The Volterra Project Trio
May 3, 2025, 7:30 pm
Tickets
$15–50
The Volterra Project Trio is Antigoni Goni, Luca Isolani, Maarten Vandenbemden.
The Volterra Project Trio reimagines classical guitar trio music, drawing inspiration from European impressionism, Mediterranean folk melodies and cinematic scores.
Antigoni Goni (Gr), Luca Isolani (It) and Maarten Vandenbemden (Be) breathe fresh life into the guitar, treating it as a miniature orchestra, exploring its unique sounds, dynamics, and colors.
In 2022, the trio released “Medio Siglo”, an album dedicated to the renowned luthier José Luis Romanillos, recorded using his last four guitars. The album has been praised by Soundboard Magazine for “the deep use of colors and the dazzling arrangements”.
In June 2023, the Volterra Project Trio made its US debut at the 50th Guitar Foundation of America Convention in New York, after playing extensively in Europe.
In 2025, the trio will release their second album, “Parole in Musica”. The album, distributed by NAXOS, presents the trio’s daring arrangements of classical masterpieces, ranging from orchestral music by Edvard Grieg and Maurice Ravel to Leonard Bernstein’s swinging “West Side Story”. “Parole in Musica” is an adventurous exploration of the narrative power of music and the classical guitar.
ANTIGONI GONI (GR)
Widely praised for her profound artistic sensitivity, her exquisite sound and her unique palette of colours and dynamics, the Greek guitarist Antigoni Goni is internationally acclaimed as a true ambassador of the guitar and a sought-after pedagogue.
MAARTEN VANDENBEMDEN (BE)
Maarten Vandenbemden grew up in a house full of guitars, and began studying the instrument with his father. In 2011, he was accepted in the guitar class of Antigoni Goni at the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Brussels where he obtained his masters in guitar and music writing summa cum laude. He has played in a wide variety of chamber music ensembles and as a soloist throughout Belgium and abroad, from Jordan to China.
LUCA ISOLANI (IT)
Italian-born and Brussels-based guitarist, researcher and pedagogue Luca Isolani focuses on the folk idioms heritage in the classical guitar repertoire.