Mundi) To be released in 2010 German Cantatas II with L’Armonia Sonora (Ramée) To be released in 2009 Mazzocchi, Vespro della beata Vergine, Cantus Cölln, HMC 902001 Pieces, French Baroque solo and basse continue CNJP 01.247.965/0001 – 46, Brasil Domenico Scarlatti, Stabat Mater, Vox Luminis, RIC 258 (Monde de la Musique, Editor’s Choice) J.S. Bach, da Gamba, L’Armonia Sonora, RAM 0801 (Diapason 5) De Profundis Clamavi, L’Armonia Sonora, RAM 0604 (Diapason 5, BBC Music Choice, Goldberg 5) J.M. Leclair, Sonates a violon seul, RAM 0403 (Diapason d’or) D. Buxtehude, Membra Jesu Nostri, Cantus Coelln, HMC 901912 (Classics today) D. Buxtehude, Membra Jesu Nostri, Nederlands Bach Vereniging ,CCS 24006 (Diapason D’or) H. Purcell, Fantasias for Strings, Musica Amphion, Brilliant Classics 93647 Maarten Engeltjes, counter tenor, DRC 072001/01 J.S. Bach, Mattheuspassie, Nederlandse versie van J. Rot, 0289 4769164 Universal Music J.S. Bach, Matthäus Passion, Heidelberger Madrigalchor (Dir. G. Kegelmann) HMC 170801 Salades et bombes Catalanes, Camerata de Caracas K617077 / 2 (Diapason D’or) Mateo Flecha, Las Ensaladas with Camerata de Caracas, Venezuela 1997 Musica en las casas y las haciendas, Camerata de Caracas, Venezuela 1997 F. Couperin, Les Concerts Royaux, Musica Rhetorica, Venezuela 1990 (En Pointe CD, Pasadena, CA) 2 V. NOV. 2009 CURRICULUM VITAE RICARDO RODRIGUEZ MIRANDA Concerts 2010 Planned in September: Oude Muziek Festival, Utrecht with W. Kuijken and M. van der Velden Planned in August: Vox Luminis (Dir. Lionel Menier) Festival de Vézelay, (France) Planned in June: Cantus Cölln in Mühlhausen, Germany Planned in March /April: Matthaeus Passion with Het Residentie Orkest (Dir. Peter Schreier), Haags Barok Gezelschap (Dir. Gilles Michels) Planned in February: Cantus Cölln (Dir. Konrad Junghänel) Vespro della beata Vergine, Paris 2009 Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag / Nederlands Historisch Dans- en Theaterensemble De Concerten van Mijnheer De Liz, musical director, Kasteelconcerten in Slot Loevestein en Kasteel Hackfort / Paleiskerk, Den Haag - The Netherlands Vox Luminis (Dir. Lionel Menier) in Festival Été Mosan (Belgium), Festival des Minimes (Belgium) and Festival Bach en Combrailles (France) Venice Baroque Orchestra (Dir. Andrea Marcon) Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans Concertgebouw, Amsterdam St. Matthew and St. John’s Passion with Haags Barok Gezelschap (Dir. Gilles Michels) Het Dudok Ensemble (Dir. Erik van Nevel), Florilegium Musicum (Dir. Jos Vermunt) and Het Residentie Orkest (Dir. Richard Egarr) 2008 Cantata BWV 106, Dir. G. Leonhardt, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam Cantus Cölln (Dir. Konrad Junghänel) , 20th Anniversary, Köln Vox Luminis (Dir. Lionel Menier) in Festival D’Ambronay, 38th Varazdin Baroque Evenings (Croatia), Festival de Wallonie (Belgium), Été musical de Roisin (Belgium) Cantus Cölln (Dir. Konrad Junghänel) Rheingau Musik Festival, Innsbrucker Festwochen, Romanischer Sommer Köln, Festival International Echternach L’Armonia Sonora Tour in Mexico: Cenart (Mexico City) and Festival de Mayo (Jalisco) St. Matthew and St. John’s Passion with Nederlands Kamerorkest (Dir. Sir Colin Davies), Haags Barok Gezelschap (Dir. Jaap Hillen), Het Dudok Ensemble (Dir. Erik van Nevel) Het Residentie Orkest (Dir. Jan Willem de Vriend), and Residentie Bach Ensemble (Dir. Jos Vermunt) 3 V. NOV. 2009 CURRICULUM VITAE RICARDO RODRIGUEZ MIRANDA 2007 Vox Luminis