Mediva: Pure!
Mediva has been a fun loving, imaginative and successful medieval group for almost ten years, performing a range of music from the 12th - 15th century. Over the years many fantastic musicians have played with the group and the current format is a recent 'love at first sight' coming together of some of the leading medieval musicians in their fields. Concerts are full of energy, passion and a love of life, which gets the audience itching to leap to their feet.
Mediva has appeared in many of the major music festivals in the UK and on the Continent and was a finalist in the EMN Young Artists Competition at the York Early Music Festival and the Antwerp International Young Artists Presentation as well as recently being selected for the EMN Showcase in Brighton. Members of the ensemble have also performed with some of the leading medieval groups including Alla Francesca, Sarband, Lucidarium, Les Haulz et Les Bas and Micrologus and have taught courses at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Geneva Conservatoire, Fondation Royaumont, Paris and the Centre for Medieval Music Paris.
'Ingenious and heart-felt shawm playing which made the listener long for more.'
'Viva B.L.B. possesses an extraordinarily beautiful voice, deep and warm yet pure and unforced. By some miracle she manages to sing enviably well while at the same time playing the medieval fiddle with astonishing dexterity and inventiveness.'
Selene Mills, CEMSS
Upcoming Performances
August 2007
28.08.07 4pm
Utrecht Early Music Festival Fringe
St Gertrudis Kathedraal
29-31.08.07
International Young Artists Presentation
Elzenveld Centrum, Antwerp
September 2007
23.09.07
Festival Avanti!
Gent Festival Van Vlaanderen
November 2007
UK London Tour
10.11.07 - 11am
Greenwich International Festival and Exhibition
Admirals House
Old Naval College, Greenwich, London SE10
Free entry as part of exhibition
Admission to exhibition: Adults £7.50, Concessions £5.00
11.11.07 - 6pm
St Alfege, Greenwich Church Street, Greenwich, London SE10
Free entry
14.11.07 - 1.10pm
St Anne and St Agnes Church, Gresham Street, London, EC2
Free entry
14.11.07 - 6pm
Djanogly Concert Pitch
National Theatre
South Bank, London SE1 9PX
Free entry
April 2008
NOX ILLUMINATA FESTIVAL
16.04.08 12.15
Elisabethankirche, Basel
17.04.08 21.00
Birds Eye Jazz Club, Basel
18.04.08 - 20.15
Imprimerie Basel
June 2008
Spitalfields Festival, London, UK
Early Music Day, Alden Biesen, Belgium
News
Everyone in Mediva is very excited about the new Website!!!!!!!