Alan Davidson

Born in Natal, Brazil, Alan began his bassoon studies at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Music. He attended The University of Music and Performing Arts in Mannheim under Prof. Ole Kristian Dahl and Mikko-Pekka Svala and graduated with Master’s Degree at The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, under Jussi Särkkä, Otto Virtanen, and Erkki Suomalainen.  

An avid orchestra player, Alan started his career as Principal Bassoon of the Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra in Brazil before moving to Europe, where he freelanced across the Nordics. He has performed as a guest with several orchestras such as the Helsinki Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic, Finnish National Opera and Norwegian National Opera.

He is the 2nd Prize Winner of the Brazilian Double Reed Society Competition 2018 and received the Soloist Prize at the Eleazar de Carvalho Competition.