Fabrizio Falasca & Gianmaria Melis
Biographie Fabrizio Falasca & Gianmaria Melis
Fabrizio Falasca
is considered among the leading Italian violinists of his generation.
He regularly performs as soloist in the most prestigious theaters and festivals throughout the world, such as the Royal Festival Hall in London, the Brahms Saal of the Musikverein in Vienna, and the Teatro San Carlo in Napoli, to name a few. He is in demand as a guest concertmaster with world class orchestras including the Philharmonia of London, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and regularly leads the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Petruzzelli Orchestra in Bari, Verdi Philharmonic Orchestra in Salerno, and the Tiroler Festspiele Orchestra in Erl, Austria, often upon direct invitation by Maestros such as Daniel Oren and Gustav Kuhn. In 2016, he won the Concertmaster position of the Tyroler Symphonie Orchester Innsbruck, and in the same year he joined the Philharmonia Orchestra in London as Assistant Leader.
He regularly performs chamber music with his string quartet, the Philharmonia Chamber Players, and with musicians such as B. Canino, F. Petracchi, J. Ju, D. Waskiewitcz, and A. Pompa-Baldi among others. Falasca is often featured on the Italian national broadcasting company RAI, as well as on BBC Radio, and is a prolific recording artist for various labels.
He is a laureate of the Vittorio Veneto and the Postacchini International Violin Competitions. Fabrizio studied with Salvatore Accardo at the Stauffer Academy, with Felice Cusano at the Fiesole Music School, and Dora Schwarzberg at the Pinerolo Academy. After his studies in Italy, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he earned a Master’s degree as a student of So-Ock Kim. He also received guidance from artists such as Maxim Vengerov and Leonid Kavakos.
He is currently violin professor at the Conservatory of Potenza, Italy and at the London Performing Academy of Music.
He plays a J.Guarneri 1727 violin gifted by the Barison family.
Gianmaria Melis
Lead violinist of the Teatro Lirico Foundation in Cagliari since 2009, Gianmaria began studying the violin under the guidance of Paolo Marascia, then continued with George Mönche, Igor Volochine, Felice Cusano and Sergey Krylov. At the age of seventeen he won second prize at the national Mario Benvenuti violin competition, the City of Vittorio Veneto Prize, and the following year he was awarded full marks for his violin diploma at the Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina conservatoire of Cagliari.
Gianmaria perfected his studies in masterclasses with Nicolas Chumachenco and Thomas Brandis, and trained in orchestral courses with the Italian Youth Orchestra, as lead violinist for two years. At the same time, he studied quartet and chamber music with Piero Farulli. Gianmaria won three international orchestral competitions, at the Arturo Toscanini of Parma, Teatro Lirico of Cagliari and Haydn of Bolzano and Trento Foundations.
Gianmaria has performed with various orchestras: Sinfonica Nazionale of the RAI of Turin, Pomeriggi Musicali of Milan, Filarmonica Toscanini of Parma, Teatro Carlo Felice of Genoa (lead violin of the seconds, front desk of the first violins), Galilei of Florence (lead violin during the conducting courses of Carlo Maria Giulini), Sinfonica Haydn of Bolzano and Trento, Sicilian Symphonic Orchestra (lead violin of the seconds). Over the years he has been invited as guest lead violinist by orchestras such as: Orchestra of the Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra of the Teatro Petruzzelli of Bari, Orchestra Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, Orchestra of the Teatro Verdi of Salerno.
Gianmaria has performed under the baton of world class conductors, including: Carlo Maria Giulini, Yuri Ahronovich, Lorin Maazel, Frans Brüggen, Donato Renzetti, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Ton Koopman, Trevor Pinnock, Christopher Hogwood, Daniele Gatti, Maurizio Benini, Marko Letonya.
In the chamber music field he has collaborated with prestigious musicians including: Sergej Krylov, Hans-Jörg Schellenberger, Pierre Goy, Eric Sielberger, Giuseppe Gullotta.
Since 2014 Gianmaria has been violinist of the Novafonic Quartet, a formation of soloists and principal parts of leading orchestras, performing a contemporary repertoire of Piazzollian inspiration and jazz.
He regularly holds Masterclasses for advanced instrumentalists.
During his career, Gianmaria has performed in France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, England, Romania, Holland, Austria, United States.
He recently made his début as a soloist at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York, playing Beethoven’s triple concerto.
He has recorded for the KNS Classical record company, with the Novafonic Quartet and in duo with the pianist Giuseppe Gullotta.
He plays a copy Guarneri “Le Duc” violin made by Philippe Girardin in 2019.
