featuring solo violinist Alexandre Da Costa

44 Pages·2017·7.05 MB·English

by  Pascal Chouinard

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Presents

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED SOLO VIOLINIST

ALEXANDRE DA COSTA

A SONY CLASSICAL
RECORDING ARTIST

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Alexandre Da Costa

is currently one of the top and
most sought after violinists
“When I play,
and soloists in the world.
my instrument

He’s appeared as guest
becomes the
soloist and conductor in
more than 2000 concerts
extension of
across four continents and
over 30 countries in the
my soul”
world’s most prestigious
venues with the most
renowned orchestras
and conductors.
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Contents

Quotes ……………………………………. 4 Rare violins experience …………….…… 20

Biography ………………………………… 6 Concerts and tours …………………….… 22

Recordings …………………………….……… 8 Proposed concerts ………………………….. 24

Orchestral engagements …………….….. 12 Artistic direction ……………………………… 36

Chamber music engagements …………. 14 Masterclasses and workshops ………….… 38

Venues and broadcasters …………….…… 16 Maegis Arts …………………………….…...… 42

Playing Stradivarius violins …………….…… 18 Contact us ……………………….……….....… 44

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Quotes
“It is with lots of enthusiasm that I recommend a great artist that

I appreciate and strongly support, violinist Alexandre Da Costa.”

Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos  Musical America Artist of the Year 2010

“I was delighted: what a violinist, beauty of sound, fastest fingers I have heard
yet, the good taste to play different styles and great humor. Chapeau!”

Leon Spierer  Berlin Philharmonic Concertmaster 1963-1993
"He has a virtuoso technique and a huge sound, plus passion,
commitment and musicality in equal measure. This is a major talent.”

Hugh Wolff  Music Director, Belgium National Orchestra
“His aplomb, musical generosity and virtuosity make of him
a musician that fulfils the public!

Yannick Nézet-Séguin  Music Director, Metropolitan Opera,
Music Director, The Philadelphia Orchestra
"…the Beethoven Violin Concerto by Alexandre Da Costa, it’s just
amazing and very special.”

Anne Midgette  The Washington Post, USA

"Prodigious technique, beautiful sound and above all a direct,
expressive and very varied musicality; we are in front of one of the
great violinists of today.”

Ramon Avello  El Comercio Digital, Spain

“I was instantly intrigued by his talent and his inspired violin playing in
combination with his impressive appearance on stage. He struck me as
a dedicated, extremely experienced, focused and serious artist.”

Alexandre Da Costa, solo violinist Stefan Dohr  Solo Horn of the Berliner Philharmoniker

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As one of the most successful students of
violin Maestro Zakhar Bron, Alexandre Da Costa
is, along with fellow ex-students of Zakhar Bron
such as Maxim Vengerov and Vadim Repin, a
representative figure of the Great Russian school
of violin, in direct line with David and Igor Oistrakh.

David Oistrakh Igor Oistrakh Zakhar Bron Alexandre Da Costa

“Alexandre Da Costa belongs to the most talented
interpreters of his generation. His playing is characterized
by its uniqueness and pronounced individuality.”

Prof. Zakhar Bron. i
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Cologne Musikhochschule, Germany
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Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía, Spain

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Alexandre Da Costa
Biography

Sony Classical artist and winner of the 2012 Juno Award, Alexandre Da
Costa was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He showed an
uncommon interest for both the violin and piano at a very early age.
By the age of nine, he had the astonishing ability to perform his first
concerts with stunning virtuosity on both instruments, which brought
him recognition as a musical prodigy. His chosen professional career
as a violinist began very early and, after encouragement from Charles
Dutoit, he was soon performing regularly as soloist with orchestra as
well as in recital.

