In May 2024, the ensemble took part at the Gli Incogniti Academy under the artistic direction of Amandine Beyer and was selected as a finalist of the CIMA Early Music Competition, earning a residency for the 2025/2026 season with the renowned conductor William Christie at the Centre Culturel les Arts Florissants in Thiré.
In October 2024 Il Parrasio won top prize and the special public prize “Rovereto, Città della Pace” at the Premio Bonporti in Rovereto. In 2025 they were selected to take part in the prestigious European program S-EEEmerging for the 2026–2027 period. Most recently, Il Parrasio won the first prize unanimously and a public prize at the Legrenzi Competition, as part of the Musica Mirabilis festival, in Clusone.
Since its founding, Il Parrasio has performed at the Utrecht Early Music Festival Fringe series in 2024 and 2025 and within the Musica Antica concert series in The Hague. In the next season Il Parrasio will bring its programs and passion to the cities of Maribor (Carpe Artem, SLO), Ambronay (Centre culturel de rencontre, FR), Göttingen (Händel Festspiele, DE), Thiré (Centre culturel les Arts Florissants, FR), Clusone (Musica Mirabilis, IT), Opatija (Festival Kvarner, HR).
The name of our ensemble derives from Bosco Parrasio – the forest on the slopes of the Gianicolo in the city of Rome which, starting from 1725 thanks to the will of John V king of Portugal, has become the seat and meeting place of the Academy of Arcadia. Parrasia is a region of Arcadia in Greece, an idealized place of pastoral life and idyllic poetry where men and women live in peace and harmony with nature.
Distribution
- Eriko Nagayama baroque violin
- Ajda Porenta baroque violin
- Luka Stefanović baroque cello
- Alessandro Papa harpsichord