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About Davide Alogna
Hometown
Palermo, Italy
Born
November 1980
Genre
Classical
One of Italy's foremost violinists, Davide Alogna has attracted notice for performances of several neglected violin concertos of the 20th century. He is also an important educator.
Alogna was born in Palermo in 1980. He studied at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Como, earning an honors degree with concentrations in violin and piano, and he went on to the Conservatoire de Paris for master's studies. There, he earned the school's First Prize of Unanimity in 2006. Several more prizes, including the Prix d’Interpretation Musicale of the Cité Universitaire de Paris in 2009, broadened his career opportunities. Alogna has performed widely both in Italy and abroad, appearing at such venues as the Philharmonie in Berlin, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, and Carnegie Hall (Stern Hall) in New York. His orchestral credits include appearances with the Tchaikovsky Chamber Orchestra in Moscow, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, and the Mexican State Symphony Orchestra, in addition to numerous other appearances with orchestras around Italy and beyond. Alogna has performed under such conductors as Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, and Bruno Canino. His repertory is large, stretching from concertos by Bach and Viotti forward into the 20th century, and it includes two rarely performed works by major composers: the 1908 Concerto all'antica of Respighi and the Violin Concerto No. 3 of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, of which he made the world premiere recording in 2018.
Alogna has made several other recordings for the Naxos and Brilliant labels. His recording of Respighi's Concerto all'antica in 2021 was also a world premiere. He joined pianist Fiorenzo Pascalucci for a recording of Mozart violin sonatas on the Warner Classics label in 2018. Alogna teaches violin at the Cilea Conservatory of Music in Italy and the Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie (IMEP) in Belgium. He performs on a Carlo Antonio Testore (ex-Wilhelmj) violin (Milan, 1715) and has also played the 1717 "ex-Heifetz" Stradivarius. ~ James Manheim
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