Alessio Bax, Piano
Performances by Alessio Bax
| Composer | Title | Date | Action |
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| Johannes Brahms | Six Waltzes from Op. 39 | 01/16/2012 |
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| Sergei Rachmaninov | Prelude Op. 3, No. 2, in c-sharp minor | 01/12/2009 |
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| Sergei Rachmaninov | Prelude Op. 32, No. 5, in G Major | 01/12/2009 |
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| Sergei Rachmaninov | Prelude Op. 32, No. 12, in g-sharp minor | 01/09/2009 |
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| Sergei Rachmaninov | Prelude Op. 32, No. 10, in b minor | 01/11/2009 |
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| Maurice Ravel | La Valse | 01/14/2009 |
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| Astor Piazzolla | Libertango | 01/16/2012 |
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| Astor Piazzolla | Milonga del Angel | 01/16/2012 |
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| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in C Major KV. 521 | 01/14/2012 |
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| Franz Schubert | Fantasy in f minor, D. 940 | 07/19/2009 |
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| Sergei Rachmaninov | Prelude Op. 23, No. 2, in B-flat Major | 01/09/2009 |
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| Sergei Rachmaninov | Prelude Op. 23, No. 10, in G-flat Major | 01/22/2009 |
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| Astor Piazzolla | Libertango | 07/19/2009 |
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| Astor Piazzolla | Tango No. 2 | 07/19/2009 |
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| Igor Stravinsky | Danse Russe and The Shrovetide Fair, from Petrushka | 07/19/2009 |
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Alessio Bax, Piano
Biography
First Prize winner in 2000 of the highly regarded Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, Alessio Bax has already established himself as an accomplished performer throughout the world. He had previously won various international competitions including, at the age of nineteen, the First Prize at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan.
His extensive concerto repertoire has lead him to appear with over 70 orchestras including the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, the City of Birmingham Symphony, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National, Dallas Symphony, Houston Symphony, Rome Symphony, Hungarian Symphony, and, New Japan Philharmonic. He has worked with such esteemed conductors as Marin Alsop, Petr Altrichter, Alexander Dimitriev, Jonathan Nott, Vernon Handley, Owain Arwel Hughes, Ken-ichiro Kobayashi, and Sir Simon Rattle.
Festival appearances include London's International Piano Series (Queen Elizabeth Hall), the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, the Aldeburgh and Bath Festivals in England, the Ruhr Klavierfestival, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, BeethovenFest and Musikfestspiele Saar in Germany. As a recitalist, he has been seen regularly at the main music halls in Rome, Milan, Madrid, Paris, London, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, New York, Washington and Mexico City. As an active chamber musician, he has collaborated with such artists as Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis and Nobuko Imai, among others.
His recording for Warner Classics, "Baroque Reflections", received rave reviews and was selected as "Editor's Choice" by Gramophone magazine and "Best Buy" by Classical FM Magazine. In January 2005, Alessio Bax was selected to play the Fugue of Beethoven's "Hammerklavier" Sonata for Maestro Daniel Barenboim in "Barenboim on Beethoven". The documentary was produced by Channel 13/PBS, in conjunction with Bel Air Media, BBC and NHK Japan. It was broadcast worldwide and released as a DVD box set on the EMI label.
Previously, he recorded the complete works for piano and organ of Marcel Dupre (Naxos) and Brahms Piano Concerto No.1, live with the New Japan Philharmonic (Fontec). His second release for Fontec was a live recording of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Hamamatsu Symphony Orchestra and a recital.
Bax graduated with top honors at the record age of fourteen from the Conservatory of his home town of Bari, Italy under Angela Montemurro. He studied in France with Francois-Joel Thiollier and attended the Chigiana Academy in Siena under Joaquin Achucarro. In 1994 he moved to Dallas to further his studies with Mr. Achucarro at the Meadows School of the Arts where he is now on the faculty.