The Aglaia duo was founded in 2021, giving particular importance to chamber music programs in Italian, French, German, and Russian. In 2022 it performed at Villa Campolieto in Ercolano (Naples), at the Centro Caprense “Ignazio Cerio” in Capri (Naples), at Palazzo Venezia in Naples, and at the Qendra Kulturore Theatre in Tirana (Albania). In February 2023 it performed for the Amici della Musica in Padua, in the Sala dei Giganti of Palazzo Liviano (Padua), with a program dedicated to late-19th- and early-20th-century French music (Debussy, Fauré, and Poulenc) and to the Italian composers of the “Generazione dell’Ottanta” (Respighi, Malipiero, and Pizzetti).
In February 2024 the duo presented a program dedicated to Malipiero, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death, at the headquarters of the Società Letteraria di Verona. In March 2025 it performed a program dedicated to folk-inspired songs as part of the Spring Concerts organized by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Naples, featuring music by Britten, de Falla, Berio, and Tosti. In the same year, it presented a program devoted to Italian, German, and English art songs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with music by Brahms, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and Francesco Vatielli.
The duo also attended the Advanced Specialization Course in German Lied held by Erik Battaglia at the Fiesole School of Music in the 2022/2023 academic year. In October 2022 it took part—winning second prize—in the 7th International Elsa Respighi Competition for Vocal Chamber Music in Verona. In March 2024 it participated—winning first prize—in the 2nd International Competition for Composition and Performance, section “Art Songs on Texts by Poets and Writers of the Museum Houses of Romagna”, held in San Mauro Pascoli (Forlì-Cesena).
It has recorded, for the Tactus label, art songs by contemporary composers on texts by Guerrini, Monti, Pascoli, and Carducci. It is currently pursuing further studies at the Avos Project International School of Music under the guidance of Mario Montore.
