The Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra is pleased to announce the appointment of violinist Adriane Post as Leader! Adriane succeeds founding Concertmaster Allison Nyquist who retired in 2019.
“Adriane is a wonderful musician and a brilliant violinist, and I’m looking forward very much to our collaboration,” said IBO Artistic Director Barthold Kuijken. “At the same time, I want to express all my gratitude to our now-retired concertmaster Allison Nyquist, and to Martie Perry (Acting Concertmaster), Jeremy Rhizor, and Guillermo Salas Suárez who did a great job leading IBO projects during the interim.”
A versatile performer, soloist, leader, teacher, and chamber musician, Adriane plays regularly throughout the U.S. and abroad. She is a founding member of the critically acclaimed ACRONYM Ensemble and Diderot String Quartet, and has served as Concertmaster of the National Cathedral Baroque Orchestra, Co-concertmaster of Apollo’s Fire in Cleveland, and as guest leader with ensembles Seraphic Fire and The Thirteen.
Adriane described her excitement about joining IBO saying, “I look forward to joining Barthold Kuijken and the lovely players of IBO on a new journey, and getting to know them as individuals and as a team. I’m excited about my first season with them next year and especially to finding a string sound together in the season opening program. “
Adriane Post appears as performer, soloist, leader, teacher and chamber musician across the US and abroad. Her violin playing has been described as “exquisite” by The New York Times. A founding member of the critically acclaimed ACRONYM Ensemble and Diderot String Quartet, Adriane has served as Concertmaster of the National Cathedral Baroque Orchestra, Co-concertmaster of Apollo’s Fire in Cleveland, and as guest leader with ensembles Seraphic Fire and The Thirteen. Post is a tenured member of Handel + Haydn Society in Boston and has performed with many ensembles in the US including Trinity Wall Street BaroqueOrchestra, the Green Mountain Project, Four Nations Ensemble, Les Délices, Pegasus Early Music and with Harry Bicket in concert with the Diderot Quartet.
Post has toured with The English Concert and recent festival engagements include Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, Boston Early Music Festivals and Carmel Bach Festival. Teaching engagements have brought her to Cincinnati Conservatory, Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, the Smithsonian Institute, DePaul and Northwestern University. Post holds a Bachelor of Music from Oberlin Conservatory and a Master of Music from Juilliard, where she was part of the inaugural class of the Historical Performance program. Currently based in Chicago, she was born and raised in northern Vermont.
Adriane’s first appearance as leader will be the orchestra’s 2022-2023 season opening concert on October 2, 2022 at the Indiana History Center.
