Andrea Favalessa

The artist

Andrea Favalessa

Andrea Favalessa graduated in 2001 with full marks and honors from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan under the guidance of Marco Bernardin. In February 2006 he obtained the second level academic diploma at the same Conservatory, always with full marks and honors.
Since 2002 he has collaborated with the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, with which he has participated in various productions. He collaborated as a first cello with the Accademia della Scala, for the opera “Così fan tutte” by Mozart which was staged at the Teatro della Scala in November 2007 under the guidance of Ottavio Dantone, and with the Orchestra Milano Classica.
He has won various prizes in national and international competitions, such as the first prize of the National Cello Competition of the Scuola Musicale di Milano, the scholarship of the Yamaha Music Foundation, the first prize at the International Competition «Rovere d'Oro» of San Bartolomeo, the first prize at the International Competition «Lorenzo Perosi» of Tortona, the first prize at the National Festival Young Musicians of Cervo, the first absolute prize at the International Competition «Città di Asti», the second prize at the International Competition «Silvio Omizzolo» of Padova.
He made his debut as a soloist with the Orchestra dell'Assunta in Vigentino and later played in the Sala Verdi of the Conservatory of Milan with the Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali and the Orchestra Filarmonica of the Conservatory of Milan, and at the Auditorium San Barnaba in Brescia with the Orchestra da Camera of Brescia.
In August 2007 he premiered the song Pulse by Gabriele Vanoni for the Settimane Musicali di Stresa. He is a member of the SIMC (Società Italiana Musica Contemporanea) for which he has premiered and recorded for the record company Mcharmony music for solo cello by Ennio Morricone, Paolo Arata, Sonia Bo, Massimo Di Gesu.
In March 2002 he was awarded the bronze medal to the Merits of Culture and Art, by the President of the Italian Republic.