FABIO BIONDI

Born in Palermo, Fabio Biondi began his international career at the age of twelve, giving his first solo concert with the RAI Symphony Orchestra. When he was sixteen, he was invited by the Musikverein of Vienna to perform Bach’s Violin Concertos, a reflection of his interest in earlier musical practices, and since then he has performed with ensembles including Cappella Real, Musica Antiqua Wien, Seminario Musicale, La Chapelle Royale and Les Musiciens du Louvre, all specialising in the performance of baroque music using original techniques and instruments. In 1990 he founded Europa Galante, an ensemble which has become the most internationally-renowned Italian ensemble for baroque music. Fabio Biondi plays an Andrea Guarneri violin (Cremona, 1686) and also a 1766 Carlo Ferdinando Gagliano violin, owned by his teacher Salvatore Cicero and kindly lent to him by the Salvatore Cicero Foundation in Palermo.

Role: Conductor
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