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ALEXANDER MANDL
Violinist and Conductor
One of the foremost violinists and conductors of Brazil, Alexander Mandl or Sascha, as he is known to many, has appeared worldwide at renowned halls including Alice Tully, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Sprague Hall, the Mellon Institute and the Memorial of Latin America. An avid chamber musician, Sascha has collaborated with artists such as Erick Friedman, Aldo Parisot, Yo-Yo Ma, Sidney Harth, Frank Morelli, and Jeanyi Kim and he is a founding member of the Yale Piano Trio. As soloist, Sascha has performed under conductors such as Eleazar de Carvalho, Sidney Harth, Gunther Herbig, and Kryzstof Penderecki, Roberto Tomaro, Isaac Karabitchevski and Claudio Santoro. Recent solo performances include the Eleazar de Carvalho Festival in Brazil, Beloit-Janesville Symphony, performances sponsored by the Angels of Music Society of New York at Weill Hall in New York, and the Orquestra de Camara UFPB. Conducting opportunities have taken him throughout North and South America as well as being the Artistic Director of the Cardinal Stritch Chamber Orchestra, Lakeshore Youth Philharmonic and the Faculty orchestra of the Eleazar de Carvalho International Festival in Brazil.
His teaching experience includes serving as teaching assistant to Sidney Harth at Yale, faculty positions at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Cardinal Stritch University, the ITU Music Festival, the Eleazar de Carvalho Festival in Brazil, and the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. Currently he is the Musical Director/Conductor of the Lakeshore Youth Philharmonic, Concertmaster of the Beloit-Janesville Symphony and member of the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University BFA, Yale University MM, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison DMA, Sascha studied with Sidney Harth, Erick Friedman and Vartan Manoogian. He received conducting instruction from Eleazar de Carvalho, David Stern, James Smith and David Becker.
