Organist Alessandro Bianchi

PROGRAMME

Lionel Rogg Introduction and Passacaglia

b.1936

Marco Enrico Bossi Scherzo in g minor op. 49 N° 2

1861-1925

Cesar Franck Prelude, fugue et variation op. 18

1822-1890

Maurice Duruflè Prelude et fugue sur le nom d’A.L.A.I.N. op, 7

1902-1986

Alessandro Bianchi was born in Como and studied in Piacenza Conservatoire where was awarded in Organ and Organ Composition diplomas with Luigi Toja.

He also attended the Masterclasses of Nicholas Danby and Arturo Sacchetti.

He is Artistic Director of the Musical Association “Amici dell’Organo di Cantu’” and organist of the St. Edward’s the Confessor Anglican Church in Lugano.

Organ Concert tours have seen him to play more that 2500 recitals, always as a soloist, in many Internationals Organ Festivals in Italy, Vatican, Switzerland, Germany, France, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Austria, Spain, Baleares, Andorra,Tenerife, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Alands, Iceland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland, Russia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lettland, Latvia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Croatia, Israel, USA, Mexico, Brasil, Argentina, Uruguay, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, South Africa.

He has given Masterclasses and lectures on the Italian Music in Italy, England, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, USA, Singapore and Mexico and he has undertaken several CD and Radio-TV broadcasts and recordings in Europe, USA and Brasil.

He was juror in several organ competitions and many composers have dedicated to him new organ works.

In 2014, the City of Cantu’has awarded him with the title of “Honorable Citizen” for his work in Art and Culture.