Andrea Marcon is Handel Prize winner
The artistic director of the Basel baroque ensemble La Cetra, Andrea Marcon, will receive the Handel Prize of the City of Halle in May 2021.
The Handel Prize of the City of Halle (Saale) is awarded to individuals or ensembles for special artistic, scientific or cultural-political achievements in connection with the international cultivation of Handel in Halle. It is an unendowed honorary prize.
Andrea Marcon studied at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. In 1997 he founded the Venice Baroque Orchestra (VBO), today one of the world's leading ensembles in the field of baroque music. Andrea Marcon has also been musical director of the La Cetra Barockorchester Basel since 2009 and artistic director of the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada since 2013/2014.
La Cetra and Andrea Marcon will perform Handel's opera "Giulio Cesare" at the Handel Festival on May 23. On May 20, the opera will be performed in Basel's St. Martin's Church as part of the "La Cetra in Basel" concert series.
