Combining exceptional lyricism and insight with consummate technique, Alessio Bax is “among the most remarkable young pianists now before the public” (Gramophone). He catapulted to prominence with First Prize wins at both the 2000 Leeds International Piano Competition and the 1997 Hamamatsu International Piano Competition. He has appeared with over 150 orchestras, including the New York, London, and St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Boston Symphony Orchestras, collaborating with eminent conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir Andrew Davis and Sir Simon Rattle. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with Joshua Bell, Lucille Chung and Steven Isserlis, among many others and appears regularly in festivals such as Ravinia, Aspen and Tanglewood. Since 2017, he has been the Artistic Director of the Incontri in Terra di Siena Festival.
Bax’s extensive discography includes works by Beethoven, Mozart and Bach; Scriabin & Mussorgsky (named “Recording of the Month … and quite possibly … of the year” by MusicWeb International); Brahms (a Gramophone Critics’ Choice) and Rachmaninov (an American Record Guide Critics’ Choice). His Baroque Reflections album was also a Gramophone Editor’s Choice.
Bax is on the piano faculty of Boston’s New England Conservatory and serves as co-artistic director of the Joaquín Achúcarro Foundation for emerging pianists.
Website: https://www.alessiobax.com/