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Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

The Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna is a symphony orchestra founded in 2008 by the musicians of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Its mission is to promote and develop an organization committed to the diffusion of classical music, guaranteeing artistic excellence. It prides itself on being, together with the one of the Scala in Milan, the only existing Filarmonica of a national opera house today, dedicated to making music a shared patrimony and universal value.

Since its beginning, the Filarmonica has always curated refined programs for its audience in Bologna at the Manzoni Auditorium, including cycles dedicated to Rachmaninoff, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Over the years, the Filarmonica has hosted many distinguished guest soloists and conductors, among these the pianists Ivo Pogorelich, Philippe Entremont, Alexander Lonquich, Lilya Zilberstein, Angela Hewitt, Louis Lortie, Daniil Trifonov, Alexander Romanovsky, Alexander Malofeev and Benedetto Lupo, the violinists Gidon Kremer, Sarah Chang, Julian Rachlin, Sergej Krilov, Baiba Skride, Anna Tifu and Marc Bouchkov, the cellists Misha Maisky, David Geringas and Kian Soltani, playing under the direction of Sir Neville Marriner, Gerd Albrecht, Mikhail Pletnev, Alexander Vedernikov, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Paul Goodwin, Aziz Shokhakimov and Michele Mariotti. From 2014 to 2019 the Filarmonica was invited annually to perform in Japan, including concerts at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall and Orchard Hall.

Led by Principal Conductor Roberto Abbado since 2022, the Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale has begun a significant chapter in its history. Among its most recent engagements, the Filarmonica was invited to perform at the prestigious Enescu Festival in Bucarest with Maestro Abbado, and then at the renowned Amiata Piano Festival in Italy.

In addition to the symphony concerts, the Filarmonica also pays particular attention to chamber music, with the soloists of the Filarmonica performing regularly at the Palazzo Caprara Montpensier as well working in partnership with the municipality of Bologna, bringing chamber music concerts outside of the city center, with the aim of diffusing classical music in the surrounding community.

The Filarmonica has a notable experience in music recordings, thanks to its precious collaboration with the label Deutsche Grammophone, which has led to receive international acclaim, including the prizes ECHO KLASSIK 2009 and 2013.

Davide Alogna-violin

Davide Alogna is an eclectic musician with an international education. He graduated both in violin and in piano with honors from the Conservatorio “G. Verdi” in Como and obtained his master’s diploma in soloist violin and chamber music at the Conservatoire de Paris with a ‘Premier Prix a l’unanimité’. He also studied composition and graduated with a special mention at Accademia Chigiana of Siena with Giuliano Carmignola, who described him as “an amazing talent”.

Davide has already performed in many important music halls such as Carnegie Hall (Stern Hall), Teatro alla Scala, Berliner Philarmonie, Suntory Hall of Tokyo, Smetana Hall of Prague, Grand Theatre of Shanghai, Salle Cortot of Paris, Gasteig and Herkulessaal in Germany, Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Mahidol Hall of Bangkok, Cairo Opera House and the Verdi Auditorium of Milan.

He has been accompanied by some of the world’s leading orchestras, including London Symphony Orchestra, La Scala Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Filarmonica Toscanini, Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Istanbul State Orchestra, Uzbekistan State Orchestra, Bellas Arte Chamber Orchestra, Cairo Symphony orchestra, Monterey Symphony, Adana State Symphony Orchestra.

He performed alongside great soloists and conductors and has recorded for different music labels including Warner Classics, Naxos, Brilliant Classics etc.
Davide Alogna is one of the most active musicians for the study, rediscovery and performance of the Italian twentieth-century repertoire. In 2018, he recorded for Naxos a disc with three ‘world premieres’ of Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco’s violin works. In 2021, Naxos released his recording of Ottorino Respighi’s violin concerto with the Chamber Orchestra of New York.

He is the creator of ‘Progetto Rode’ in which during the Covid 19 pandemic he brought together 24 famous Italian violinists performing on video the 24 Caprices by Rode, as a training support for violin students from all over the world.

He recently recorded new CD for violin and orchestra for Navona Records as a soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Since 2023 he is “soloist in residence” of the chamber orchestra “I Musici della Scala” of Milano. Davide Alogna teaches at the “G. Verdi” Conservatory of Music in Como (Italy).

He performs on a precious Antonio Stradivari (Cremona, 1690) on loan by Florian Leonhard and an Anselmo Gotti violin built in 1930.