Wit & Mirth - Nocturnalia (Violin, Cello & Harpsichord)

Nocturnalia Ensemble is composed of three young performers (Mojca Jerman on the violin, Pablo Tejedor-Gutiérrez on the cello/gamba and Alex Mastichiadis on historical keyboards) who look to offer fresh and innovative concerts to its audiences, capable of awakening in the listeners the different emotions and feelings that 17th and 18th-century composers tried to express in their music.

Nocturnalia believes that Early Music is tremendously contemporary, given the degree of freedom that offers to performers, and the unparalleled creativity that improvisation and ornamentation create. Our unique personal and musical connection reflects our European origins, embracing concepts from our respective languages that define us: Šarovít (colorful and picturesque), Duende (the creative struggle to create deep art forms), and Μεράκι (to do something with soul).

As an ensemble, Nocturnalia was born while playing night sessions of music by Mozart and Schmelzer in the Romanesque Abbey of Ambronay during the summer of 2021, while…