Spanish Violinist · Mallorca → the world

Francisco
Fullana

Not only a violinist — a painter of sound.

Baroque on gut strings to Latin concertos · the 1735 "Mary Portman" Guarneri del Gesù

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IThe Artist

Born in Mallorca in 1990, Francisco Fullana approaches music with a rare combination of vulnerability and presence — a painter of sound.

Shaped by his Hispanic heritage and a lifelong synesthesia that binds sound to colour and memory, he moves fluidly from Baroque music on gut strings to Latin American concertos and the great works of the 20th century — treating each composer as a new language to inhabit.

He trained at the Royal Conservatory of Madrid and The Juilliard School, with violinist Midori a formative mentor. Honoured with the Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Khaledi Prize, and an artist of Lincoln Center's Chamber Music Society. A frequent collaborator of the Grammy-winning Apollo's Fire — their Vivaldi Four Seasons was named a Top Ten Album of the Year by The Times.

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Francisco Fullana playing the violin, dynamic portrait
IIIn Their Words
Francisco Fullana performing, black-and-white concert image
Fullana combines Itzhak Perlman's warmth with the aristocratic poise of Henryk Szeryng.
— BBC Music Magazine · Instrumental Choice of the Month
Practically acting through his violin — technical perfection and sweetness of tone on his 1735 Guarneri.
— Chicago Classical Review
Fullana dazzled with a limber, flexible bow technique, playing in nearly continuous motion.
— Bachtrack · May 2025
IIIThe Season

2026
Highlights

2026
Season
The Frick Collection · New York
Opening-season concert with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra — around Goya's "The Forge"
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Summer
2026
Brooklyn Botanic Garden · New York
Solstice concerts · "Music in the Park" — The Four Seasons
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2026
Sinfónica de Minería · Mexico City
Ginastera & Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole — cond. Carlos Miguel Prieto
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2026
World Premiere
New violin concerto by Latin Grammy winner Juan Pablo Contreras
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Full calendar announced soon — booking via Arabella Arts.

IVRecordings

On Record

Cosmopolitan

Berlin Classics · 2025

Debussy · Janáček · Paderewski, with Matthias Kirschnereit. NDR Klassik Album of the Week.

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Spanish Light

Orchid Classics · 2023

Spanish violin & piano, with Alba Ventura.

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Bach's Long Shadow

Orchid Classics · 2021

BBC Music Magazine — Instrumental Choice of the Month.

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Through the Lens of Time

Orchid Classics · 2018

With the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra · Carlos Izcaray.

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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

Apollo's Fire · Jeannette Sorrell

Named a Top Ten Album of the Year by The Times.

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VFortissimo Foundation

Passing
It On

Founded by Francisco, the Fortissimo Foundation runs immersive residencies with youth orchestras and sustained work with young Latino musicians — building environments where mentorship and identity are central to artistic growth.

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Francisco Fullana performing with orchestra, wide shot