南密西西比大學取得指揮博士
美國密西西比室樂團指揮
德拉戈被樂評譽為「音樂奇才」,「琴技精湛如海費茲或帕爾曼」,其音樂造詣,涉獵弦樂四重奏、協奏曲、探戈舞等風格,並在百代國際唱片公司及日本拿索斯唱片公司全球發行,其獨奏及室樂演奏足跡遍及全球20多個國家。現任大福克斯交響樂團 (GGFSO) 音樂總監。
德氏生於亞根廷,憑全額奬學金於莫斯科國家音樂學院修畢小提琴演奏及教學碩士,師從亞甚維利教授。2008年,他赴美於南密西西比大學取得指揮博士學位。2005至2008年於美國密西西比交響樂團擔任助理指揮,以及擔任美國密西西比室樂團指揮。
德氏身兼演奏家、研究員、講師、作曲家及編曲家多重身份,其交響樂及室樂作品,於歐美多個樂團演出,亦為音樂節指導多場大師班,及擔任音樂比賽評判。2008年7月,他成為美國北達科他州大學音樂系小提琴及中提琴教授,及該大學的室樂團總監。
德氏獲奬無數,包括1992年獲得意大利魯道夫國際音樂大賽特別大奬、1993年南斯拉夫康祖域治年青音樂家大賽季軍,以及1997年阿根廷布宜諾斯艾利斯「古典音樂新秀大賽」冠軍。
Hailed by music critics as “a superb musician” with the “classical virtuosity of a Heifetz or Perlman,” Alejandro’s versatile musicianship has allowed him to be successful with many diverse styles and genres. His discography in France, USA and Argentina includes string quartets, concertos, avant-garde tangos distributed internationally by EMI International label and Naxos Music Library Japan.
Born in Argentina, He obtained his Master of Fine Arts in Violin Performance and Pedagogy at the Moscow State Conservatory under Marina Yashvili, with full scholarship. In 2008 he received a Doctor in Musical Arts degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Southern Mississippi.
As a soloist and chamber musician, he has toured extensively in Russia, the United States, China, Austria, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Switzerland, Lithuania, Taiwan, Belarus, Italy, France, Brazil, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Romania, the Republic of Moldova, Portugal, Mexico, Colombia, Panama, Paraguay, Ecuador and Haiti.
He has appeared as a guest conductor with numerous professional and youth orchestras in the USA, Argentina, Brazil and Romania. From 2005 to 2008 he was the Assistant Conductor of the Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor of the Southern Mississippi Chamber Orchestra. Presently he is the Music Director of the Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra (GGFSO).
Alejandro maintains strong connections with the music of his homeland as a performer, researcher, lecturer, composer and arranger. His symphonic and chamber arrangements of Argentine music have been performed extensively in Europe and Latin America, as well as in the United States by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
Alejandro conducts masterclasses, seminars, lectures and lecture-recitals extensively in Asia, Europe and the United States. He teaches and performs regularly in festivals in Latin America, the US and Europe. Also in demand as an adjudicator, he has been a member of the jury of junior and senior international competitions in China, the USA and Russia.
In July 2008, Alejandro joined the faculty at the University of North Dakota (UND) Department of Music as the Professor of Violin and Viola and Director of the UND Chamber Orchestra.
Alejandro's many awards include a special prize in the Rodolfo Lipizer International Competition (Italy, 1992), third prize in the Petar Konjovich International Young Musicians Competition (Yugoslavia, 1993) and the first prize in the "New Talents in Classical Music" Competition (Buenos Aires, 1997). Highlights of recent seasons include the performance of the complete solo violin cycles of L'Ecole Moderne op. 10 by Wieniawski and the Six Polyphonic Etudes by Ernst in one concert, and multiple performances of his own Violin Concerto in the USA, Brazil, Belarus and the Republic of Moldova.