Foster Alexandre
A devoted chamber musician, Alexandre Foster is a founding member of the Calvino Trio, with whom he has played all over the world. The ensemble was awarded the Norbert Schenkel First Prize in 2015 at the Jeunesse Musicale Competition (Switzerland) and in 2016 the Orpheus First Prize at the Swiss Chamber Music Competition. He is also the cellist of the baroque ensemble Le-je-ne-scay-quoy. In 2010, he was recognised for the world premiere of the Hermann Keller sonata. In addition to his career as a performer, he is also in demand as a pedagogue. For the last three years he has been teaching at the Hochschule für Musik Stuttgart and as Assistant to Conradin Brotbek at the Hochschule der Künste Bern