A modern voice of Memory
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Founded in 2014 by international musicians gathered in The Netherlands for their studies, Seconda Prat!ca is an ensemble of singers and intstrumentalists united by their love of making music together.

The ensemble’s main goal is to bridge the gaps between performers and audience, revitalizing western musical heritage by bringing it back to a shared lived experience. We achieve this through a programming approach which connects ancient music to contemporary debates such as Europe’s colonial past (“Nova Europa” and “Missa Mundi” program), the line between art and propaganda (“Ridendo” program), to the preceived role of women throughout history (“Almira’s songbook” program).

Seconda Prat!ca was part of the EEEmerging project, an initiative of the European Comission to support young developping ensemble specializing in Early Music. Through this project, the ensemble has performed in some of the top European festivals such as the Festival d’Ambronay (France), Göttingen Handel Festspiel (Germany), Stockholm Early Music (Sweden), Utrecht Oude Muziek (The Netherlands), Festival Reencontros (Portugal).

Seconda has been feaured in various news-editions (Volskrant and Público), radio-broadcasters (Radio France, Antena2 and Opium 4) as well as television (CultureBox, RTP2 and RTVNH). Their debut album, “Nova Europa” has been released in October 2016 with the Ambronay Label. In 2021 they released a renaissance vocal album “In Memoria Mea” dedicated to the composer Josquin Des Prez, and with the artistic direction of Dr. Rebecca Stewart.

Members

Nuno Atalaia
Artistic Director

Jonatan Alvarado
Musical Director

João Paixão
Stage Director

Sofia Pedro
Soprano

Sophia Patsi
Alto

Julie Stalder
Gamba & Violone

Emilio Aguilar
Tenor

Bram Trouwborst
Bassus

Asuka Sumi
Violin & Tenor Gamba

Fernando Aguado
Keyboards