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| Alexandre Da Costa |
| GEN Orchestre symphonique de Longueuil (OSDL) Artistic Director and Conductor |
| Born in | |
| Montreal, Canada | |
| Studies | |
| Reina Sofia Superior School of Music (Madrid), ), University for Music and Arts of Vienna (Austria) Pupil of Zakhar Bron | |
| Highlights | |
| Prizes | |
| JUNO award for Best Classical Album Virginia-Parker award (Council for the Arts) Sylva-Gelber award (Council for the Arts) Sarasate Competition winner | |
| Recordings for | |
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Sony Classical, Warner Classics, Universal Music Group, Naxos, JVC-Victor | |
| Short Biography | |
| 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 North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. He has performed the major halls of Vienna (Musikverein), Berlin (Philharmonie), New York (Carnegie Hall), Beijing (Poly-Theater) and beyond. He has played and recorded as guest soloist with more than a 100 different orchestras including London’s Royal Philharmonic, the Vienna, Berlin, Montreal and Toronto Symphony Orchestras, the Dresden, Bergen, Buffalo and Prague Philharmonic Orchestras, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the National TV and Radio Orchestra of Spain, the YOA Orchestra of the Americas and many more. Conductors he has played under include Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Leonard Slatkin, Lorin Maazel, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Tugan Sokhiev, Vasily Petrenko, Matthias Bamert, John Axelrod, Johannes Wildner and Peter Oundjian. Da Costa has performed alongside acclaimed chamber musicians such as Menahem Pressler, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Matt Haimowitz and Hélène Mercier. As a recording artist, he has recorded 25 CDs with Sony Classical, Warner Classics, JVC/Victor, Naxos, Acacia Classics/Universal, ATMA, XXI-21 and Octave/Universal. Alexandre Da Costa is Music Director of both the Acacia Ensemble (Canada) and the Indian Ocean Ensemble (Australia). He also regularly performs as guest soloist and conductor (Play & Conduct) with ensembles such as the Queen Sofia Royal Chamber Orchestra, the Virtuosos of Venezuela Symphony and the Vienna Symphony (Wiener Symphoniker). In addition to his soloist activities, Alexandre Da Costa is Associate Professor and Head of Strings at the Edith Cowan University and regularly gives masterclasses at various universities and conservatories around the world. 2021/2022 This biography is for website use only. If you wish to revise, or receive a full and updated biography, please contact Mark Stephan Buhl Artists Management. Please use material of the current season only, thank you. office@msbuhl.com | |
