ABOUT US
We are Coloquio 6, a wind sextet specialising in Harmoniemusik, a genre of wind chamber music of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A large part of our work centres on arrangements of operas, allowing us to bring the emotion and drama of lyric theatre into spaces that feel closer, livelier and more communal. We understand music as a dialogue with the audience and aim to recover the social, communicative and celebratory character with which this repertoire was originally conceived. Accordingly, in our concerts we combine performance with spoken introductions allowing close interaction with the audience, and presentation of the historical instruments, creating transparent and lively experiences for today’s concertgoers.
“I liked the interaction between the players, notably the instrumental pairs – it is always endearing to see the players relating to each other, the music and the audience”
Andrew Benson-Wilson | Early Music Reviews +
“The jury, comprising Erik Bosgraaf, Robert Smith, and Darina Ablogina, praised the ensemble for its distinctive sound and outstanding communicative artistry.”
Melómano Digital
“Having performed on stages across Europe and established itself as one of the most promising emerging ensembles on the European classical music scene, Coloquio 6 finally made its Spanish debut with a very special appearance at the Música en Segura Festival.”
Nuria Fernández Luque – Diario Jaén
““It was the radio of its time. Wealthy families would attend the opera and then wanted to hear the most famous arias again in their own homes. Arrangements of these well-known works for small ensembles were highly lucrative, and composers competed fiercely to produce them,” explained Sergio Sánchez, a Salamanca-born member of the sextet.”