Fabio Biondi has performed in the great concert halls both as a solo violinist and as the founding director of Europa Galante, one of Europe’s finest baroque ensembles. He is joined for this performance of works of Bach and Locatelli by American harpsichordist Kenneth Weiss. Weiss, who studied with Gustav Leonhardt, is active both as a soloist and as an opera director. He is on the faculty at the Paris Conservatory and the Juilliard School. Three of Bach’s sonatas for violin and harpsichord feature on this concert, along with the Concerto Italiano (performed by Kenneth Weiss), and a sonata for violin and continuo by Bach’s contemporary, Pietro Locatelli.

This concert is partially funded by a WESTAF TourWest grant. TourWest is supported by the National Edowment of the Arts

Biondi’s violin playing was both finely poised and electric: full of energy, but never aggressively so, always elegant of phrasing and refined of tone. – Chicago Tribune

Mr. Weiss played with a graceful sense of line that transformed these dance pieces into full-fledged concert works. – New York Times