The Volterra Project Trio reimagines classical guitar trio music, drawing inspiration from European impressionism, Mediterranean folk melodies and cinematic scores.
Antigoni Goni (Greece), Luca Isolani (Italy) and Maarten Vandenbemden (Belgium) breathe fresh life into the guitar, treating it as a miniature orchestra, exploring its unique sounds, dynamics, and colors.
In 2022, the trio released Medio Siglo, an album dedicated to the renowned luthier José Luis Romanillos, recorded using his last four guitars. The album has been praised by Soundboard Magazine for “the deep use of colors and the dazzling arrangements.”
In June 2023, the Volterra Project Trio made its U.S. debut at the 50th Guitar Foundation of America Convention in New York, after playing extensively in Europe.
In 2025, the trio will release their second album, Parole in Musica. The album, distributed by NAXOS, presents the trio’s daring arrangements of classical masterpieces, ranging from orchestral music by Edvard Grieg and Maurice Ravel to Leonard Bernstein’s swinging West Side Story. Parole in Musica is an adventurous exploration of the narrative power of music and the classical guitar.