Davide Alogna

Davide Alogna is an Italian violinist known for his diverse and international musical background. Born in Palermo, he graduated with honors in both violin and piano from the Conservatorio “G. Verdi” in Como. He furthered his studies at the Conservatoire de Paris, earning a “Premier Prix à l’Unanimité” in solo violin and chamber music. Additionally, he studied composition at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena under Giuliano Carmignola, who praised him as “a great and extraordinary talent.”

Alogna regularly performs as a soloist in prestigious venues worldwide, including Carnegie Hall (Stern Hall) in New York, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Berliner Philharmonie, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Smetana Hall in Prague, Grand Theatre in Shanghai, Salle Cortot in Paris, Gasteig and Herkulesalle in Munich, Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Dubai Opera, Cairo Opera House, Mahidol Hall in Bangkok, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Bibiena in Mantua, and Auditorium Verdi in Milan.

Throughout his career, he has collaborated with esteemed orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Sinfonica di Milano (formerly LaVerdi), Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, i Cameristi and i Musici del Teatro alla Scala, Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, Sinfonica Metropolitana di Bari, Sinfonica di Sanremo, Archi dell’ORT, Wroclaw Philharmonic, Thailand Philharmonic, Luxembourg Philharmonia, Chamber Orchestra of New York, North Czech Philharmonic, Porto Alegre Symphony, Armenian State Orchestra, Filarmonica Tama di Tokyo, Cairo Symphony, among others.

As a soloist and chamber musician, Alogna has performed alongside notable artists including Natalia Gutman, Èlisso Virsaladze, Enrico Pace, Bruno Canino, Jeffrey Swann, Roberto Prosseda, Andrea Bacchetti, Simonide Braconi, Èliau Inbal, Pietro Borgonovo, Miran Vaupotic, Francesco Lanzillotta, Lior Shambadal, and Giulio Tampalini.

Featured multiple times as a “cover artist” in leading music magazines such as Suonare News and Amadeus, he has recorded for prestigious labels including Warner Classics, Brillant Classics, and Naxos. The international magazine “STRAD” recently dedicated an article to his solo CD, “Symphonic Stradivarius,” accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra for Navona Records.

Alogna is actively involved in researching, rediscovering, and promoting 20th-century Italian repertoire through national and world premieres. He serves as a reviser for Edizioni Curci and Casa Ricordi. His efforts have revived works by composers such as Respighi, Fano, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Margola, and Wolf-Ferrari. Notably, in 2018, he was selected by Curci and CIDIM to revise three unpublished violin pieces by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, also recording their world premiere for Naxos. In 2021, his revision of Respighi’s Violin Concerto in A minor P.75 was published by Casa Ricordi and recorded with the Chamber Orchestra of New York for Naxos.

In 2021, Alogna collaborated with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano to record all violin concertos, the violin-piano double concerto, and Franco Margola’s first sonata, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the composer’s death.

Awarded in various national and international competitions, he received the first prize at the “Prix d’Interprétation Musicale” at la Cité Universitaire de Paris and the INAEM of Spain in 2009. In 2010, the Municipality of Milan honored him with the “Premio all’Eccellenza nella Musica.” He was also invited to perform for President Mattarella during his visit to Milan in 2021.

Alogna has shared the stage with actors such as Laura Morante, Claudio Santamaria, Sergio Rubini, Violante Placido, and Marco Bocci in solo performances across Italy’s most prestigious theatres. Since 2023, he has served as the resident soloist with I Musici del Teatro alla Scala di Milano.

He initiated the “Progetto Rode,” supported by CIDIM and Suonare News, bringing together 24 Italian violinists during the COVID-19 pandemic to record renowned études, aimed at conservatory students worldwide.

Since 2013, Alogna has been the Artistic Director of the Comoclassica Festival, an international event featuring prominent artists and orchestras such as Enrico Bronzi, Kirill Rodin, Ingolf Turban, Enrico Pace, Otto Sauter, Giuseppe Andaloro, Bruno Canino, Giuseppe Gibboni, Simonide Braconi, Roberto Prosseda, Giulio Tampalini, Filarmonica Toscanini, Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, Archi dell’Orchestra della Toscana (ORT), and i Cameristi della Scala di Milano.

He has also served as the Artistic Director of the Humanities Festival and its musical event “Limiti, la Notte della Musica” in 2023 for the Villa del Grumello association. In 2025, he will assume the role of Artistic Director for the Barock Festival in Piazza Armerina.

Recently, he was appointed as an “Honorary Member” of the Archivio Musicale Guido Alberto Fano ONLUS.

Alogna holds the position of Professor of Violin at the Conservatorio “G. Verdi” in Como and has previously taught at the IMÈP Institute Royal Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie in Namur, Belgium.

He performs on a Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin (Paris, 1871) and an Anselmo Gotti violin (Ferrara, 1930).