Stefano Molardi


Stefano Molardi is an italian organist, harpsichordist and musicologist.

Biography

Graduated in organ from the, he later studied with Ewald Kooiman and Michael Radulescu. He also studied harpsichord with Danilo Costantini, further refining his skills on both instruments under the guidance of Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini and .
He received awards at the organ competitions in Viterbo, Bruges, and Pasian di Prato.
He has performed across Europe, the United States, Brazil, and Japan, both as a soloist and chamber musician. In 2009, he played the complete organ works of Franz Liszt and César Franck in Lugano.
As a conductor, he has given concerts in Europe and the USA, performing both Italian and German instrumental repertoire from the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as sacred vocal music and operatic works. Between 2010 and 2012, he conducted Vivaldi’s Farnace and Giustino at both the Theater an der Wien in Vienna and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.
He was the director and co-founder of IBA – Italian Baroque Academy, an orchestra specializing in performances with historical instruments.
He holds the chair of organ and harpsichord at the in Lugano and at the in Brescia. He also teaches masterclasses in organ and harpsichord performance in Europe, the USA, Russia and Japan.
He has recorded for networks such as Radio France, Radio Suisse Romande, Mezzo, and Südwestrundfunk, and for the record labels Christophorus, Divox, Tactus, and most recently Brilliant Classics. For the latter, in 2015, he completed the full recording of Johann Sebastian Bach’s organ works.
Since 2018, he has been collaborating with violinist Gian Andrea Guerra on baroque violin and organ/ harpsichord literature from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Discography

  • 2001 – Giovanni Valentini: Mottetti e Madrigali, Christophorus - CHR 77238.
  • 2003 – Claudio Merulo: Opera Omnia for Organ , Divox CDX 70309/10-6.
  • 2003 – Giovanni Maria Trabaci: Il Primo Libro de Ricercate, Tactus - TC 572001
  • 2003 – Giovanni Maria Trabaci: Il Secondo Libro de Ricercate, Tactus - TC 572002.
  • 2003 – Giuseppe Verdi: Trascrizioni per organo, Tactus - TC 812002.
  • 2006 – Claudio Merulo: Opera Omnia for Organ , Divox CDX 70311/12
  • 2006 – Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonie d’opera, Divox - CDX 70501-6
  • 2008 – Viaggio a Venezia, Divox - CDX 70602
  • 2014 – Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Organ Music, Vol. 1, Brilliant Classics - 94850.
  • 2014 – Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Organ Music, Vol. 2, Brilliant Classics - 94792.
  • 2014 – Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Organ Music, Vol. 3, Brilliant Classics - 94981.
  • 2015 – Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Organ Music, Vol. 4, Brilliant Classics - 95005.
  • 2015 – Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Organ Music, Brilliant Classics - 95105.
  • 2015 – Johann Kuhnau: Complete Organ Music, Brilliant Classics - 95089
  • 2016 – Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata & Fugue - Famous Organ Music, Brilliant Classics - 95166.
  • 2017 – Johann Christoph Bach, Johann Michael Bach: Complete Organ Music, Brilliant Classics - 95418.
  • 2018 – Giovanni Benedetto Platti: Complete Music for Harpsichord and Organ, Brilliant Classics - 95518.
  • 2018 – Bach Family: Complete Organ Music, Brilliant Classics - 95803.
  • 2019 – Bach Family: Organ Works, Brilliant Classics - 95884.
  • 2022 – Johann Sebastian Bach: Transcriptions, Brilliant Classics - 96413.
  • 2023 – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Six Concertos Wq43 Transcribed for 2 Harpsichords, Brilliant Classics - 95584.
  • 2024 – 17th Century Courts of Northern-Italy Music for Violin & Organ, Brilliant Classics - 96980.