Alexandros Sakarellos

Violinist Alexandros Sakarellos has performed as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician across five continents and in 25 countries.
A native of Greece, Sakarellos received his early musical training at the Athens Conservatory, Greece's leading musical institution. While in Greece he enjoyed a satisfying performing career from a very early age. Before turning 20 he was already appearing frequently as a soloist and recitalist, serving as Concertmaster of the City of Athens Symphony Orchestra and as a first violinist with the Athens State Orchestra.
In 2005 Alexandros moved to New York. He studied at the Manhattan School of Music with New York Philarmonic's Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow, Assistant Principal Lisa Kim and Professor Isaac Malkin.
During his years in New York, his activities included performances with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Concertmaster appearances under renowned artists such as Kurt Masur and Pinchas Zuckerman, performances in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Museum of Modern Arts, the Onassis Foundation and other such venues.
Sakarellos is a leading violinist with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Gabor Takacs Nagy and has worked closely with artists such as Martha Argerich, Maxim Vengerov and Yuri Bashmet.
Other appearances include the Festivals of Ravello in Italy, Miyazaki in Japan, Bellerive in Switzerland and Santo Domingo. In 2009 he was privileged to be invited by the prestigious Athens-Epidaurus Festival to give the Greek premiere of several works by the awarded American-Greek composer George Tsontakis.
Sakarellos has been a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra since 2014. Prior to that he played for two years in the 1st Violin section of the San Francisco Opera.
Since 2022 he has been working very closely with world renowned violinist Leonidas Kavakos as part of a very small ensemble, under the leadership of the great artist.
He is playing on violins by Joseph Gagliano (made in 1760) and Stephan von Baehr (made in 2020).