Marco Fusi is an Italian violinist, violist and viola d'amore player.

Biography

Fusi is best known as an interpreter of

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. His repertoire encompasses modern and contemporary works for solo instrument, instrument and

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, and instrument and ensemble. Fusi graduated in violin performance (MA, 2003) and composition (MA, 2007) from the Milan Conservatory, and continued with his doctoral studies at the of Ghent and at the

Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp The Royal Conservatoire Antwerp ( nl, Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen) is a Belgian conservatory of music, dance and drama in Antwerp, Belgium. It was founded in 1898 as the Royal Flemish Conservatoire by Peter Benoit. The legislation on uni ...

. His artistic research focuses on the role of the interpreter in contemporary music, the composer-performer creative collaboration, and the impact of musical instruments in the creation of new musical works. As a violinist, Fusi has been a member of the

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from 2007 till 2011, working with

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, Alan Gilbert,

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and

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. Between 2009 and 2013 Fusi recorded and frequently performed the complete cycle of

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's Freeman Etudes for solo violin. In 2014, Fusi uncovered an unperformed work for violin and piano by

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, ''Divertimento N. 1'', preserved within the archives of the Scelsi Foundation of Rome. This rediscovered work was premiered by Fusi, together with pianist Anna D'Errico, at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp in January 2019, and their recording is included in the Scelsi Collection, edited by the Scelsi Foundation. From February 2022 Fusi teaches at the Conservatorio Antonio Vivaldi di

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. Fusi performs on violin and viola with notable international ensembles including Klangforum Wien,

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, Ensemble Linea, Mivos Quartet, Meitar Ensemble under conductors such as Johannes Kalitzke, Pierre-André Valade, Sylvain Cambreling and Elena Schwarz.

Collaborations with composers

Fusi's notable collaborations have resulted in new works written for Fusi by

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, Jessie Marino, Bára Gisladottir, Alessandro Perini, Johan Svensson, Dominique Schafer, among others. Since 2009, Fusi has continuously worked with Italian composer

. Their collaboration has resulted in the creation of a new work for solo violin, ''Equilibrio.Cerchio'', written for and dedicated to Marco Fusi. ''Equilibrio.Cerchio'' was premiered by Fusi in 2015, and subsequently performed in Europe, USA, Argentina, the UK and Australia. Fusi recorded ''Equilibrio.Cerchio'', together with other solo works by Billone, for Kairos in 2017. In 2020 Fusi and Billone worked together on a performance of Luigi Nono's ', presented by the Ensemble Vide in Geneva. Fusi and Billone collaborate also in workshops and masterclasses in academic institutions, such as Boston University and Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel. In 2015, Fusi was invited to perform Helmut Lachenmann's ''Toccatina'' for solo violin at Festival Attacca in Stuttgart during Lachemnann's 80th birthday celebrations. Other continuous collaborations include that with the Australian composer Charlie Sdraulig, who wrote ''one to one'' for Fusi. In this work, the performer sits alone in a confined space with one audience member. The work has been premiered at the

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in 2019, followed by performances at Kalv Festival in Sweden, and for INTIMATE festival in Manchester. Fusi frequently performs on the viola d'amore and has commissioned new works for the instrument, contributing to the development of its existing repertoire. Fusi has worked with and premiered new viola d'amore pieces by

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, Lorenzo Romano, Laura Steenberge, Zeno Baldi, Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir, Giovanni Verrando, Julie Zhu, Carlo Ciceri. These new works have been presented by Fusi at Biennale Venice, Stanford University, Dark Music Days Reykjavík, Center for New Music San Francisco, Italian Academy at Columbia University, the Scelsi Museum of Rome.

Recordings

* Luigi Nono: ''La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura'' (Kairos, Vienna 2020) * John Cage: ''ONE 10'' & ''TWO 6'' (Da Vinci records, Tokyo 2019) * Pierluigi Billone: ''Equilibrio.Cerchio – ITI.KE.MI'' (Kairos, Wien 2017) *

Salvatore Sciarrino Salvatore Sciarrino (born 4 April 1947) is an Italian composer of contemporary classical music. Described as "the best-known and most performed Italian composer" of the present day, his works include ''Quaderno di strada'' (2003) and ''La porta d ...

: Complete works for violin and for viola (Stradivarius, Milan 2017) * Giacinto Scelsi: ''Scelsi Collection vol. 7'' (Stradivarius, Milan 2017) * ''Restoration, Swedish music for viola d'amore'' (Geiger Grammofon, Gothenburg 2016) * John Cage: ''Freeman Etudes'' books III & IV (Stradivarius, Milan 2012) * John Cage: ''Freeman Etudes'' books I & II (Stradivarius, Milan 2011)

References

External links

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Marco Fusi on AP-Arts

Marco Fusi on CIDIM
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fusi, Marco Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Italian viola d'amore players Milan Conservatory alumni Italian violinists 21st-century violinists Italian violists 21st-century violists