L'ensemble | English

The ensemble | Français

Sollazzo Ensemble brings together musicians with a keen interest in late medieval and early Renaissance music. Founded in 2014 by Anna Danilevskaia, the ensemble benefits from the diverse musical backgrounds of its members, who work not only in the field of early music but also in modern classical, folk, and jazz music.

Critically acclaimed for their highly expressive delivery, the group relies on historical repertoires and informed performance criteria in order to convey feelings they have personally experienced or to make statements that are meaningful to them. This process of appropriation is the basis of their communication with the public, as they aim to give every piece a strong, timeless identity which goes beyond purely musical intentions.

Since 2014, Sollazzo has won many prestigious competitions and awards, including the York Early Music Competition, and received the NCEM Prize and the Cambridge Early Music Prize. They were beneficiaries of the Emerging Young Artists program - supported by Creative Europe - followed by a collaboration with the CCR d’Ambronay as associated ensemble between 2017 and 2020.

Since their discographic debut (« Parle qui veut - Moralizing songs in the middle ages ») the ensemble has published several CDs dedicated to repertoires spanning the 13th to the 15th centuries, receiving accolades such as the Diapason d’Or, Disc of the Year by The Art Desks, Editor’s Choice by Grammophone, Critic’s Choice by De Standaard, CD of Choice by BBC Magazine, as well as the Diapason d’Or de l’Année in 2017 and 2021. They are currently involved in the recording of the complete Leuven Chansonnier collection for Passacaille Records and Ambronay Editions.

Sollazzo leads an active concert schedule, performing throughout Europe, the USA, and Asia. Beginning in Fall 2024, the group will be Ensemble in Residence at the Arsenal in Metz, as well as part of “The Makers,” a residency program at the Concertgebouw in Bruges.

Supported by the Caisse des Dépôts, principal patron.

Direction | English

Anna Danilevskaia, vièliste originaire de Metz, fonde l'ensemble Sollazzo en 2014. Issue d'une famille de musiciens, elle grandit entourée par la musique médiévale et celle-ci devient très tôt partie intégrante de son monde artistique et son langage de prédilection.

Elle étudie d'abord à Barcelone, dans la classe du médiéviste Pedro Memelsdorff puis continue sa formation dans le département de musique médiévale de la Schola Cantorum à Bâle. Elle complète ensuite ses études avec un master en viole de gambe Renaissance avec Paolo Pandolfo.

Elle joue avec différents ensemble spécialisés à travers l'Europe, puis se dédie à Sollazzo ainsi qu'à la recherche artistique, portant une attention particulière à la musique italienne du quatorzième ainsi qu'au Chansonnier de Louvain (un recueil de chanson du quinzième siècle originaire du Val de Loire). En 2022, elle a été élue membre du bureau du REMA, Réseau Européen pour la Musique Ancienne.

Director | Français

Anna Danilevskaia, fiddle and Renaissance viol player, specialist in repertoires from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries, was born into a family of musicians. She grew up surrounded by early music, specifically medieval repertoires, in Metz, France, and began her musical training at the age of six playing different instruments. At the age of fifteen she started to play the fiddle and, shortly after, the viola da gamba.

She studied with Pedro Memelsdorff in Barcelona, and later at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, focusing on medieval fiddle. She then completed her studies with a master’s degree in early viols with Paolo Pandolfo.

In 2014 she founded her own group, Sollazzo, dedicated to the music of the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance. This first project as an ensemble director led Anna to explore different ways of approaching her chosen repertoire and allowed her to develop a musical language which has been called “unique, daring and yet respectful” by critics.