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Mariantonia Riezu is a renowned Spanish historical horn player based in Spain and The Netherlands. She began playing bagpipes aged four, which is heard in her expressivity and musical understanding. Since 2015 she has been playing with the leading orchestras in Europe, Russia and USA. After 8 years, as a member of The Orchestra of Eighteenth Century, in 2024 she has moved on to pursue new synergies and projects aligned with her career as a high-horn player, chamber music artist and soloist. She can be heard regularly playing solo horn concertos with orchestras such as Vigo430 and in halls as \u201cHet Concertgebow Kleine Zaal\u201d. She specializes in solo natural horn music such as her music and poetry project \u201cSOLAS\u201d, awarded by Fonds Podium Kunsten in 2021. Passionate about knowledge she has since 2021 been the Historical Horns bachelor teacher at Conservatorio M\u00fasica Castell\u00f3n (SP) where she has built a natural horn specialists class. She is involved in research of didactical repertoire of the 19th century for Spanish and French music. <\/p>\n
I am extremely excited to get to know all the enthusiastic natural horn players from Swizerland. I am aware that this instrument is rooted in the Swiss cultural heritage, and there could not be a better environment to explore it than the one created at Beatenberg. I can\u00b4t wait to work with all of you there and let the horns be free and wild for few days while sharing our passion for the instrument and it\u00b4s rich and unique repertoire. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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Alexandre Zanetta comes from near Paris and discovered his passion for the horn at an early age. After studying in Berlin and L\u00fcbeck, he deepened his knowledge of historical horns at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Thomas M\u00fcller and Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Madeuf. <\/p>\n
He specializes in the baroque horn with a historically authentic approach. Since 2021, he has been teaching historical horn in Trossingen, at the HEM Geneva, and also at music schools. <\/p>\n
As a sought-after musician, he plays with renowned ensembles such as La Cetra, Collegium 1704, and Caf\u00e9 Zimmermann. In fall 2022, he succeeded Thomas M\u00fcller as professor of historical horn at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. <\/p>\n
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I always look forward to meeting new horn and natural horn enthusiasts. The setting in beautiful Beatenberg is fabulous and promises exciting exchanges\u2014both musically and personally. We can look forward to lots of fun with music, playing together, and enjoying nature, so I am already very excited about the Natural Horn Academy! <\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n