Alexander Lonquich – piano

Alexander Lonquich, born in Germany, established himself on the international music scene by winning First Prize at the Casagrande Competition in 1977. He has collaborated with conductors of the caliber of Claudio Abbado, Kurt Sanderling, Ton Koopman, Emmanuel Krivine, Heinz Holliger, Philippe Herreweghe, Marc Minkowski, Sandor Vègh and many others.
In the field of chamber music he has collaborated with Christian Tetzlaff, Nicolas Altstaedt, Vilde Frang, Barnabás Kelemen, Joshua Bell, Heinrich Schiff, Steven Isserlis, Isabelle Faust, Carolin Widmann, Jörg Widmann, Heinz Holliger and Frank Peter Zimmerman, to name a few .
He has received numerous awards from Italian and international critics, including the ‘Diapason d’Or’ and the ‘Abbiati Award’ as ‘best soloist’ in 2016.
In the role of conductor/soloist he has collaborated with the Mantua Chamber Orchestra, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Orchester des Champs Elysées, the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, the Münchener Kammerorchester, the Camerata Salzburg, the Filarmonica della Scala, the Tapiola Sinfonietta, the RAI National Symphony Orchestra, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, he is principal conductor of the Orchestra of the Teatro Olimpico of Vicenza and since 2020 he has been Artistic Director of the Fiesole School of Music Foundation.