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Bio

Alessio Bidoli (Milan, 1986) began studying the violin at the age of seven.
In 2006, he graduated with honours from the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan under the guidance of Gigino Maestri. He subsequently studied at the Haute Ecole de Musique of the Lausanne Conservatory and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Pierre Amoyal, at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena with Salvatore Accardo, and at the Accademia Internazionale di Imola with Pavel Berman and Oleksandr Semchuk. At seventeen, he made his debut as a soloist at the Teatro Signorelli in Cortona.
In 2005, he was among the prize-winners at the Rassegna Nazionale d'Archi di Vittorio Veneto. In 2007, he collaborated with the Lausanne Camerata conducted by Pierre Amoyal, performing in several European cities, including Martigny (Pierre Gianadda Foundation), Milan (Società dei Concerti) and Marseille (Festival de Musique à Saint-Victor). As a soloist, he has performed in Italy in prestigious concert seasons, including: MITO SettembreMusica, Società del Quartetto, Società dei Concerti e Serate Musicali di Milano, Furcht-Università Bocconi, Amici del Loggione del Teatro alla Scala, Fondazione Musica Insieme di Bologna, Amici della Musica of Palermo, Foligno, Udine and Sondalo, Auditorium Arvedi in Cremona, Festival Paganiniano in Carro, Levanto Music Festival Amfiteatrof, Festival Internazionale della Cultura in Bergamo, Festival Echos. Abroad, he has given recitals in Germany, Holland, Denmark, Luxembourg, Latvia, Russia, the United States and Thailand.
In 2015 at the Teatro di Chiasso in Switzerland, he was the protagonist, together with Vittorio Sgarbi, of the theatrical project Il Fin La Maraviglia, a story in images and sounds about the Baroque.
In 2011, he recorded a CD with pianist Stefania Mormone for Amadeus magazine (reissued in 2021 for Da Vinci Classics). Since 2013, he has started an intense recording collaboration with pianist Bruno Canino with whom he has recorded six albums: Verdi Fantasias with paraphrases of Verdi's operas by Sivori and Bazzini (Sony Classical, 2013; reissued in 2019 by Concerto Classics), Italian Soul-Anima Italiana, dedicated to compositions from the first half of the 20th century (Sony Classical, 2016 awarded at the Global Music Awards); a recital including Stravinsky's Suite italienne and coeval French works (Warner Classics, 2017 and the complete recording of Saint-Saëns' Sonates for violin and piano (Warner Classics, 2018); a monograph on Nino Rota's chamber music repertoire (Decca, 2020, with Massimo Mercelli on flute) also selected as one of the best world recordings at the Global Music Awards 2021 and the recording of chamber works by Portuguese composer Luis de Freitas Branco (Sony Classical, 2022, with Alain Meunier on cello).
He has participated in several programmes dedicated to him by radio stations such as Radio France, NDR Kultur, Radio Svizzera Italiana, RAI Radio 3, Radio 24, Radio Vaticana, Radio Classica, Radio Popolare and Radio Marconi. He holds the chair of violin at the Conservatorio Niccolò Piccinni in Bari. He regularly holds masterclasses for violin and chamber music in various Italian cities. He is artistic director of the Festivals Musica in Corte in Crema and Villa Mirabello Classica in Milan.
He plays a 1902 Stefano Scarampella, which he alternates with one of the instruments made by his grandfather, the violin maker Dante Regazzoni, whose workshop is an integral part of the Museo della Liuteria (MUSA) at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.

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Recordings

FREITAS BRANCO
COMPLETE VIOLIN SONATAS AND PIANO TRIO
Alessio Bidoli - violin / Alain Meunier - cello / Bruno Canino - piano
Sony Classical - February 2022 - UPC 0194399959923

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NINO ROTA CHAMBER WORKS
Alessio Bidoli - violin / Bruno Canino - piano / Massimo Mercelli - flute/ Nicoletta Sanzin - harp
Decca Universal - February 2020 - UPC 00028948191475

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VERDI - FANTASIAS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
Alessio Bidoli - violin / Bruno Canino - piano
Concerto Classics - Reissue February 2019 - UPC 8012665211518

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SAINT-SAËNS - VIOLIN SONATAS
Alessio Bidoli - violin / Bruno Canino - piano
Warner Classics - October 2018 - UPC 8388766297530

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POULENC / RAVEL / STRAVINSKY / PROKOFIEV
Alessio Bidoli - violin / Bruno Canino - piano
Warner Classics - March 2017 - UPC 5054197638428

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ITALIAN SOUL - ANIMA ITALIANA
Alessio Bidoli - violin / Bruno Canino - piano
Sony Classical - March 2016 - UPC 0889853065127

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VERDI - FANTASIAS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
Alessio Bidoli - violin / Bruno Canino - piano
Sony Classical - July 2013 - UPC 0888837251723

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SAINT-SAËNS / WIENIAWSKI / GRIEG / PONCE / ELGAR / DEBUSSY
Alessio Bidoli - violin / Stefania Mormone - piano
Amadeus - December 2011 - AMX 015-2

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LE VIOLON CAPRICIEUX - VIOLIN SONATAS AND ENCORES
Alessio Bidoli - violin / Stefania Mormone - piano
Da Vinci Classics - Reissue June 2021 - EAN 7.46160912134

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Concerts

"Il violino del giovane Alessio Bidoli suona così elegante e raffinato
che riconquista al disco il mitico Bruno Canino. Esce un duo nobile, divertito, brillante, perfetto”

Carla Moreni (Il Sole 24 Ore – November 2013)

11.08.2023 - 09.15 pm

Fiuggi (Frosinone) - Teatro Comunale - Festival dei Borghi e delle Città Medievali
piano: Stefano Ligoratti
Programme:
Tartini/Kreisler - Saint-Saëns- Schumann - Ravel

11.07.2023 - 09.00 pm

Vieste (Foggia) - Auditorium San Giovanni - Festival Cristalda & Pizzomuno
piano: Bruno Canino
Programme:
Tartini/Kreisler - Saint-Saëns - Wieniawski - Sivori - Ravel

22.06.2023 - 09.00 pm

Milan - Villa Mirabello - Villa Mirabello Classica 2023
piano: Luigi Moscatello
Programme:
Tartini/Kreisler - Mozart - Saint-Saëns - Ravel

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30.05.2023 - 20.06.2023

Crema (Cremona) - Festival Musica in Corte a Crema 2023
Direttore artistico: Alessio Bidoli
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Press

"La Calabrese di Bazzini resuscitata da Menuhin ed Estrellita di Ponce-Heifetz,
confermano in Bidoli una natura violinistica di prim’ordine
e un’immedesimazione che cattura e coinvolge chi ascolta”

Alberto Cantù (Musica – January 2016)

GAZZETTA DI FOGGIA - 08/07/2023

Vieste al centro della musica classica

LA PROVINCIA DI CREMONA - 27/06/2023

Incanto di note nei cortili storici

Videos

Freitas Branco - Complete Violin Sonatas and Piano Trio
Alessio Bidoli / Alain Meunier / Bruno Canino

2022
EPK Sony Classical

Cremaonline
Un diavolo in salotto

2022 - Crema
Palazzo Terni de Gregory - EPK Festival Musica in Corte

Cusano Italia TV
Interview

2022 - Mattina con noi
Alessio Bidoli

Studio 7
Interview

2022
Alessio Bidoli

Beethoven - Bazzini - Massenet

2021 - Varese
Varesevive - piano: C. Nicora

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