Rosita Ippolito
She started studying viola da gamba at the age of eight at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole (Florence). After obtaining the viola da gamba Diploma at the “Luigi Cherubini” Conservatory of Florence with Paolo Biordi, she went on to specialize with Vittorio Ghielmi, Cristiano Contadin and Rodney Prada (Civica Scuola di Musica of Milan). She also obtained a Political Sciences Degree and a PHD in History of Music at the University of Florence,
From 2003 she devoted herself to filologic execution of ancient music. She played in more than 500 concerts.
She collaborated and collaborates as soloist and basso continuo player with various ensembles specialized in Early Music, like Accademia Bizantina, Modo Antiquo, La Venexiana, Sezione Aurea, ensemble Italico Splendore, La Pifarescha, La Dafne, with whom she performed in Europe and Asia.
She played under the direction of internationally recognized directors, performing in some of the most prestigious international early music festivals, among others: Misteria Paschalia, Semana de la Musica Sacra (Cuenca, ES), SEVIQC Brezice Festival; Ravenna Festival; Sagra Musicale Malatestiana; Festival MITO; Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
She has participated to the realization and arrangement of original soundtracks (Il Resto di Niente directed by Antonietta de Lillo; Arianna by Carlo Lavagna; both awarded at Venice International Film Festival), theatrical performances, like Giorgio Diritti’s Gli occhi, gli alberi, le foglie (2012), music by Daniele Furlati; Zero (2008), written and interpreted by Massimiliano Bruno, with more than 50 performances in Italy and abroad; La fabulosa historia di un burattino (2011), with Commedia dell’Arte puppets of Moreno Pigoni, with more than 20 performances. She has performed in poetry-readings with Vinicio Capossela, Philippe Daverio, Paolo Rumiz, Roberto Herlizka, Edoardo Sanguineti, Matteo Belli, Anna Maria Guarnieri.
She has recorded for various CD labels, like Brillian Classict, Clavis, EMI Classics, Sony, Tactus, Universal, Urania, Bongiovanni.
She has participated in various on air radio programs, among which Kulturchannel Austria, RadioRai1 and RadioRai3, SkyArte, National Radio of Slovenia.
She actually lives in Bologna where, since 2014, she teaches viola da gamba and chamber music at the “La Musica Interna” School.
Since 2017, she is viola da gamba teaching Professor at the the Conservatory ‘G.B. Martini’ in Bologna.
