Taya König-Tarasevich

Flute

Siberia, Russia

© Bartolomeo Dandolo Marchesi

© Bartolomeo Dandolo Marchesi

Twelve-keyed flute: Maino e Orsi, Milan, ca. 1890
Piccolo: Rode Cameron after Triebert, 1825

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

  • Artistic Director, VERITÀ Ensemble - since 2020

  • Principal Flute, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

  • Flute, Les Arts Florissants

  • Soloist fellow, Smithsonian Chamber Music Society

  • Guest Artist in Residence, Dallas Bach Society

  • Soloist, Julliard415

Alissa Smith

Viola

Sydney, Australia and New York, NY

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Viola: A.E. Smith, Sydney, Australia, 1950

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

  • 2018, 2019

Recent:

  • Viola, Trinity Baroque Orchestra

  • Viola, New York Baroque Institute

  • Viola, The Knights at Caramoor International Music Festival, Tanglewood Music Center, Ravinia Festival

  • Viola, Houston Symphony Orchestra

  • Recordings with Apollo’s Fire, Trinity Baroque Orchestra, Clarion Society, Yale Schola Cantorum, Concert Royal, The Knights, Australian Chamber Orchestra

Laura Lutzke

Violin I

New York, NY

© Arthur Moeller

© Arthur Moeller

Violin: Sebastian Kloz, Mittenwald, Germany, 1973

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent:

  • Concertmaster, La Traviata, Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, Théâtre des Champs Élysées, Paris

  • Concertmaster, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Le Cercle de l’armonie, Musikfest Bremen

  • NPR Tiny Desk Concert, Max Richter and American Contemporary Music Ensemble

Upcoming:

  • Concertmaster, Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique and Lélio, Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, Festival Chaise-Dieu, France

  • Richter: SLEEP, American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg

Susannah Foster

Violin I

Medfield, MA

© Carl Alexander

© Carl Alexander

Violin: Andreas Carolous Leeb, Vienna, 1808

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent:

  • Violin, Tafelmusic Baroque Orchestra - 2019-20

  • Violin, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - 2018-2019

Recent and upcoming:

  • Violin, Handel & Haydn Society - since 2017

  • Violin, Boston Baroque - since 2017

  • Violin, Emmanuel Music - since 2017

  • Violin, Sarasa Ensemble - since 2018

  • Violin, Seraphic Fire

Website:
susannahfoster.com

Keiran Campbell

Violoncello

Toronto, Canada

© Bill Wadman

© Bill Wadman

Violoncello: Timothy Johnson, 2018

Preciously with Teatro Nuovo:

  • 2018, 2019

Recent:

  • Principal Cello, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (2019-present)

  • Tartini: Cello Concerto, Tafelmusic Baroque Orchestra

  • Recording and European tour of Beethoven symphonies, Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations

Upcoming:

  • CPE Bach: A Major Cello Concerto, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Jonathan Cohen

  • performances at Lakes Area Music Festival, Minnesota

Website:
keirancampbellcellist.com

Kyle Miller

Viola

New York, NY

© Arthur Moeller

© Arthur Moeller

Viola: Marten Cornelissen, United States, 1988

Teatro Nuovo debut

Recent and upcoming:

  • Farinelli and the King, Broadway

  • Viola, ACRONYM Ensemble

  • Viola, Diderot String Quartet at Chamber Music Pittsburg, Santa Fe Pro Musica

  • Brandenburg concertos, Handel and Haydn Society in Boston, MA and Santo Domingo, Domincan Republic

  • Viola, The English Concert at Caramoor International Music Festival

Will Robins

Double Bass

Philadelphia, PA

© Harold Shapiro

© Harold Shapiro

Double bass: Jaques Gagnon, 2007

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

  • 2019

Recent:

  • Principal Bass, Guangzhou Symphony

  • Double Bass, North Norwegian Opera and Symphony

  • Double Bass, Lake George Festival drive-in concert

Upcoming:

  • Contributing author, From Conch Shells to Silver Trumpets, Yale University Press, fall 2021

Matt Zucker

Violoncello

New York, NY

© Jonathan Slade

© Jonathan Slade

Violoncello: Jason Viseltear (after Matteo Gofriller), American, 2015

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

  • 2018, 2019

Recent and upcoming:

  • Cello, Les Arts Florissants - since 2019

  • Cello, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra

  • Cello, Opera Lafayette

  • Cello, Trinity Baroque Orchestra - since 2017

  • Cello, House of Time - since 2019

  • Cello and viola de gamba, TENET Vocal Artists - since 2019

  • Cello, Washington National Cathedral Baroque Orchestra - since 2019

Augusta McKay Lodge

Violin I, Concertmaster, Donizetti’s Symphony in E Minor

Assistant Concertmaster, Rossini’s Stabat Mater

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  • Debut Solo Recording: Beyond Bach and Vivaldi: Rare unaccompanied works for the Baroque violin (Naxos)

  • Debut solo appearance at Carnegie Hall, October 2017

  • Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Juilliard415, Lincoln Center Alice Tully, February 2016

  • Concerto appearances with Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, 2015

  • Ensembles: Opéra Fuoco, since 2018; Les Arts Florissants, since 2017; The American Classical Orchestra, since 2017; Apollo’s Fire, since 2013

  • Winner of Concert Artists International, 2017

  • Kovner Fellow, Historical Performance, The Juilliard School, 2015-2017

Alana Youssefian

Associate Concertmaster

Haddon Heights, NJ

© Jonathan Slade

© Jonathan Slade

Violin: Leon Mougenot, 1924

Previously with Teatro Nuovo:

  • 2018, 2019

Recent and upcoming:

  • Vivaldi: E minor concerto, Ars Lyrica Houston

  • Bach: Brandenburg concertos, Trinity Baroque Orchestra

  • Violin, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

  • Violin, Voices of Music

  • Violin, New York Baroque Incorporated

  • Violin, Trinity Baroque Orchestra

Website:
alanayoussefian.com