Alessandro Fagiuoli

Violinist Alessandro Fagiuoli‘s artistic journey has always been marked by passion for innovation and curiosity about unusual styles and repertoires. He studied at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, later specialising with Enzo Porta in twentieth-century violin repertoire. After a scholarship obtained from “La Biennale di Venezia” on the subject of “Late Nono performance practices”, he further investigated modern and contemporary music, working with some of the most important Italian contemporary music ensembles, as well as founding in Venice the Paul Klee String Quartet.
As a soloist and as first violin of the quartet, he performed in many important international festivals and concert seasons; he went on tours in all of Europe, in the States, in Russia, China, giving numerous world premieres.
Thanks to the close collaboration with French pianist Jean-Pierre Armengaud, Fagiuoli had the chance to deepen his knowledge of the French violin and piano repertoire. With Armengaud he also issued the world premiere recording of Louis Aubert‘s huge Violin Sonata (1926). In duo with Alessia Toffanin he recorded for many European labels. Of particular interest also the release of the complete Philip Glass string quartets.
He held workshops and master classes in Italy, France and China. Since 2014 Fagiuoli gives a master class on contemporary string quartet repertoire at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, as well as violin and string quartet workshops at the “Ischia Musica” courses.