Royal Baroque performed in many London venues, among others at the London Handel Festival with Anna Starushkevych – the winner of the Handel Singing Competition. The ensemble was nominated to represent Guildhall School of Music and Drama for the Sir Anthony Lewis Memorial Prize competition organised by the Musica Britannica Trust and were finalists in the Fenton House Early Keyboard competition. Royal Baroque were also highly commended as the finalists of the York Early Music International Young Artists Competition (2015):
Royal Baroque are famous for innovative and exciting concert programming,
e.g. performing 'Tableau de l'opération de la taille' by Marais
(a musical depiction of the stages of an operation for removing a urinary
bladder) at the Old Operating Theatre in London.
Most recent UK performances include: Baroquestock Festival in Hampstead,
Handel & Hendrix Museum, Old Operating Theatre, as well as international
festivals: Peñíscola Early Music Festival, Sagunt in Excelsis
Festival, ORFIM XVI International Music Festival in Spain.
Royal Baroque have been recently awarded a Continuo Foundation Grant for a project ‘Italian Grounds and Skies - The Art of the Duello’.
"...rarely do you come across a chamber ensemble so well-coordinated." Graham Vickers - The Artsdesk
"Royal Baroque’s playing is committed, knowing, seemingly effortless and brimming with genuine affection, both for the repertoire and each other’s musicianship." Adam Fergler
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