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Fabio Biondi

Conductor
Music Director, Europa Galante

  • Driven by a deep cultural curiosity, Fabio Biondi is a musician ceaselessly in pursuit of a style free from constraints. From his early development, guided by pioneers of period performance, Biondi’s work has incorporated repertoire spanning three centuries. His infectious enthusiasm and determination to put music first mark him out in his quest for an ‘original language’, both in globally known works and in his commitment to researching and illuminating lesser-known masterpieces.

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  • In 1990, following extensive work with specialist ensembles including Les Musiciens du Louvre and The English Concert, Biondi founded Europa Galante, which quickly became the foremost Italian period ensemble. Biondi and his ensemble have forged a reputation for “fresh, vibrant performances” (New York Times) and breathe new life into Baroque, Classical and early Romantic repertoire, performing at leading international festivals and stages including recently the Berlin Pierre Boulez Saal, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Wiener Konzerthaus, Enescu Festival and Edinburgh International Festival.


    Biondi brings this authentic and engaging approach to modern symphony and chamber orchestras, which he both conducts and directs from the violin. Recent and future highlights include the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, RAI Torino, Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Finnish Radio Symphony, Mahler Chamber orchestras and the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg. He was Artistic Director for Baroque Music at the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra for eleven years until 2016.


    Biondi’s passion for opera takes him to major houses including Opernhaus Zurich, Berlin's Staatsoper unter den Linden and to the Grand Théâtre de Genève for Luk Perceval's new production of Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serail. He was Music Director 2015–18 of Valencia's Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, where he conducted productions of Donizetti, Rossini, Haydn and Verdi Il Corsaro. As a violinist, he is respected as a virtuoso “beyond reproach” (The Guardian), performing in recital across the world including at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Auditorio Nacional de Música Madrid and Cité de la Musique.


    His broad discography on Warner Classics, Virgin and Glossa has earned Biondi numerous awards, including the Diapason d'Or de l’Année and Choc de Musique; his widely acclaimed recording with Europa Galante of Vivaldi Four Seasons was named Disc of the Year by organizations in over five countries; and he has recorded with Joyce DiDonato, Diana Damrau, Philippe Jaroussky, Vivica Genaux and Rolando Villazón. His recent recording of 'Paganini Sonatas for Violin and Guitar' was named Editor's Choice by Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine and he recently released his first recording of Bach's complete Sonatas and Partitas.


    Biondi has been an academician of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia since 2011, he was named in 2015 an Officer of the National Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture, and in 2019 was awarded the medal of Courage and Veracity by the Polish Government, in recognition of outstanding cultural achievements. He plays a 1768 Gennaro Gagliano, owned by his teacher Maestro Salvatore Cicero and kindly lent to him by the Salvatore Cicero Foundation in Palermo, where he was born.

    2021/22 season / 512 words. Not to be altered without permission.

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"Technically immaculate and musically exquisite, it is difficult to imagine this enchanting music better played or engineered."

The Strad

"It was impossible not to want to look over and observe his elegant style with the baton. It just looks so easy and relaxed, even when the music is at its most agitated … overall, he was so impressive and the overall sense of orchestral texture he drew from the ensemble was gorgeous."

OperaWire

"The concert showed once more that Fabio Biondi is truly a transcendent virtuoso of our time. With his calm deliberation, staggering technique, and comprehensive knowledge of period authenticity, Biondi paid homage to Vivaldi in concertos that challenged the greatest virtuosos of his day, and of any day – with devastating results."

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Intermusica represents Fabio Biondi worldwide excluding Italy and Spain.

Stephen Lumsden
Chief Executive
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Senior Artist Manager, Munich
+44 20 7608 9919
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Assistant Artist Manager
+44 20 7608 9908
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