Seicento Stravagante was created in 2018 by David Brutti on cornetto and Nicola Lamon on organ and harpsichord.
The ensemble made debut in June 2018 in three concerts acclaimed by critics and public at the Basilica of San Vitale for the Ravenna Festival. Since then the ensemble regularly performs in the main organ and early music festivals such as Festival International de l’Orgue ancien, Basilique de Valère - Sion, Roma Festival Barocco, Amis de l’Orgue de Saint Fiacre (Belgium), Trento Musicantica 2023, Grandezze e Meraviglie - Modena, Festival Frescobaldi - Roma, Società Aquilana dei concerti “B. Barattelli”, Belgrade Early Music Festival - Serbia, La Voce e il Tempo - Genova, Spazio e Musica - Vicenza, Festival Organistico Internazionale di Treviso, Organi Storici in Cadore, Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, Rassegna organistica “Gjgj Moret” - Venzone (Udine) etc…
The discography of Seicento Stravagante includes: “Il Cornetto del Doge - Music in the Venice Renaissance”, Extended Place, 2021; “Maurizio Cazzati - Motets & Sonatas”, Pan Classics, 2022, with the baritone Mauro Borgioni; “Seicento Stravagante - Music for Cornetto & Organ”, BIS records, 2022.
Seicento Stravagante is also active in the promotion of the historical organ heritage: the two musicians regularly make audio and video recordings using the most prestigious Renaissance and Baroque authentic organs such as Dome of Valvasone - organ by Colombi ca.1532, Basilica Palatina di S. Barbara of Mantova - organ by Antegnati 1565 and church of St. Francis of Trevi - organ by Paolo Pietro da Montefalco 1509.
In addition to their core activities, they are joined by skilled musicians specializing in the Italian repertoire of the 17th century, such as Mauro Borgioni (baritone), Rossella Croce (baroque violin), Alessandro Ciccolini (baroque violin), Giulia Bolcato (soprano), Miriam Callegaro (mezzo-soprano) and Marina De Liso (mezzo-soprano), with whom the ensemble performs more complex programs and projects aimed at promoting the repertoire and virtuosity of the Italian courts between the 16th and 17th centuries.