Unaccompanied Duos for Violin and Viola with Alessandro Borgomanero and Sarah-Jane Bradley

Join Alessandro Borgomanero and Sarah-Jane Bradley for an evening of unaccompanied duos for violin and viola.

Promoted by Alessandro Borgomanero and Sarah-Jane Bradley

Born in Rome, Alessandro Borgomanero graduated in 1992 from The Mozarteum, Salzburg in the class of Ruggiero Ricci, continuing his studies with Boris Belkin in Siena, Salvatore Accardo in Cremona and Rodolfo Bonucci in Rome.

As a soloist he has performed with numerous orchestras including the London Mozart Players, Berlin Chamber Orchestra, Salzburg Chamber Soloists, New York Sinfonietta and Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. In 2002 he gave the first performance of Shostakovich Violin Concerto no 2 in Brazil, and in 2015 he gave the premiere of Helene Rasquier’s concerto for violin and saxophone at the Carnegie Hall, New York.

As a recitalist and as a member of the Mozarteum Quartet he has given highly acclaimed performances at such prestigious venues as the Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Salle Pleyel in Paris and Palao de la Musica in Barcelona.

His various recordings include 2 CDs with the Mozarteum Quartet and Wenzel Fuchs, principal clarinet of the Berlin Philharmonic, and also 21st century Brazilian concertos as soloist, leader and artistic director of the Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra.

He combines his musical activities in Europe with those as Professor of Violin at the Federal University in Goiás. Alessandro plays on a violin by Antonio Stradivari in Cremona, 1688.

Exceptional...Bradley is an adventurous artist...every whisper of the bow was loaded with insight and intelligence...Is there a better British Violist than Sarah-Jane Bradley?” The Strad

Sarah-Jane has established a distinguished international reputation as a soloist and chamber musician following her debut at the Wigmore Hall in 1997.

Sarah-Jane is a pioneer of new works and has premiered and recorded a number of new concertos written for her, including those by David Matthews, Paul Patterson and Matthew Taylor. As a soloist, Sarah-Jane has performed, broadcast live on Radio 3 and recorded with major orchestras such as the Philharmonia, Hallé, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and English Chamber Orchestra. Her acclaimed solo recordings include 9 CDs of viola concertos, 4 recital discs and in excess of 30 chamber recordings.

Sarah-Jane is in high demand as a chamber musician and recitalist. A former member of the Leopold String Trio, Sorrel Quartet, Fidelio Piano Quartet and London Soloists Ensemble, she has toured widely and recorded extensively. Her work as a chamber musician has taken her around the world to festivals such as Marlboro and Kuhmo where she has worked with eminent musicians such as Marc-André Hamelin, Richard Goode, Martin Roscoe, John Lenehan, Anthony Hewitt, Valentin Berlinsky, Robert Chen, Jack Liebeck, Thomas Ades, Nicholas Daniel and James Galway. Sarah-Jane is a founder member of Karolos and the Rossetti Ensemble and is a frequent guest with other chamber groups including I Musicanti.

A prizewinner at the 1994 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, Sarah-Jane was on the jury in 2013 and is currently Co-Artistic Director of the Competition. Sarah-Jane is Professor of Viola and Chamber Music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and she also teaches viola at the Purcell School and the Royal College of Music Junior Department.