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Bel Canto

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Alessandro Fossi is Tuba teacher at the Conservatorio "G.Rossini" in Pesaro.

He has performed with many of the most important orchestras in Italy and Europe, covering the principal Tuba position with the Teatro San Carlo Orchestra and with Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; he has also played with the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra ,the Russian National Orchestra and the Marjinski Theatre Orchestra of Saint Petersburg, among others.

These experiences led him to be finalist for the Wiener Philharmoniker and the Philadelphia Orchestra. As a soloist, he was a prizewinner in the Markneukirchen International Competition in 2000 (World Federation of International Music Competition, Geneve) and the Lieksa International Tuba Competition in 2001. He taught at Trossingen MusikHochschule in Germany.

An active soloist and clinician, has been invited regularly as a guest teacher and performer in important Festivals and Universities like the Royal Northern College in Manchester, Ferenc Liszt Academy in Budapest, Stanford University, University of Denver , Cincinnati University, to name a few.

Member of the International Tuba Euphonium Association (I.T.E.A.), serves as editorial advisor for the I.T.E.A. Journal for which he write articles and interviews.

He took part in the recording of the "Roman Trilogy" by EMI, with the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia under Antonio Pappano, and also to a live recording with Gomalan Brass quintet: "1999/2009 Ten Years LIVE" in Lodi. In 2009 he produced his first solo recording entitled "Bel Canto" .

He is a B&S - Melton artist.

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