Fabio Arcodia

Fabio Arcodia was born in Sant’Agata di Militello, Sicily, on 21 December 1992. He studied saxophone with Gianfranco Brundo at the Arcangelo Corelli Conservatory in Messina, graduating with honours in the 2010–2011 academic year. In 2013–2014, he completed a second-level academic diploma in saxophone teaching (AK77), receiving 110/110 with honours. In 2014–2015, he completed the TFA teacher-training programme in the same subject with a score of 100/100, qualifying to teach saxophone in secondary schools.

He has attended saxophone courses with Arno Bornkamp, Jean-Yves Fourmeau, Gianfranco Brundo and Corrado La Marca, among other teachers. As a member of a saxophone-and-piano duo and the Clarysax Quintet, he also attended a chamber-music masterclass with Inigo Alonso, concert performer, teacher and artistic director of the Vitoria-Gasteiz festival.

His further studies included an annual advanced musical training course with Won Tak Chiu, Géraud Etrillard, Vincent David, Jérôme Laran, Mathieu Delage and Johan Van der Lienden.

Between 2012 and 2014, he performed on soprano and alto saxophone with the Corelli Conservatory Wind Orchestra, conducted by Lorenzo Della Fonte, at the Greek Theatre in Taormina and the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele and Palazzo della Cultura in Messina.

He has played alto saxophone in the Nebrodi Saxophone Quartet, Fantasy 4 Saxophone and Aurora, soprano saxophone in the Clarysax Quintet, and tenor saxophone in the Dinebro Saxophone Quartet, performing throughout the province of Messina.

As a soloist and chamber musician, he has received eleven overall first prizes, numerous further first prizes and several special awards at national and international music competitions. In 2015, he began teaching saxophone at the Giovanni XXIII comprehensive school in Cammarata, Sicily.