Biography
Ensemble 415
Effective period / Period of releases: 1986 - 2011
Members: Gaetano Nasillo, Matthias Spaeter, Yves Bertin, Marie-Liesse Barau, Hélène Schmitt, Hendrike Ter Brugge, Enrico Gatti, Alain Gervreau, Miriam Shalinsky, Véronique Méjean, Chiara Banchini, Monica Ehrsam, Odile Edouard, Minna Arkkola, Olivia Centurioni, Yves Rechsteiner, Luigi Mangiocavallo, Catherine Girard, Guya Martinini, Marcial Moreiras, Michèle Sauvé, David Plantier, Helena Zemanová, Patricia Gagnon, Roel Dieltiens, Eva Borhi, Peter Barczi, Michele Barchi, Andrea Fossà, Andrea Albertani, Andreas Torgersen, Elisabet Bodén, Cléna Stein, Gordon Murray, David Courvoisier, Davide Amodio, Luciano Contini, Roberto Sensi, Lydia Cevidalli, Alexandra Bellamy, Giancarlo Rado, Michaël Chanu, Alessandro De Marchi, Shizuko Noiri, Renata Spotti, Jesper Bøje Christensen, Dario Luisi, Viggo Mangor, Evangelina Mascardi, Käthi Gohl, Claire Pottinger-Schmidt, Andrea Marchiol, Maria Chiara Coppo, Catherine Bruge, Ercole Ricci, Donella Terenzio, Andrea Damiani, Oreste De Tommaso, Stephanie Pfister, Martine Schnorhk, Birgit Goris, Roberto Righi (2), Luca Cola (2), Elisabeth Boden (2), Myriam Cambreling, Gino Mangiocavallo, Philippe Bosbach
Ensemble founded 1981 in Geneva, Switzerland. Based since 2001 in Cressia (Jura, France). Specialized in the repertoire of the 17th and 18th century; its founder and music director was Chiara Banchini. In January 2012 the ensemble was dissolved.