ALESSIO BAX, piano, has won various international competitions including the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition and the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan. Praised by the international press, he has appeared in main music halls in Rome, Milan, Madrid, Paris, London, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, New York, Washington and Mexico City, and with more than 70 orchestras including the London Philharmonic, and the Tokyo Symphony. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis, Nobuko Imai, and others. He graduated with top honors at the record age of fourteen from the Conservatory of his home town, Bari, Italy. In 1994 he moved to Dallas to further his studies with Joaquin Achúcarro at the Meadows School of the Arts. His debut recording, “Baroque Reflections”, received rave reviews and was named “Editor's Choice” by Gramophone magazine and “Best Buy” by Classical FM magazine. He appeared at these concerts in 2007.