ALEXANDRE DA COSTA

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED CONDUCTOR,
SOLO VIOLINIST AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

“His aplomb, musical generosity and virtuosity make of him a musician that fulfils the public!”
Yannick Nézet-Séguin • Music Director, Metropolitan Opera • Music Director, The Philadelphia Orchestra • Music Director, Orchestre Métropolitain

“I was delighted: what a violinist, beauty of sound, fastest fingers I have heard yet, the good taste to play different styles and great humor. Chapeau!”
Leon Spierer • Berlin Philharmonic Concertmaster 1963-1993

"The Beethoven Violin Concerto by Alexandre Da Costa, it’s just amazing and very special.”
Anne Midgette • The Washington Post, USA 

“When I play, my instrument becomes
the extension of my soul"
Sony Classical artist, Juno Award winner, Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Orchestre Philharmonique du Québec and Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica Sinaloa de las Artes, Alexandre Da Costa is a conductor and solo violinist
of international renown, recognized as one of the best
Stehgeigers in the world (Play & Conduct).

He has appeared as guest soloist and conductor in more than 2000 concerts across four continents and over 30 countries in the world's most prestigious venues such as Vienna’s Musikverein, Berlin’s Philharmonie and New York’s Carnegie Hall, with the most renowned orchestras such as the London Royal Philharmonic and the Vienna Symphony (Wiener Symphoniker). He also recorded 28 solo albums under Sony Classical,
Warner Classics and Universal Classics.

His artistic vision combines leading from his violin whenever the repertoire allows it, and with the traditional baton to conduct some of the greatest symphonic works by Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Sibelius, Wagner and Strauss. He constantly pushes the boundaries of the Play & Conduct technique to include most of Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert and Schumann’s symphonies as standard repertoire to be played under the direction of a Stehgeiger.
Only a handful of musicians in the world dare to share music this way, and Alexandre is the only such representative in North America, a considerable asset and a source of pride for the Quebec Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orquesta Sinfónica Sinaloa de las Artes.

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