CD presentation, Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater, Orchestre Philarmonique de Liège Belgium Florilegium Musicum, (Dir. Paul van der Linden), The Netherlands La Barca, A. Banchieri, cooproduction with Nationale Reis Opera, The Kassiopeia Quintet, and de CC De Boagaard (Dir. Gabriel Garrido / Dir. Adrian Schvartzstein) L’Armonia Sonora in Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht and Festival Vantaa Baroque, Finland Cantus Cölln in Mühlhausen and Internationale Händel-Festspiele, Götingen Ensemble Fortuna (Dir. J. Dubach), The Netherlands St. Matthew and St. John’s Passion with Dudok Ensemble and USKO (Dir. Johan Rooze) and Haags Barok Gezelschap (Dir. Jaap Hillen), The Netherlands 2006 Cantantedienst (Dir. Jos Vermunt) in the Kloosterkerk, The Netherlands Ensemble Fortuna in 38th International Guitar Festival in Zwolle, The Netherlands Performed as a dancer in Jane Austen Ball, Nederlands Historisch Dans- en Theaterensemble (Dir. Maria Angad Gaur), The Netherlands Chamber Opera Vita Nova, Days of Dutch Culture at the Dom Moezyki Moscow, Russia St. Matthew and St. John’s passion with het Residentie Orkest (J. Vermunt), Dudok Ensemble and USKO ( J. Rooze), Haags Barok Gezelschap (J. Hillen) and Nederlands Radio Orkest (S. Stel), The Netherlands 2005 Concert and improvisations together with artist and poet Albert in ’t Veld, The Netherlands The Netherlands Bach Society (J. van Veldhoven) in XVII. Berliner Tage für Alte Musik, Germany La Resurrezione (Handel) Sala Sao Paolo, Orquesta Barroca Den Haag (Dir. Luis O. Santos) Brazil Capella Amsterdam (Dir. Daniel Reuss), The Netherlands St. Matthew and St. John’s Passion with het Residentie Orkest (Dir. Arnold Östman), Dudok Ensemble and USKO (Dir. Johan Rooze) and Haags Barok Gezelschap (Dir. Jaap Hillen) La parodie de Roland, Les Menus Plaisirs du Roy (Dir. Jean Luc Impe), Belgium and France 4 V. NOV. 2009 CURRICULUM VITAE RICARDO RODRIGUEZ MIRANDA 2004 – 2000 L’Yriade, Les Concerts Billetes and Festival de Musique et d’Art Baroque en Tarentaise, France Chamber Opera “Vita Nova” (Calliope Tsoupaki) in Korzo Theater, The Netherlands Franco - Cypriot Codex at the Helenic Centre in London, England Ensemble Finis Terrae (Dir. L.O. Santos) at the Musée des Instruments de Musique, Belgium Solo Recital in the serie Kring d’Anvers, Belgium De Muzikale Hoogdagen van Sint Jakob Brussel, Belgium Les Caractères de la Danse and Royal Entertainment with NHDT (Dir. M. A. Gaur) in St. Irene Bach Days, Turkey, Kasteelconcerten and Theater De Regentes, The Netherlands William Byrd Vocaal Ensemble (Dir. N. van der Meel), The Netherlands Midis - Minime and Zomer van Sint – Pieter with Jacobean Viols (Dir. G. A. Schroeder) and Les Menus Plaisirs du Roy (Dir. J.L. Impe), Belgium St. Matthew and St. John’s Passion with het Dudok Ensemble and USKO ( J. Rooze), Capella Cantibus (D. Duijst) and Leiderdorps Kamerkoor (Dir. Peter Dijkstra) Fringe concert at the Festival Oude Muziek, The Netherlands La Púrpura de la Rosa, Torrejon y Velazco, Ensemble Una Volta (Dir. Joachim Fontaine), Germany Maria Vespers, C. Monteverdi Academie Baroque d’Ambronay (Dir. Gabriel Garrido), France 5 V. NOV. 2009 CURRICULUM VITAE RICARDO RODRIGUEZ MIRANDA 1999 – 1992 Orfeo Ensemble (Dir. Jorge Oraison) Concertserie in Beek, The Netherlands Les Rumeurs Souterraines, Bijlokeconcerten Gent, Belgium Camerata Trajectina (Dir. Louis Peter Grijp), Festival Oude Muziek, The Netherlands L’Incoronazione