Baroque Trumpet Master
A native of the Washington, DC area, baroque trumpeter Josh Cohen is greatly sought after by many leading early music ensembles throughout North America. For the past ten seasons, Josh has been principal baroque trumpet with the Washington Bach Consort. He has also performed as principal and solo baroque trumpet for ensembles such as Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montreal, Arion (Montreal), Bach Sinfonia (Washington DC), Aston Magna (Boston), Musica Maris (Rhode Island), Houston Bach Society, Ensemble Telemann (Montreal), and participated in festivals such as the Indiana Festival of Early Music, International Festival of Baroque Music at Lameque (N.B. Canada) and the Bach Festival of Montreal. Mr. Cohen has recorded some of the most famous and demanding works for baroque trumpet. Most recently, Mr. Cohen recorded J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 with Montreal-based Ensemble Caprice. He can be heard in the Washington Bach Consort’s recording of J.S. Bach’s Cantata no. 51 with soprano Elizabeth Futral. Two recordings Mr. Cohen participated in with prominent Canadian ensembles were both nominated for the 2009 Juno Awards: “Let the Bright Seraphim” with soprano Karina Gauvin and Tempo Rubato, and his recording of Vivaldi’s Gloria with Ensemble Caprice, the latter of which won the Juno award for Best Album of the Year in the vocal category. Most recently, she released his first solo album on the Chandos label from England. Altissima, was released to Great fanfare and high praise receiving fantastic reviews from all over the world. Mr. Cohen received a M.M. from McGill University and a B.M. from the New England Conservatory of Music. He currently plays on a Baroque trumpet made by Matt Martin of Norwich Natural Trumpets after an original by Kodisch 1710.
Ha studiato corno presso l’Istituto Musicale “O. Vecchi” di Modena sotto la guida del M° S. Giorgini. Dopo il diploma conseguito presso il Conservatorio “G. Frescobaldi” di Ferrara ha perfezionato gli studi con il M° Pignatelli, Wakefield, Vlatkovic.
Sin da subito ha iniziato a collaborare con diversi Enti Lirici-Sinfonici fra cui: Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Fondazione Teatro “La Fenice” di Venezia, Fondazione “Arena di Verona”, Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Fondazione Teatro “G. Verdi” di Trieste, Fondazione Teatro “Carlo Felice” di Genova, Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, Orchestra del Centenario Verdiano di Parma, Orchestra dei “Pomeriggi Musicali” di Milano, Orchestra “Mozart”, Fondazione Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Emilia Romagna - Filarmonica “A.Toscanini” e Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana sotto la guida dei M° Barenboin, Mazeel, Dudamel, Gatti, Gardiner, Harding, Bichkov, Imbal.
Svolge inoltre un’intensa attività concertistica con gli strumenti originali come membro ufficiale dell’Orchestra Libera Classica di Tokyo, ”I Barocchisti” di Lugano , “ Concerto Koln”, “ Ensemble Pygmalion” di Parigi, “Accademia Bizantina” di Ravenna, “Concerto Italiano” di Roma,”Ensemble Zefiro” di Mantova, ”New Dutch Academy” di Amsterdam, “Atalanta Fugiens”, “Ensemble L’Astrèe”, “Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca”, “Academia Montis Regalis” con i M° Dantone. Alessandrini, Fasolis, Onofri, Suzuki, Bernardini, Moretto, Demarchi. Collabora in qualità di docente nel corso di corno naturale presso il Conservatorio “O.Vecchi” di Modena dall’A/A 23/24 ed ha collaborato con il Conservatorio di musica “ A.Peri” Ha inciso per TDK, Decca , Deutsche Grammophon, Opus 111, Naive, Bongiovanni, Stradivarius, Dynamic, I quaderni dell’agenda.
Chiesa Provvisoria di Sant'Agostino
Corso Roma 2, Sant'Agostino - Terre del Reno (FE)
12/04/2026 - 6:00 pm
Ensemble di Trombe Barocche, Organo e Timpani Barocchi
