Effective period / Period of releases: 1954 - 2022

Members: Heinz Holliger, Thomas Demenga, Klaus Thunemann, Ettore Pellegrino, Dino Asciolla, Franco Tamponi, Christiane Jaccottet, Heidi Indermühle, Félix Ayo, Paolo Pandolfo, Severino Gazzelloni, Maria Teresa Garatti, Walter Gallozzi, Enzo Altobelli, Roberto Michelucci, Maxence Larrieu, Salvatore Accardo, Maurice Bourgue, Pietro Bosna, Frans Brüggen, Bruno Giuranna, Gerd Haucke, Jonathan Rubin, Hermann Baumann, Antonio Ruiz, Massimo Paris, Antonio De Secondi, Francesca Vicari, Michala Petri, Aldo Bennici, Gianluca Apostoli, Leo Driehuys, Pasquale Pellegrino, Claudio Buccarella, Anna Maria Cotogni, Pina Carmirelli, Evert van Tright, Alfonso Ghedin, Federico Agostini, Antonio Salvatore, Arnaldo Apostoli, Italo Colandrea, Tommaso Ruta, Gastone Tassinari, Giovanni Gatti, Laurence Bonnal, Jeanette Van Wingerden, Marco Serino, Francesco Buccarella, Hans Kull, Carmen Franco (2), Mario Centurione, Janos Scholz, Pietro Stella, Paolo Centurioni, Francesco Strano, Luciano Vicari, Lucio Buccarella, Karl Weihs, Luigi Muratori, Umberto Spiga, Sabatino Cantore, Markus Scheich, Michiel Van Den Brinck, Vito Paternoster, Mariana Sîrbu, Stefano Morgione, Fulvio Montanaro, Aldo D'Amico, Pietro Accorroni, Serge Paulon, Luca Signorini (2), Isabella Salamon, Luciano Buccarella, Silvano Zaccarini, Matteo Pippa, Silvio Di Rocco, Roberto Gambioli, Antonio Anselmi (2)

A conductorless Italian chamber orchestra, I Musici was formed in Rome in 1952 by graduates from Accademia di Santa Cecilia. Original members have successively been replaced on an egalitarian basis, maintaining an energy and freshness to their work. The ensemble consists of six violins, two violas, two cellos, a double bass and a harpsichord. Their works are primarily in the field of Baroque, especially compositions by Vivaldi, Albinoni, Marcello, Lotti and Geminiani.

I Musici's first recording of Antonio Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons' in 1955 gained such interest in these compositions that there are now over 120 recordings of this popular piece. Over the years a number of virtuosi have augmented I Musici's performances and recordings, such as: Severino Gazzelloni, Frans Bruggen, Aurèle Nicolet, Maxence Larrieux, Heinz Holliger, Maurice Bourgue, Klaus Thunemann, Marco Costantini, Maurice Andrè, Hakan Hardenberger, Guy Touvron and Bernard Soustrot.