亞利索．巴斯
2009年美國費雪獎得主-亞利索．巴斯，巴斯以鋼琴演奏上面的抒情技法與精闢獨到的詮釋見解受到當今樂壇矚目。1997年時年僅19歲即獲得日本濱松國際鋼琴比賽(Hamamatsu International Piano Competition)首獎開始，陸續2000年贏得里茲國際鋼琴比賽(Leeds International Pianoforte Competition)首獎和觀眾票選首獎並開始受到世界樂壇的矚目。

巴斯的廣泛曲目，超過80個世界各地樂團的合作機會與經驗，包括 : 倫敦愛樂樂團，英國皇家愛樂樂團，皇家利物浦愛樂樂團，皇家蘇格蘭國家，達拉斯交響樂團，印弟安納波里斯交響樂團，休斯頓交響樂團，羅馬交響樂團，匈牙利交響樂團，NHK交響樂團，東京交響樂團，與新日本愛樂樂團。他所合作的著名指揮更是不記其數如 : 瑪琳艾、亞歷山大(Marin Alsop)．迪米特裏耶夫(Alexander Dimitriev)、強納森．納特(Jonathan Nott)、韓德利(Vernon Handley)、米格爾．哈思-貝多亞(Miguel Harth-Bedoya)、小林研一郎(Ken-ichiro Kobayashi)、狄米特裏基．科維斯基(Dimitry Sitkovetsky )、西蒙．拉圖爵士( Sir Simon Rattle)。

唱片發行方面，巴斯在2004年華納唱片公司所發行的專輯-重返巴羅克，佳評如潮，被當年留聲機雜誌評選為“最佳年度唱片”的榮耀。03年Bax巴斯和韓裔加拿大鋼琴家丁允熙於極光唱片(Dynamic Records)發行德國當代著名作曲家李格悌的全版雙鋼琴和四手連彈專輯。 05年，巴斯與指揮米格爾哈思，貝多亞和沃斯堡交響樂團所共同灌錄發行聖桑的動物狂歡節由樂團本身發行此專輯。著名唱片廠牌Naxos也發行由他所演奏的法國當代作曲家Marcel Dupre的管風琴與鋼琴全集 ; Fontec唱片則發行他與日本新愛樂管弦樂團的現場錄音布拉姆斯第一鋼琴協奏曲。Fontec唱片亦發行巴斯與濱松交響樂團共同合作的貝多芬第三鋼琴協奏曲的現場錄音專輯。

巴斯近年受邀的音樂節演出不計其數包括 : 倫敦國際鋼琴亞伯特音樂廳音樂節(London’s International Piano Series -Queen Elizabeth Hall)、瑞士著名的韋爾比耶音樂節(Verbier Festival)、英國的奧爾德堡音樂節( England’s Aldeburgh Festival)和拜斯音樂節(Bath festivals)，魯爾世界鋼琴音樂節(Ruhr Klavierfestival)，梅克倫堡波莫瑞州音樂節(Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)，德國的貝多芬國際音樂節(BeethovenFest)和德國薩爾國際音樂節(Musikfestspiele Saar)。他巡演足跡遍佈五大洲 : 羅馬、米蘭、馬德里、巴黎、倫敦、特拉維夫、東京、漢城、香港、紐約、華盛頓，和墨西哥城…等地與各地樂團演出協奏曲或是於各大城市音樂廳的獨奏會。室內樂方面合作不計其數小提琴家約夏．貝爾、金井信子、史蒂芬．伊瑟利斯、..等著名音樂家。

Alessio Bax / Pianist
Pianist Alessio Bax is praised for creating "a ravishing listening experience" with his lyrical playing, insightful interpretations and dazzling facility. "His playing quivers with an almost hypnotic intensity," says Gramophonemagazine, leading to "an out-of-body experience" (Dallas Morning News). Since taking first prizes at the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition and the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan, Bax has won audiences across the globe. In 2009 he was awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant, one of the most prestigious prizes in classical music.

