About

ARTEK concerts are renowned for exciting, dramatic performances of baroque music. Founded by director Gwendolyn Toth in 1986, ARTEK features America’s finest singers and instrumentalists. Highlights of ARTEK’s past seasons include acclaimed performances of ARTEK’s theater show I’ll Never See the Stars Again at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; standing ovation performances at the Regensburg (Germany) Tage Alter Musik Festival; and the Boston and Berkeley early music festivals in the US. ARTEK toured internationally from 1997 to 2002 with the Mark Morris Dance Group, visiting major venues in the United Kingdom, Italy, and Canada. In the New York City area, ARTEK has appeared at Lincoln Center, Wall-to-Wall Opera at Symphony Space. Metropolitan Museum and Music Before 1800. ARTEK’s recordings of Monteverdi’s opera Orfeo and other early Italian repertoire have been widely praised. Coming soon: ARTEK’s recording of Monteverdi's complete madrigals, Book 7.

Music

We play music from the 17th and 18th centuries, particularly the music of Monteverdi and other Italian baroque composers.

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