Bringing together a collective of exceptionally talented and driven musicians, all members of prestigious ensembles and orchestras worldwide that make up Verità, may have only been possible by the extreme challenges many artists endured during the pandemic lockdown. In these unprecedented times, the musicians who already knew each other through previous engagements, were finally able to make the time for communal musical soul-searching with one another. The bond created by spending a full week most every month “in residency” together as an ensemble to research, rehearse, record, and perform lead to the formation of Verità. 

Since its inception as a historically informed chamber ensemble in December of 2020 by Russian flutist Taya König-Tarasevich and Italian cellist Bartolomeo Dandolo Marchesi, Verità is devoted to filling the communicative void sorely missing from prevailing presentations of the genre. Even after the pandemic, Verità enables the artists to continue immersing themselves in the intensely intimate music-making that initially brought them together. The unequivocal dedication each artist brings to re-examining universal truths speaks volumes about the collective’s idealistic spirit, magnetic charisma, and contagious inspiration.

Within changing configurations, from solo to full orchestral ensemble, they jointly research and reinterpret the broad canon of manuscripts spanning the Baroque and early Classical periods. Based on the original score, that goal often poses complex decisions about which elements are essential and must be adhered to and which rules and conventions are there to be re-envisioned. In addition to the historical pieces, the ensemble’s authentic use of period instruments and the vibrant quality of artistic interpretation inspires many contemporary composers, such as SJ Hanke, Marc Migo, Nicola Canzano, to write specifically for them.

Text by: Ilona Oltuski