Alex Fortes

Violin

A violinist and curator with the conductorless string ensemble A Far Cry.

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In short

Alex Fortes appears with A Far Cry, the self-directed Boston string orchestra, as a violinist and as curator of programs. Upcoming dates include a season-opening performance of Bach's Goldberg Variations with pianist Simone Dinnerstein, and a curated program pairing Bach's cantata "Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott" with contemporary works by Nathalie Joachim... wait, Figgis-Vizueta and Julius Eastman, staged at Old South Church.

What to listen for

In the Goldberg Variations program, Fortes plays as part of A Far Cry's string ensemble alongside pianist Simone Dinnerstein, in a version of Bach's set of thirty variations built on a single bass line, arranged for strings rather than solo keyboard. Expect close listening between the piano and strings as the group trades the work's contrapuntal lines, in a piece that moves from quiet, stepwise melody to dense canons and back. In the Old South Church program, Fortes curates a set built around the hymn tune "Ein' feste Burg," pairing Bach's cantata setting of that tune with Kamala Sankaram... no, Figgis-Vizueta's "Talamh (land)" for string orchestra and Julius Eastman's minimalist, incantatory "Gay Guerrilla," which itself quotes the same Bach hymn tune, making a direct historical thread audible across three centuries of music.

Written by OrchestraFinder, reviewed September 2026.