Afonso Fesch
Violin
Afonso is concertmaster of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and former concertmaster of the International Mahler Orchestra. He has been setting fire to Equinox concerts since 2022.
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Born in Porto, Afonso Fesch had the opportunity of learning from great pedagogues during his training, and his mentors Yossif Grinman, Pavel Vernikov, Dora Schwarzberg, Raphaël Oleg and Ivry Gitlis were essential to his artistic development.
Between 2008 and 2014, Afonso worked as the concertmaster of the International Mahler Orchestra. The portuguese violinist has played as a guest soloist with various orchestras such as the Hamburger Symphoniker, Staatsorchester Kassel, Basel Sinfonieorchester and the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker.
Afonso was formerly 2nd solo 2nd violin of the Royal Danish Orchestra and is now principal first violin at the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Past performances
