Alessio Benvenuti

Biography

Born in Torrita di Siena, Italy, in 1976, Alessio Benvenuti has already made his mark

in italian music world.

Alessio Benvenuti made his first appearance as soloist with the Orchestra of the

National Theatre of Bucarest in spring 1997 and performed in both England and Unites

States in same year. In 1997/98, he performed with the European Youth Orchestra

"Arturo Toscanini" of Parma and was soloist with the Arturo Toscanini Chamber

Orchestra.

Benvenuti is the First Violin of the "Janacek String Quartet", which performed in the

movie soundtrack "First the Music then Words", directed by Fulvio Wetzl, a hightlight

at the New York Film Festival. His natural talent and his studies (Cherubini

Conservatory in Florence, Academy Chigiana in Siena, Mozarteum in Salzburg,

Juillard School in New York, Royal College Of Music London) have allowed him to

rise to the top in the international music world.

Finalist in New York "YOUNG CONCERT ARTISTS 2000"

Benvenuti began his studies at age of four. Graduated at the Cherubini Conservatory

of Music in Florence, in both violin and piano. His teachers were: Henry Szering,

Franco Gulli, Riccardo Brengola, Boris Belkin, Uto Ughi, Ruggiero Ricci, Igor

Oistrach, Doroty DeLay, Yuri Zhislin.

PGDip at the Royal College of Music in London, 2004-2006.

Awarded with the “Prix of Rome” in the year 2003.

He has performed with the Orchestra of National Theatre of Bucarest, Toscanini Youth

Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Saarbruken, Orquesta Filarmonica de

Bogotà, Orquesta Filarmonica de Medellin (Soloist and Conductor), Orchestra

Sinfonica di Roma (First violin leader and Soloist), Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala and

Filarmonica della Scala in Milan, Chamber Orchestra of Caserta (First Violins Leader),

Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional Costa Rica (Soloist), Orchestra Sinfonica Ucraina.

Soloist with the following conductors: Julian Kovatchev, Peter Schnaider, Riccardo

Muti, Claudio Abbado, Corrado Rovaris, Carlo Rizzi, Yuri Temirkanov, Michel Plasson,

Francisco Rettig, Otmar Maga, Francesco La Vecchia, Chosei Komatsu, Diego Masson.

Since 2011 is Head of the Classical Department and violin teacher at “Al Kamandjati”

music school in Ramallah, Palestine.