Italian saxophonist Marco Albonetti is an international award-winning musician. His recent recordings on the distinguished Chandos Records label feature accessible modern works from Italian composers including tango-influenced music from the pens of Daniele di Bonaventura, Richard Galliano, and Ezio Bossa and iconic film music by Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota.
Marco will be accompanied by a string quintet, piano, and percussion.
Since his highly praised Carnegie Hall début, in New York City, the saxophonist Marco Albonetti has been performing and giving master-classes around the world. His ability to captivate audiences with his charismatic and innovative performances has made him one of the most influential classical saxophone artists of his generation. Though he is classically trained, his style of performance represents a unique blend of dynamic techniques and multifaceted influences.
He has appeared at myriad Italian theatres and distinguished international venues, including the Konzerthaus Berlin, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Wiener Saal, in Salzburg, Palau de la Música de València, Palau de la Música Catalana de Barcelona, Teatro Español de Madrid, Theater in der Josefstadt, in Vienna, Sverdlovsk State Philharmonic Hall, in Yekaterinburg, Wits Great Hall, in Johannesburg, Sala Verdi, in Milano, Zhongshan Hall, in Taipei, and Aram Khachaturian Hall, in Yerevan. He has also been awarded first prize at several international solo and chamber music competitions.
Concerto performances being at the heart of his career, both at home and abroad, he has enjoyed appearing with such orchestras as Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, Orchestra da Camera di Mantova, I Virtuosi Italiani, Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali, Roma Sinfonietta, Orchestra Senzaspine, Orchestra Sinfonica della Provincia di Bari, Orchestra della Fondazione Teatro Petruzzelli, National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia, St Michel Strings, Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Vidin State Philharmonic Orchestra, Cyprus Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Maderna, Collegium Musicum Orchestra, and Jackson Symphony Orchestra.
Marco Albonetti has performed live on radio and television, notably on RAI 1, SABC, PIK 1, CBS, Hong Kong Broadcasting Corporation, Lumiere TV, Cypriot Radio, and Wisconsin Public Radio, and amassed a sizeable discography. In February 2021, in hommage to the centenary of the birth of Astor Piazzolla, he released Romance del Diablo: The Music of Piazzolla, on Chandos Records. This was followed, in 2022, by Amarcord d’un Tango. His latest recording Postcards from Italy was released in October 2023.