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Ottawa Chamberfest | Constantinople: Da Vinci’s Bridge
July 27, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
$35
500 years after Da Vinci’s death, Constantinople presents a musical reconstruction of Da Vinci’s Bridge, creating – with music – the bridge Leonardo Da Vinci designed for the city of Constantinople that was never built. Connecting East and West, with Persia and the Ottoman Empire on one side and Renaissance Italy on the other, the programme draws musical works from 16th- and 17th-century manuscripts found in the national libraries of Istanbul and Florence.
Constantinople aims to encourage cross-cultural music making and exchanges among artists from around the world. Since its founding, the ensemble promotes the creation of new works that include musical elements of diverse musical traditions. Says Constantinople, “The territory to explore is infinite…we make migration and the mixing of cultures our territory.” Tenor Marco Beasley, a leading figure in Renaissance music, joins Constantinople’s soloists, under the direction of Kiya Tabassian, to immerse us in the imaginary and audacious world of Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings.