At age 18, he obtained a Master’s Degree in violin and a First Prize
from the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec. Concurrently, he also
obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Piano Interpretation from the
University of Montreal. Subsequently, encouraged to choose one
instrument, he studied in Madrid at the Escuela Superior de Musica
Reina Sofia with a legendary violin teacher who became his mentor,
Zakhar Bron (whose previous students famously include the likes of
Maxim Vengerov and Vadim Repin). He later pursued post-graduate
studies at the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst of Vienna,
Austria, with G. Schulz, C. Altenburger and R. Honeck, and is currently
completing a research PhD. Among the many other prizes that
followed were the Sylva Gelber Foundation Award from the Canada
Council for the Arts, and in 2003 the Council’s Musical Instrument Bank
decided to go further and award him the “1689 Baumgartner
Stradivarius”. In 2010, he received the prestigious Virginia-Parker Prize,
one of Canada’s highest cultural distinctions.

Winner of many national and international first prizes, including the
International Violin Competition Pablo Sarasate, Alexandre Da Costa
has given close to two thousand concerts and recitals throughout the
Americas, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. He has performed in
the major halls of Vienna (Musikverein), Berlin (Philharmonie), New York
(Carnegie Hall), Beijing (Poly-Theater) and beyond. He has played

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and recorded as guest soloist with more than 100 different seller status, and was converted into a multimedia concert
orchestras including London’s Royal Philharmonic, the Vienna, booked around the world.
Berlin, Montreal and Toronto Symphony Orchestras, the Dresden,
Bergen, Buffalo and Prague Philharmonic Orchestras, the BBC Alexandre Da Costa is Music Director of both the Acacia
Concert Orchestra, the National Radio & Television Symphony of Ensemble (Canada) and the Indian Ocean Ensemble (Australia).
Spain, the YOA Orchestra of the Americas and many more. He also regularly performs as guest soloist and conductor (Play &
Conductors he has played under include Rafael Frühbeck de Conduct) with ensembles such as the Queen Sofia Chamber
Burgos, Leonard Slatkin, Lorin Maazel, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Tugan Orchestra, the “Virtuosos de Venezuela” Symphony and the
Sokhiev, Vasily Petrenko, Matthias Bamert, John Axelrod, Johannes Vienna Symphony (Wiener Symphoniker).
Wildner and Peter Oundjian. His live performance broadcasts have
aired on BBC, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), CBC, NPR, ORF and In addition to his soloist activities, Alexandre Da Costa is Associate
many others. Da Costa has given world premieres of works by Elliott Professor and Head of Strings at the Edith Cowan University and
Carter, Michael Daugherty, Lorenzo Palomo, Jean Lesage and regularly gives masterclasses at various universities and
Airat Ichmouratov. Alexandre Da Costa is also active as a conservatories around the world. Institutions he visited include the
chamber musician and recently has recorded the complete Sydney Conservatorium, the University of Toronto and the Superior
Brahms sonatas, alongside pianist Wonny Song. Da Costa has Conservatories of Montreal, Madrid and Shanghai. He also served
performed alongside acclaimed chamber musicians such as as benchmarking consultant for the Hong Kong Academy for
Menahem Pressler, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Matt Haimowitz and Performing Arts, and guest speaker for TEDx. As Concertmaster,
Hélène Mercier. he regularly leads orchestras such as the Wiener Symphoniker,
the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse and the Singapore
As a recording artist, he has recorded 25 albums with various labels Symphony, under conductors such as Philippe Jordan, Tugan
such as, Sony Classical, Warner Classics, JVC/Victor, Naxos, Acacia Sokhiev, Günter Herbig and Lorin Maazel. He currently holds the
Classics/Universal, ATMA, XXI-21 and Octave/Universal, among position of Artistic Director of the Laurentians Classical Festival of
them the world premiere recordings of the Violin Concertos by Canada and Artistic Director at Acacia Classics Productions.
Portuguese composers Luis de Freitas Branco and Armando José Alexandre Da Costa plays a Stradivarius of 1701 on long-term
Fernandes. In 2012, he won the JUNO award for “Classical Album loan by the “Château du Lac Sacacomie”.
of the Year” for his recording of the concertos by American
composer Michael Daugherty, with the Montreal Symphony under
Pedro Halffter for Warner Classics. The Washington Post selected his
recording of the Beethoven concerto with Klezmer cadenzas by A.
Ichmouratov as CD of the Year. He now records for Spectra and i
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Sony Classical. His latest release Stradivarius at the Opera,
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recorded with the Vienna Symphony, quickly attained the best-

