Alexander joined the Charleston Symphony in November 2012. Originally from Buffalo, New York, Alexander Boissonnault started playing the violin at age 3 and quickly displayed an affinity for the instrument. Before his graduation from high school, Mr. Boissonnault appeared as a soloist with the Orquestra Filarmonica do Espirito Santo in Victoria, Brazil, and Orchestra del Teatro Regio in Torino, Italy. In 2007, at age 17, Mr. Boissonnault was invited to appear on the NPR program “From The Top”, performing the Wieniawski Violin Concerto No. 2 with the Buffalo Philharmonic. Mr. Boissonnault continued his studies at the prestigious Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, studying under Alexander Kerr, former concertmaster of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam.

Mr. Boissonnault has participated in numerous music festivals, including the Encore School for Strings, Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, and Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Germany, where he was Concertmaster of the Festival Orchestra. In his spare time, Alexander enjoys biking, reading, and hiking.