The Collegium Pro Musica is an ensemble specialized in XVII and XVIII century music repertoire, performed in accordance with the style of that age and using true copies of original instruments. It is composed of many of the best italian baroque performers, all carrying out an intense concert activity as soloists with some of the most important european concert institutions, and often called to collaborate with famous baroque groups and conductors. The Collegium has performed with famous singers such as Emma Kirkby, Roberta Invernizzi and Gemma Bertagnolli and performers such as Monica Huggett, Bob Van Asperen, Ashley Solomon.
Flexible in its formation, which varies from the Trio to the Baroque Orchestra, the group has been founded in 1989 by the flautist Stefano Bagliano, who is also the artistic director. Bagliano and the Collegium Pro Musica have performed very successfully in important festivals and concert institutions in all Europe, USA, Canada, Japan, China, Israel, Palestine and Turkey, among which Carnegie Hall of New York, Gasteig of Munich, Conservatoires of Moscow and of Beijing, Amici della Musica of Florence, Ishibashi Memorial Hall of Tokio, Lubljana International Festival, Società del Quartetto of Milan at S. Maurizio, Concerts of Palazzo Venezia in Rome broadcasted by the italian Radio Rai 3, Universität für Musik Wien, Il Gonfalone of Rome, Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles and of New York, Sounding Jerusalem Festival, Boston Recorder Society, Feste Musicali per S. Rocco of Venice, Teatro Bibiena of Mantova and many other Festivals.
The Collegium has undertook a recording activity, gaining important recognition from the international critics. It has recorded compact – discs for the Brilliant, Stradivarius, Dynamic, Nuova Era and Tactus record companies, with music by G.P. Telemann, A. Vivaldi, J.S.Bach, G. Sammartini, N. Fiorenza, B.Marcello, C.P.E.Bach, J.J.Quantz..
Some recordings came out as a free CD enclosed to some of the most important italian musical magazines, such as “CD Classics” and the prestigious “Amadeus”. Among the various recordings, the one with the complete Vivaldi Concerts op.10 for blockflute and strings (label Stradivarius) and the one with the complete Vivaldi Chamber Concertos (3 CDs – label Brilliant Classics) obtained various 5 stars reviews on the best european and american musical magazines. The last CD, came out in 2021 for the Brilliant Classics label, features music by Johann Sebastian Bach for recorder and harpsichord.