Trio Contro-Do
Young and passionate about chamber music, the founders of Trio Contro-Do make originality and curiosity their founding values. They owe their name to Paul Klee’s drawing “The Order of the Counter-Do”, an evocative and modern work capable of uniting the most disparate artistic fields, from literature to music and the figurative arts.
Taking this drawing as a source of inspiration, Trio Contro-Do proposes original thematic concerts composed of rare pearls of chamber repertoire, while at the same time trying to unite artistic fields that are often far apart.
From these stimuli comes the project of a complete concert performance of Rachmaninov’s Elegiac Trios proposed in the 2023 season of the Ravenna Festival, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian composer and bring the audience closer to his chamber production, which is less known but rich and stimulating.
Biography
Axel Trolese has studied with some of the most internationally important musicians, like Louis Lortie, Benedetto Lupo, Maurizio Baglini and Denis Pascal. He has graduated both at the Paris’ National Conservatory and Rome’s Santa Cecilia Academy, while before obtaining the Diploma at Cremona’s Conservatory. Moreover, he has been an Artist in Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium.
Besides his activity on the modern piano, Axel Trolese is also a passionate fortepianist.
His discography includes “The Late Debussy: Etudes & Epigraphes Antiques” and “Albéniz: Iberia, book I & II”, both titles having received an unanimous acclaim from the critics.
Prize-winner of numerous international competitions (Pozzoli Piano Competition, Grand Prix Alain Marinaro and Premio Venezia), Axel Trolese has performed in Europe, America and Asia, in concert halls like Auditorium Parco della Musica, La Fenice Theatre, Salle Cortot, Flagey, Keyboard Trust London, Valley of the Moon Music Festival in California, Millennium Concert Hall Beijing, Società del Quartetto di Milano, Amici della Musica di Firenze and Accademia Filarmonica Romana.
He has played together with orchestras like Jenaer Philharmoniker, i Solisti Aquilani, l’Orchestre de Chambre de Wallonie and Roma Tre ORchestra.
Axel Trolese has a piano class for Bachelor and Master’s Degree at the “Agostino Steffani” Conservatory of Castelfranco Veneto, in northern Italy.
Demian Baraldi (violin) made his debut as a soloist with the Orchestra delle Venezie playing together with Giovanni Angeleri, with the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, and as a chamber musician together with Michel Dalberto at the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Chamber Hall. He also made his solo debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, on the occasion of the ballet school concert of the Academy of the same theater.
He graduated with Juan Carlos Rybin from the Conservatorio “Dall’Abaco” in Verona, perfecting himself at the Conservatorio “Verdi” in Milan under the guidance of Fulvio Luciani.
His solo and chamber formation is completed with his love for orchestral repertoire thanks to collaborations with prestigious youth orchestras such as the Orchestra Cherubini and the Italian Youth Orchestra. He was an Italian representative of EUYO, selected by Claudio Abbado, and has played in halls such as Royal Albert Hall, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, NCPO in Beijing, conducted by Manfred Honeck, Christoph Escenbach, Vassilij Petrenko and Vladimir Ashkenazy.
He held the role of spalla at the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala in Milan, and collaborated with orchestras such as RAI, orchestra laVerdi, Filarmonica della Scala, orchestra dell’Arena di Verona, Teatro La Fenice and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
His passion for contemporary music sees him participating in the Milano Musica festival and as a member of the Campus della Grafenegg Academy. His numerous chamber collaborations lead him to perform in seasons such as Festival MiTo, Festival As.Li.Co di Como, Milano Musica and Milano Classica.
He often plays in duo with his brother Dylan Baraldi, with whom he recorded an upcoming album for Brilliant Classics dedicated to French composer Louis Massonneau.
Demian Baraldi plays a 1920 Emilio Guerra violin on loan from a private collection
Also, defined by Enrico Bronzi as “a very talented instrumentalist with a spontaneous musical nature,” Dylan Baraldi (cello) graduated with Mario Finotti from the Conservatorio “Pollini” in Padua, and then perfected himself with Enrico Bronzi at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and with Marc Coppey at the Conservatoire National de Paris.
His solo concert debut took place at the age of 17 with Dvořák’s Concerto, and in his various chamber and symphonic experiences he has performed in halls such as the Philharmonie in Paris, the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, and the Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg.
He has played in chamber formations with renowned soloists such as Alexander Gadjiev, Giovanni Zanon, Keigo Mukawa, Giovanni Gnocchi, Marc Coppey, and Lorenzo Pone. In 2019 he was one of two cellists selected for the EUYO Chamber Academy.
His orchestral activity has seen him collaborate with Ensemble Intercontemporain and Matthias Pintscher, Philharmonie Salzburg and Orchestra del Teatro Goldoni. In 2022 he was ranked first eligible for cello audition at Fondazione Arena di Verona and third eligible at Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI.
He taught cello in China at the FCAEC school in Dalian, twinned with the Conservatorio “Verdi” in Milan.
Dylan Baraldi plays a 1938 Arnaldo Morano cello, kindly loaned to him from a private collection.
