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Italian conductor Alessandro Fabrizi led prominent orchestras throughout Europe which earned him high praise by critics and audiences.
One of most important English specialized magazines, “Seen and Heard International” has reviewed his performances with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London defining as “excellent” his conducting of Dvorak’s Seventh Symphony at Cadogan Hall and “masterful” the fourth symphony of Tchaikovsky a few years earlier.
Winner of severals International Competitions, in 2024 he obtained the First Prize “Diamond Prize” in Orchestra Conducting at the “Best Classical Musicians Awards” 2024, First Prize “Diamond Prize” at the “World Classical Music Award”, First Prize “Diamond Prize” at the “World Artistry Music Award”, First Prize “Diamond Prize” at the “Georges Bizet International Music Competition and the First Prize “Diamond Prize” at the “Claude Debussy International Music Competition, First Prize “Diamond Prize” and “Special Award” at the “European Spring Music Competition” and he was appointed “Artist of the Month” (may 2024) at the “European Classical Music Awards” . As composer of orchestral Film and TV music, he won the First Prize and “Excellent Creativity Special Prize” at the “UK International Music Competition”, “Platinum Prize and “Special Creativity Award” at the “World Grand Prix International Music Contest” (2024 – season 1), “Platinum Prize and “Special Award” at the “European Classical Music Awards” 2024. In 2023 he won the First Prize at the International Competition “World Grand Prix International Music Contest” (fourth season) in the category Composers and he received the appointment of professor for the faculty of Musicology at the university L.U.I.R.S. of Rome for the 2023/24 academic year. In the same year he composed and published his third discographic orchestral album for Cinema and TV, distributed by Sony Music Publishing and Alpha Records. The album was awarded with “Diamond Prize” at the London Royale Music Competition 2023.
In 2022 he carried out an important research work aimed to rediscovery and enhancement prominents Italian Authors of the past, collecting from libraries all over the world the unpublished manuscripts of ten Symphonies-Ouvertures of one of the most skilled and renowed Composers of the Neapolitan Music School: Domenico Bonifacio Pasquale Anfossi, a musician who was much loved by the young Mozart, making a world premiere recording with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra of Prague. The CD was produced and distributed by “Concerto Classics” record Italian label and it has received commendable praises from the European trade press as well as the Nomination for ICMA (International Classical Music Awards) 2024.
Since 2019 he collaborates with the Contemporary Musical ensemble, an heterogeneous chamber music ensemble, with which he develops innovative cultural-musical projects.
During the pandemic he composed and published two orchestral sountracks albums for films and Tv, edited and distributed by Musicmedia musical editions. During the same period he wrote and published a scientific manual book that highlights characteristics and comparisons between Tonal and Modal harmony, in its modern meaning. He is also the author of the book “Wagner between Ideology and Theater”, published by L.U.de.S. University Press of Lugano, Switzerland.
In 2018 he started a recording productions of unpublished works from the baroque to the twentieth century, along with soundtracks of movies and a special dvd to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
In 2017 he has been awarded with an Honorary Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting and Musicology by the International University of Scientific Research (L.U.I.R.S.) in Rome.
In 2016 and 2017 he collaborated with the Pontificie Musical Chapel – Sistina involved to recovery and valorization of the most ancient and authentic traditions of the Renaissance Sacred Vocal Music.
In 2015, Maestro Fabrizi was on tour with the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to appear at the Dubai World Trade Center under the Patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum Bin Hamdan, the Crown Prince of Dubai.
In 2014, Maestro Fabrizi led the Berliner Symphoniker Orchestra at the Berlin Philharmonie Hall conducting Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. He made headlines leading the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London at Cadogan Hall in November and again in June 2014 for the inauguration of the “Music and Neuroscience” project: it aimed to scientifically delve into the complex influences of music on the human brain (the project involved Universities and Researchers coming from all over the world). Other conducting highlights of 2014 included his appearance with the San Carlo theatre Orchestra in Naples and with the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana.
