Alessandro Benazzo conductor, trombonist and composer, since 2023 he is the Music Director of the Filarmonica Cittadina Alessandro Volta - Como (1871).
His tenure has been defined by an impulse to embrace, develop and expand the possibilities of the prestigious Como institution.
Since 2018 he is Artistic and Music Director of the Schola Cantorum Ambrosiana - Porlezza, diocese of Milan.
Since 2000 he is Music Director of the Filarmonica S.Cecilia di Porlezza, Filarmonica di Agno, Agno Young Band, choir Canterini di Lugano and Voci di Canobbio choir.
Furthermore, since 2023 he is the Music Director of the Filarmonica Centro Valle Intelvi.
As trombonist, he has been protagonist with Ch.Lindberg and H.Hardenberger at the 39th Festival de Musique De Sion-Valaise for the premiere of "The Ballade of KitBone" by F. Högberg. From 1989 to today, he has also performed the main works for Trombone and Orchestra.
Many composers have written works for Solo Trombone specifically for Alessandro which move between contemporary idioms together with intricate melodic lines and technical virtuosity.
As a composer and arranger he has produced around a hundred works for choir, wind ensemble and string orchestra.
In 2019 he collaborated with the singer-songwriter Davide Van Desfroos in concerts, record productions
Since 2017 he is the creator and Artistic Director of the international choral festival “InCanto” (Castagnola-Switzerland), now in its fifth edition.
In the literary field, in 2015 he presented an essay on Arnold Schönberg (available at www.fondazionelindenberg.org) commissioned by the E. Lindenberg Foundation (Switzerland) and published in Italian and English in the “Reto Rigassi Dodecafonia” catalogue.
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