Alexandre Da Costa

Canadian violinist and conductor

Alexandre Da Costa

Background information
Born	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Classical
Occupation(s)	Violinist, conductor, artistic director
Instrument(s)	Violin

Website	http://www.alexandredacosta.com/

Musical artist

Alexandre Da Costa is a Canadian concert violinist and conductor from Montreal, Quebec.

He is the artistic director of the Orchestre philharmonique du Québec.

Education

Da Costa has a bachelor's degree in performance (piano) from the Faculty of Music of the Université de Montréal and master's degree in violin.^[1]

He also studied violin at the Reina Sofía School of Music.^[1]

Career

Da Costa is both a conductor and a virtuoso violinist who plays with a 1727 Stradivarius Di Barbaro violin using a Sartory bow.^[1]^[2]

In 2010, he won the Canada Council's Virginia Parker prize^[1] and has also won the Pablo Sarasate International Violin Competition.^[3] In 2012, he won the Juno Award for the Classical album of the Year.^[4]

In 2021, his contract as the artistic director of the Orchestre Symphonique De Longueuil was renewed for ten years.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Aucun thème sélectionné- (15 June 2010). "Alexandre Da Costa remporte le prix Virginia-Parker". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2022-05-23.
^ Nault, Sarah-Émilie (24 April 2022). ""Sans les artistes, on est dans la noirceur totale"". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
^ Wild, Stephi. "Hungarian State Folk Ensemble Presents LISZT MOSAICS". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
^ "'Amazing' Da Costa plays the seasons with Sinfonia Toronto". saultstar. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
^ Lapointe, Josée (2021-02-06). "Les grandes ambitions d'Alexandre Da Costa". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2022-05-23.