In 2013 he was guest conductor of the Teatre of Como for the Opera Domani Project 2013, performing Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Hollander” at various Italian theatres including Arcimboldi of Milan, Regio of Turin, and Comunale of Bologna. In 2013, his performance of Rossini’s Stabat Mater at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest with the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus received considerable artistic acclaim and fifteen minutes standing ovation.
In 2012 Maestro Fabrizi took the podium to conduct Brahms’ First Symphony with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London.
In since 2011, his performance of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Cadogan Hall in March 2011 was enthusiastically received and gained recognition in reviews from the leading UK magazine “Seen and Heard International,” which defined it a “shining and masterful performance”. In 2011 Maestro Fabrizi was invited to conduct a Gala-Concert in commemoration of Maria Callas at the National Opera Theatre in Bucharest and he conducted Tosca at the Opera Festival at the Arts Center Opera House of Seoul.
In 2010 he inaugurated the season of the “Italian Simphonic Orchestra Monteverdi” with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the Flavio Vespasiano Theatre in Rieti, which earned him high praise from both the public and critics.
Maestro Fabrizi has been engaged in projects of cultural innovation. He has worked in cooperation with researchers at UCLA (University California of Los Angeles) and he is a founding member of MEDIARS, an experimental center which is involved in new technologies for culture and performances.
He conducted throughout the world, including Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, South Korea, Mexico and Japan. He conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Berliner Symphoniker Orchestra, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, San Carlo Theatre’s Orchestra of Naples, the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Philharmonic and the State Symphonic Academy Orchestra of San Petersburg, the New Europe Symphony Orchestra, the Youth American Orchestra, the Turingie Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Marche and Umbria, the Black Sea Philharmonic Orchestra, Theatre Sociale’s orchestra of Como, the State Slovack Orchestra, the Italian Symphony Orchestra Monteverdi.
He began his conducting career at the side of Maestro Jeffrey Tate with whom he studied many of the classical, romantic and late-romantic symphonic and operas scores, mainly in Italian and German. He collaborated with Mo. Tate also for productions at the San Carlo Real Theatre in Naples, including Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro”, Bartok’s “The Barbablu Castle”, and Ravel’s “L’Enfant et les Sortilèges”. Then, he served as assistant of Maestro Donato Renzetti for operas including Tosca at the Verdi Theatre in Trieste (cast with Daniela Dessì, Marco Armiliato and Juan Pons) and Adriana Lecouvreur at the Massimo Theatre in Palermo.
In 2007, his rising success was solidified at a concert with the “New Europe Symphony Orchestra” at the Bulgaria Hall of Sofia. This marked the beginning of many collaborations with East Europe Nationals Theatres: a three-year training that allowed him to debut a huge opera repertoire, mainly Italian. During this period he conducted Le Nozze di Figaro, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci e Carmen, Elisir d’Amore, Il Trovatore, Un Ballo in Maschera, La Traviata, Rigoletto, Lucia of Lammermoor, Madame Butterfly and Pagliacci.
Together with his concert activities, he also took on a teaching role in some Italian Conservatoires: “N. Paganini” of Genova, “G. Martucci” of Salerno, “E. F. Dall’Abaco” of Verona , “A. Scarlatti” of Palermo and “U.Giordano” of Foggia.
In 2010 he has been appointed Ambassador of Peace from the “Universal Peace Federation” and the “Order of Malta Knights”.
Alessandro Fabrizi has been reviewed by many newspapers and specialized magazines: Seen and Heard International, Il Messaggero, Il Tempo, Sette Giorni, Il Corriere Adriatico, Newsunday, Italoeuropeo, Amadeus, Suonare News, Aise, Liricamente, La Notizia, Gulf News, The National, Pizzicato.lu, Classical Music Sentinel, Clic Musique,etc.
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