Concerto Copenhagen: Long live Vivaldi!

Veni, vidi, vici – I came, I saw, I conquered. It is safe to say that Vivaldi did that. Although the composer himself did not travel very far, spending most of his life in Venice, his music gained both fame and admiration far and wide.

From birth, he had poor health and travelled reluctantly, and only with great difficulty. But his music travelled the world. From Dresden and Paris to Amsterdam, Poland and even Denmark, his works were played, admired and published. Vivaldi knew how to exploit Venice's status as one of Europe's most important centres for trade, art and music to spread his music and his name far beyond the city's canals.

This afternoon, Concerto Copenhagen performs the music that made Vivaldi world-famous. Hear examples of the music he performed for the Danish King Frederik IV, and witness some of the most colourful, brilliant and irresistibly energetic music from the Baroque era.

Concerto Copenhagen – ensemble for timeless music

For more than 30 years, Concerto Copenhagen has explored and performed the music of the Baroque, Viennese Classicism and early Romantic periods with historical awareness and artistic intransigence, and the orchestra today stands as an international beacon in its field. Musical director Lars Ulrik Mortensen and Concerto Copenhagen unite artistic authenticity and innovation and, through original interpretations, give the music new life and relevance for a modern audience. Concerto Copenhagen's musicians belong to the international elite of Baroque musicians, and since the first concerts in 1991, the orchestra has been on an exciting artistic and musical journey - appreciated and praised by audiences and critics worldwide. With a repertoire that combines well-known European music with lesser-known works of Scandinavian origin as well as new music, the orchestra marked its 30th anniversary in 2021, and was subsequently named P2 Artist of the Year 2022.