di Poppea, (Dir. Isabel Palacios), Teatro Municipal de Caracas, Venezuela Solo Recital for the President of the Republic of Venezuela, Dr. Rafael Caldera at the Residence of the Embassador of Venezuela in The Netherlands De Nieuwe Opera Academie, La Dafne (M. da Gagliano) Dir. Mike Fentross, The Netherlands XXII Festival De Musica Antigua de Barcelona, Fringe with Les Amis, Spain “Jeunes Talents Baroques" of the organization “Anacrèon” of Angers with Il Gruppetto, France Nederland Dans Theatre, The Netherlands David et Jonathas, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, (Dir. William Christie), Academie Baroque d’Ambronay, France Monuments en Musique, Musée de la Renaissance and Chateau d'Angers with Il Gruppetto, France Private Concert for Queen Beatrix at the Noordeinde Palace, The Hague Bach Brandenburg Concertos, The Royal Conservatoire The Hague (Dir. Ton Koopman) 1992 – 1985 European tour with Camerata de Caracas, (Dir. Isabel Palacios) Member of the ensemble Musica Rhetorica, Venezuela 1st Festival of the Music of the Past of America and ensemble La Nef of Montreal with Camerata de Caracas, (Dir. Isabel Palacios), Venezuela “L'Orfeo” C. Monteverdi, Camerata de Caracas (dir. Isabel Palacios) Teatro Nacional, Venezuela Several concerts playing viola da gamba with the Schola Cantorum and Cantoría Alberto Grau, (Dir. María Guinand and Alberto Grau) Caracas, Venezuela Collaboration with diverse chamber music groups playing the Viola da Gamba, Violoncello and Harpsichord, Venezuela First public concert playing the piano in commemoration of the Birth Anniversary of J.S., Bach, serie of concerts organized by the Museo del Teclado, Venezuela 6 V. NOV. 2009 CURRICULUM VITAE RICARDO RODRIGUEZ MIRANDA Ricardo Rodríguez Miranda, viola da gamba Ricardo Rodríguez Miranda was born in 1973 in Caracas (Venezuela) where he studied piano and violoncello. At very young age he discovered his passion for early music and historical instruments, like the viola da gamba and the harpsichord. In 1989, he recorded “Les Concerts Royaux” (F. Couperin) the first early music CD recording produced and made in Venezuela with the ensemble Musica Rhetorica.. In the same year he started to work with La Camerata de Caracas and Isabel Palacios. He played in many concerts and recordings. Ricardo Rodriguez Miranda lead two ensembles, Terpsichore and Acantus and performed concerts in Caracas. After the European tournée in 1992 with Camerata de Caracas, Ricardo began his studies of viola da gamba with Wieland Kuijken at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, The Netherlands. For this study he was awarded a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture in Venezuela (CONAC). During this period he participated in projects with Ton Koopman, William Christie and Nederlands Dans Theater. Ricardo Rodríguez Miranda took Master classes with Jordi Savall in Spain. In 1998 he received the Teachers and Performers Diploma and began to study Musicology for 4 years at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Ricardo Rodriguez Miranda plays regularly with Cantus Cölln (Dir. Konrad Junghänel), L’Armonia Sonora (Dir. Mieneke van der Velden) and Vox Luminis (Dir. Lionel Menier). In March of 2008 he played the gamba in the St. Matthew’s Passion with the Nederlands Kamerorkest conducted by Sir Colin Davies in Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. During Easter he works as a soloist in St. Matthew’s and St. John’s Passion