Highlights of Bax's 2011/12 season include appearances as soloist with the Dallas Symphony under Jaap van Zweden, orchestras in London, Bilbao, Castilla y León and Mexico City, a return to Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, and the opening night of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's season at Alice Tully Hall where he is in his third year as a member of CMS Two. A new solo album, "Rachmaninov: Preludes and Melodies" (Signum Classics), was released in June, adding to his already acclaimed discography. In July Bax plays a Brahms "Carte Blanche" recital and chamber music in his eagerly anticipated return to Music@Menlo. Also this season he performs recitals in Iceland, Cyprus, Rome, Taipei, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, France and Spain, tours Canada with pianist Lucille Chung, and collaborates with violinist Karen Gomyo in Toronto, as well as with cellist Sol Gabetta at the Kennedy Center, under the auspices of the Washington Performing Arts Society.

During the 2010/11 season, Bax appeared with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the UK, Vancouver Symphony, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra and the Colorado Symphony under Marin Alsop, and he played solo recitals at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Harriman-Jewell series in Kansas City. His extensive concerto repertoire has led to performances with over 90 orchestras, including the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National, Dallas Symphony, Houston Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Rome Symphony, Spanish Radio and Television Orchestra, and the NHK Symphony Orchestra. He has worked with a number of esteemed conductors such as Marin Alsop, Sergiu Commissiona, Alexander Dimitriev, Vernon Handley, Jacques Lacombe, Jonathan Nott, Vasily Petrenko, Carlos Miguel Prieto, Dimitry Sitkovetsky, Christopher Warren-Greene and Sir Simon Rattle.

Festival appearances include London's International Piano Series (Queen Elizabeth Hall), the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, England's Aldeburgh and Bath festivals, and the Ruhr Klavierfestival, BeethovenFest and Schloss Elmau in Germany. Bax has performed in recital at music halls in Rome, Milan, Madrid, Mexico City, Paris, London, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, New York, and Washington, DC. Also an active chamber musician, he has collaborated with Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Andrés Diaz, Pamela Frank, Steven Isserlis and Anne-Marie McDermott, among others.

Bax's 2009 CD, Bach Transcribed, received rave reviews from Gramophone magazine ("awesome") and Fanfare("this disc is a must"). Baroque Reflections, his 2004 recording for Warner Classics, was selected as aGramophone "Editor's Choice" and American Record Guide "Critics' Choice" ("a disc to treasure"). In 2005, Bax and pianist Lucille Chung recorded Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals with conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. They have also recorded the complete works for two pianos and piano four hands of György Ligeti on Dynamic Records. In addition, Bax has chronicled the complete works for piano and organ of Marcel Dupré for Naxos, and Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1, live with the New Japan Philharmonic, for Fontec. Also on Fontec, Bax released a live recording of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Hamamatsu Symphony Orchestra.

In 2005, Alessio Bax was selected to play the Fugue of Beethoven's "Hammerklavier" Sonata for Maestro Daniel Barenboim in Barenboim on Beethoven. The documentary was produced by Channel 13/PBS, in conjunction with Bel Air Media, BBC, and NHK Japan. It was broadcast worldwide and released as a DVD box set in 2006 on the EMI label. His performances are often broadcast live on the BBC, CBC (Canada), RAI (Italy), RTVE (Spain), NHK (Japan), WDR, NDR and Bayerische Rundfunk (Germany), Hungarian Radio Television, Serbian RTE, among others.
Alessio Bax graduated with top honors at the record age of 14 from the conservatory of his hometown in Bari, Italy. He studied in France with François-Joël Thiollier, and attended the Chigiana Academy in Siena under Joaquín Achúcarro. He moved to Dallas in 1994 to continue his studies with Achúcarro at SMU's Meadows School of the Arts. He is now on the teaching faculty there. He and his wife, pianist Lucille Chung, reside in New York City. Alessio Bax is a Steinway artist.