Fabio Antonio Falcone

Fabio Antonio Falcone is a passionate performer focusing on Renaissance and early Baroque repertoire with special interest on 16th-century Italian keyboard repertoire. His interests also lies in vocal and instrumental music of the Baroque period, being an active member of Caprice Baroque, Ensemble Odyssee Baroque Orchestra, Pizzicar Galante, with which he tours Europe and records CDs for different labels. He performs as a soloist and continuo player at international venues and festivals such as Summerwinds Festival Münster, Kunsthalle Lingen, Early Music Festival Bad Arolsen, Chapelle des Minimes Bruxelles, Festival Marin Marais Paris, Concerts d’Anacréon Angers, Musik Hochschule Cologne, with several ensembles among which Stile Galante, Sweelinck Baroque Orchestra, I Piccoli Olandesi and others. As soloist he was awarded third prize and special price for the best performance of the 17th-century Italian composition at the “Gianni Gambi” National harpsichord competition of Pesaro in 2007. Born in Basilicata in the south of Italy, he studied in Italy with Maria Luisa Baldassari and Jesper Bøje Christensen and in the Netherlands with Bob van Asperen, where he obtained the Master degree with a research on early 17th-century English keyboard music.