Baroque weekend
Michele Pasotti and La Fonte Musica

Pomp and circumstance
The Baroque – an age of superlatives 

Golden, ornate, with magnificent façades – this is often our first impression of the Baroque. Yet behind the glittering surfaces of an era that stretched from the early 17th to the mid-18th century lies a world brimming with artistic curiosity, technical innovation, and striking contrasts.

Biography

Michele Pasotti

Michele Pasotti, founder and director of La Fonte Musica, is recognized as one of the leading lutenists of his generation. He studied with renowned musicians such as Hopkinson Smith and Paul O’Dette and further specialized in Renaissance theory and counterpoint, with a focus on medieval performance techniques and the Ars Nova music of the 14th century. Born in Pavia, he also completed a degree in Theoretical Philosophy there with distinction. As a lutenist and ensemble director, he combines philological precision with artistic imagination, creating a vibrant sound world—never mere reconstruction, but rather a continually fresh experience.

La Fonte Musica

The members of the Italian early-music ensemble La Fonte Musica are among the most distinguished interpreters of Trecento music, the Italian 14th century, though their repertoire spans from the 14th to the 17th century. Every project begins with in-depth research aimed at decoding the rhetoric and grammar of the works, with the goal of performing the music faithfully and with sensitivity to its time and place of origin. Founded by lutenist Michele Pasotti, the ensemble performs at the most prestigious early music festivals across Europe, including the Innsbruck Early Music Festival, Oude Muziek in Utrecht, Resonanzen at the Wiener Konzerthaus, the Tagen Alter Musik Regensburg, the Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival, and the Monteverdi Festival in Cremona.