Alex Fowler is a cellist based in Boston, MA. He attended the New England Conservatory where he earned a Masters and Graduate Diploma studying under Yeesun Kim. In 2019 he was awarded the John Cage Award for Contemporary Practice and Performance and in 2020 won NEC’s Spark Award for his work as a musical storyteller, sharing programs of solo cello music and original stories with young audiences throughout Boston. An active performer in the Boston area, he has performed with the Cape Symphony, the New Bedford Symphony, the Cape Ann Symphony, the DuBois Orchestra, and the Fermata Chamber Soloists. Alex was also a 2022-2023 Music for Food Artist Fellow, a 2022 Emmanuel Bach Institute Fellow, and is one half of the soprano-cello duo, Pizzicanto.