with Het Residentie Orkest (Dir. Jan Willem De Vriend, Jos Vermunt, Arnold Östman) Het Dudok Ensemble (Dir. Erik van Nevel, Johan Rooze) Haags Barok Gezelschap (Dir. Jaap Hillen). Ricardo Rodríguez Miranda participated in several CD recordings with the above- mentioned ensembles, many of which have been awarded with Diapason D’or, Le monde de la Musique, Gramophone Editor’s Choice, BBC Music Choice, and Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik. Ricardo Rodriguez Miranda’s repertoire extends from the Middle Ages, the Great Masters of the Baroque Era, compositions of Calliope Tsoupaki to Venezuelan Folk on the gamba. He teaches viola da gamba, piano and cello privately. 7 V. NOV. 2009 CURRICULUM VITAE RICARDO RODRIGUEZ MIRANDA Ricardo Rodriguez Miranda, viola da gamba Ricardo Rodriguez Miranda werd in 1973 in Caracas (Venezuela) geboren. Reeds vanaf zeer jonge leeftijd studeerde hij piano en cello en ontwikkelde hij een grote interesse voor oude muziek en historische instrumenten zoals viola da gamba en klavecimbel. In 1989 werkte hij mee aan de eerste CD-opname van oude muziek in Venezuela, ‘Les Concerts Royaux ’ van Francois Couperin, met het ensemble Musica Rhetorica. Na zijn medewerking aan de opera ‘L'Orfeo’ van C. Monteverdi begon zijn samenwerking met Isabel Palacios en 'Camerata de Caracas', met wie hij concerten en CD opnames verzorgde met muziek uit de renaissance en de LatijnsAmerikaanse barok. Hij had tevens de leiding over de ensembles ‘Terpsichore’ en ‘Acantus’ en gaf concerten in Venezuela. Na een tournee door Europa met La Camerata de Caracas in 1992, begon hij zijn studie viola da gamba bij Wieland Kuijken aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium te Den Haag. Hij ontving daarvoor een studiebeurs van het CONAC (Ministerie van Cultuur in Venezuela). Tijdens zijn studiejaren werkte Ricardo mee met projecten o.l.v. Ton Koopman, William Christie en met het 'Nederlands Dans Theater'. Hij nam deel aan master classes van Jordi Savall. In 1998 behaalde hij zijn diploma docerend en uitvoerend musicus. Direct daarna heeft hij 4 jaar Musicologie gestudeerd aan de Universiteit Utrecht. In de afgelopen jaren heeft Ricardo talloze concerten gespeeld en CD’s opgenomen. Hij treedt op in Nederland en daarbuiten met vele ensembles waaronder Cantus Cölln (Dir. Konrad Junghänel), L’Armonia Sonora (Dir. Mieneke van der Velden) en Vox Luminis (Dir. Lionel Menier). Hij heeft opgetreden als solist in de Mattheus en Johannes Passion met 'Het Residentie Orkest' (Jan Willem de Vriend, Jos Vermunt, Arnold Östman) het Dudok Ensemble (Dir. Erik van Nevel, Johan Rooze) en het Haags Barok Gezelschap (Dir. Jaap Hillen). In maart 2008 treed hij op als solist in de Mattheus Passion met de Nederlands Kamerorkest o.l.v. Sir Colin Davies in het Concertgebouw,Amsterdam. Ricardo Rodriguez Miranda heeft aan vele CD opnames meegewerkt met de boven genoemde ensembles. Enkele van deze opnames hebben prijzen gewonnen als Diapason D’or, Le monde de la Musique, Gramophone Editor’s Choice, BBC Music Choice en Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik. Het repertoire van Ricardo Rodriquez Miranda op viola da gamba en andere historische strijkinstrumenten is zeer uitgebreid en bestrijkt het veld van de Middeleeuw, de grote meesters van de barok, een kameropera van Calliope Tsoupaki tot de vertolking van Venezolaanse volksmuziek op viola da gamba. Hij geeft viola da gamba, piano en cello privé-les in Den Haag. 8 V. NOV. 2009