ArtistInfo

Patrizia Bovi

voc, hrp, tr, IT
Singer of Classical

Italian soprano vocalist + harpist Patrizia Bovi was born in Assisi. She studied voice at the Conservatorio di Perugia and with Sergio Pezzetti. Early ensemble work included medieval/Renaissance music with Ensemble Alia Musica (Milan) between 1975 – 1982. In 1984 Patrizia Bovi founded Ensemble Micrologus, specialists of medieval Italian music from the 12th to the 16th century, whose performances continue to find acclaim among international audiences. She founded Meduza in 2011 to perform unknown repertoires, the first two projects were “Lucrezia la figlia del papa” on Lucrezia Borgia’s life and “Justiniane or l’aer veneziano” XV centurty venitian repertotire, for the 30th years of Micrologus she directed the CD program: Carnivalesque on Italian frottole and villotte of early 15th century, the CD received the Diapason d’or in November 2014. Additionally Patrizia Bovi is active teaching courses on medieval singing, flavored with years of experience in the performance of Italian traditional music, in settings such as Corsi di Musica Antica (Urbino), Fondation Royaumont (Paris), Melbourne University (Australia) and University of Texas (Austin).

Instruments

• Vocals
• Harp
• Trumpet
• Tamborine

Genres

• Classical
• Folk
• World
• Soundtrack
• Jazz

Plays With