Born in Milan in 1965, Riccardo Doni graduated in organ and organ composition at the Arrigo Boito Conservatory in Parma, under the guidance of Lorenzo Ghielmi; he then perfected his skills in organ and harpsichord by attending courses held by Jean-Claude Zehnder at the Schola Cantorum in Basel.
Not yet twenty years old, he became artistic director of the Associazione Musica Laudantes in Milan and of the vocal group of the same name, with which he performed until 2009, also making some recordings. Still in the vocal field, in the 1990s he led the formations of the Nuova Polifonica Ambrosiana and the Madrigalisti Ambrosiani, holding numerous concerts in Italy and abroad.
As a harpsichordist and organist, in addition to his solo commitments, since 1994 he has collaborated regularly with the ensemble Il Giardino Armonico, directed by Giovanni Antonini, performing all over the world with internationally renowned soloists. Since 2002 he has also been the harpsichordist of the Imaginarium ensemble, founded by violinist Enrico Onofri and specialized in the Italian vocal and instrumental repertoire of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Other notable collaborations include those with the chamber orchestra I Solisti di Pavia (conducted by Enrico Dindo), the Cameristi della Scala, the Pomeriggi Musicali orchestra, and the Accademia Bizantina.
Since 2008 he has played with violinist Giuliano Carmignola; the duo boasts numerous concerts held in prestigious Italian and European settings.
From 2011 to 2024 he was the musical director of the Accademia dell’Annunciata, a project dedicated to the training of young talents and aimed at baroque and classical performance practice with original instruments. The ensemble, which has a rich curriculum of concerts and recordings, constantly collaborates with renowned soloists.
He has taught at the conservatories of Castelfranco Veneto, Ferrara and Frosinone. He is currently a basso continuo teacher at the A. Boito Conservatory in Parma.
The main record companies with which he has recorded are Alpha, Amadeus, Decca, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Musica Viva, Naive, Nichion, Opus 111, Passacaille, Sarx Records, Stradivarius, Supraphon, Teldec, Zig Zag. Since 2018 he has worked exclusively for Arcana, with the Accademia dell’Annunciata.
