Last summer, for its 29th consecutive concert season, the International Chamber Ensemble once again treated Rome audiences to 15 unforgettable evenings featuring musical masterpieces from the instrumental and operatic repertory in the courtyard of one of the eternal city’s most splendid examples of Renaissance architecture.

 Located in the heart of ancient Rome just a short walk from Piazza Navona, the Courtyard of S. Ivo alla Sapienza (hallowed halls of the original 15th century university of Rome) lent its architectural and acoustical excellence, as it has for the past twelve years, to the International Chamber Ensemble’s 2010 summer series.

The season’s repertory highlights a stimulating and varied array of immortal music ranging from the baroque masterpieces of VIVALDI to the classical Serenades of MOZART; from the sensual rhythms of the music and dance from Argentina in NOCHE DI CUARTETANGO to the nostalgic melodies of those FABULOUS 60’s, featuring music of the BEATLES and PIAZZOLLA specially transcribed for the International Chamber Ensemble Orchestra. The series will also include four fully-staged and costumed performances of JOHANN STRAUSS JR.’s spectacular operetta DIE FLEDERMAUS (“The Bat”), production presented in collaboration with the Opera Academy company of international singers.

Under the exceptional direction of Francesco Carotenuto, this twenty-nineth season guaranteed, as always, to please both veteran and novice concert and opera goers alike.

Tickets for all of the performances of the 2010 edition of “Evenings of Great Music in the Courtyard of S. Ivo” can be purchased ONLINE, following the instructions on the TICKETS page of this website.

The internationally renowned International Chamber Ensemble, now in its 30th consecutive year of activity, continues to present every year to Rome audiences a popular series of concerts, recognized and appreciated in particular for its artistic excellence, which utilize the many varied formations from within the Ensemble and which offer a delightfully diversified panorama of the last three centuries of instrumental music.

The Ensemble’s activities are not confined to the eternal city either. Beginning with an American debut in 1987, and with several well-received CDs, the orchestra has since been invited to perform throughout the world (repeated visits to the US, Canada, Japan, Russia, throughout Europe and Scandinavia, Greece and Turkey) with increasing success and critical acclaim.