Volterra Project Trio

Guest Artist Recital

Experience the captivating artistry of the Volterra Project Trio in concert at Shenandoah Conservatory. Featuring internationally acclaimed musicians from the celebrated Volterra Project, this dynamic ensemble brings together the rich sounds of the guitar in an evening of imaginative and genre-spanning chamber music. With a program that blends classical tradition with contemporary flair, the trio promises a performance that is both intimate and exhilarating.

Fascinated by the storytelling power of the classical guitar, the Volterra Project Trio explores narration without words.

With their new album Parole in Musica, Antigoni Goni, Luca Isolani and Maarten Vandenbemden bring their full range of color and expression to a program of music inspired by stories from stage, screen and literature, beginning with Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet retold through Leonard Bernstein’s brilliant score as a tragedy on the streets of New York’s West Side, and ending with Grieg’s incidental music to scenes from the exotic travels of Ibsen’s antihero Peer Gynt. Along the way, we hear Luca Isolani’s own Note fuori campo (a homage to Nino Rota), the enchanted world of children’s stories brought to life in Ravel’s Mother Goose suite, and two songs from Pornography, a provocative musical by the Greek cultural icon — and iconoclast — Manos Hadjidakis.

Recorded by British sound engineer John Taylor and distributed by NAXOS records, Parole in Musica was released on all streaming platforms in May 2025.