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Recordings
STRADIVARIUS AT THE OPERA
WIENER SYMPHONIKER
Audio  Video (VIENNA SYMPHONY)
CONDUCTOR/SOLOIST:

ALEXANDRE DA COSTA
SONY CLASSICAL

STRADIVARIUS AT THE OPERA
WIENER SYMPHONIKER
(VIENNA SYMPHONY)
CONDUCTOR/SOLOIST:
ALEXANDRE DA COSTA
SPECTRA MUSIC

L. V. BEETHOVEN
VIOLIN CONCERTO - SYMPHONY NO.7
TAIPEI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
DIR.: JOHANNES WILDNER
WARNER CLASSICS
WASHINGTON POST
CD OF THE YEAR 2013

MICHAEL DAUGHERTY - FIRE & BLOOD
/ LADDER TO THE MOON
MONTREAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
DIR.: PEDRO HALFFTER
WARNER CLASSICS
2012 JUNO AWARD WINNER
CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR
C. ST-SAËNS
VIOLIN CONCERTO NO.3 -
INTRODUCTION & RONDO
CAPRICCIOSO
OVIEDO FILARMONIA
DIR.: MARZIO CONTI
WARNER CLASSICS
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ÉDOUARD LALO MOZART FREITAS BRANCO VIOLIN
SYMPHONIE ESPAGNOLE DUOS FOR VIOLIN & VIOLA CONCERTO
NATIONAL RADIO & TV VIOLA: CHRISTIAN FROHN EXTREMADURA SYMPHONY
SYMPHONY OF SPAIN XXI-21 RECORDS ORCHESTRA
DIR.: CARLOS KALMAR DIR.: JESUS AMIGO

WARNER CLASSICS XXI-21 RECORDS / VMS

P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY WILLIAMS - SCHINDLER’S LIST /
VIOLIN CONCERTO - AIR OF BLOCH - HEBRAIC SUITE,
LENSKY CONCERTO GROSSO
JALISCO PHILHARMONIC BIEL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
DIR.: MARCO PARISOTTO DIR.: THOMAS RÖSNER
SONY CLASSICAL ATMA CLASSIQUE

VIVALDI FOUR SEASONS J. BRAHMS / COMPLETE WORKS
WIENER CONCERT-VEREIN FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
(VIENNA SYMPHONY’S J. LESAGE, LES HEURES NOCTURNES
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA) (WORLD PREMIERE)
DIR.: CHRISTIAN SCHULZ ALEXANDRE DA COSTA, VIOLIN
XXI-21 RECORDS WONNY SONG, PIANO
ACACIA CLASSICS

FRITZ KREISLER - VALSES ET MAX BRUCH - CONCERTO NO.1 /
MINIATURES KOL NIDREI
ENSEMBLE CANIMEX BIEL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA -
DIR.: JEAN-FRANÇOIS RIVEST SWITZERLAND
DISQUES OCTAVE / DIR.: THOMAS RÖSNER
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP GUILD MUSIC TO LISTEN TO EXCERPTS OF

ALEXANDRE DA COSTA’S AUDIO RECORDINGS,
PLEASE VISIT: WWW.ALEXANDREDACOSTA.COM

FERNANDES - VIOLIN P. SARASATE / M. DE FALLA
CONCERTO / FREITAS BRANCO - DANZAS ESPAÑOLAS
SECOND SYMPHONY PIANO: JUAN CARLOS
EXTREMADURA SYMPHONY GARVAYO
ORCHESTRA JVC - VICTOR ENTERTAINMENT
DIR.: JESUS AMIGO JAPAN
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https://youtu.be/-cBbRA1UqfA
Der Stehgeiger - The Standing Violinist
Alexandre Da Costa, Violin
Wiener Symphoniker (Vienna Symphony Orchestra)
Producer: Sébastien Ventura
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