Venice Baroque Orchestra

One of the finest period ensembles in the world, the Venice Baroque Orchestra returns to the Armstrong stage. They are teaming up with virtuoso violinist Chouchane Siranossian in a cleverly packaged program of works featuring the violin by Baroque composers from Venice, including Vivaldi, Tartini, Locatelli and Veracini—all gifted at showing off the fireworks of the fiddle.

The VBO and Siranossian won the Diapason d’Or award in 2023 for their recording of this program—named “Album of the Week” by several European radio stations. NDR Kultur commented: “Whoever thought that Baroque music … is very predictable … is deceived and beautifully surprised. A stirring recording.” Pizzicato magazine lauded “the contrasts between dazzling virtuosity and a delicacy that takes one’s breath away ….”