James Kennerley (tenor)
James Kennerley is an award-winning, multifaceted conductor, historical keyboardist, singer, and composer. His recent concert engagements have taken him to Boston’s Symphony Hall, Montreal’s Maison symphonique, Portland’s Merrill Auditorium, Juilliard, The National Gallery of Art, Rome, Florence, and Venice – even Fenway Park! In addition to hundreds of YouTube videos, …
Elizabeth Weinfield (director)
Elizabeth Weinfield is the Artistic Director of Sonnambula and a professor of musicology at Juilliard whose research explores the relationships among gender, performance, and material culture in the early modern period. She holds a PhD in historical musicology from the Graduate Center, CUNY, and a master’s in music from University …
Sonnambula
Praised as “remarkable” and “superb” by Alex Ross in the New Yorker, Sonnambula is a historically informed ensemble that brings to light unknown music for early instruments with the lush sound of the viol at the core. Sonnambula holds the prestigious position of inaugural ensemble-in-residence at The Frick Collection in …
Ana Bakradze (piano)
Ana Bakradze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, and she began studying piano at the age of six at the Tbilisi Art School. From 2014, she furthered her musical education at Tbilisi’s Zakaria Paliashvili Central Music School with Professor Veka Svanidze, graduating in 2018 with the gold medal awarded to the …
David Zobel (piano)
French pianist David Zobel enjoys a successful career as a collaborative pianist, opera coach and accompanist, performing in opera houses and at international festivals throughout France and the rest of Europe. For over a decade now, he has been regularly collaborating with acclaimed mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, playing in some of …
