Gastón Fournier-Facio

Artistic Coordinator

Gastón Fournier-Facio was born in Costa Rica where he got a Master’s degree in History at the local university. He then pursued his musical studies in England, at the University of Sussex, where he was awarded a Master’s degree in Musicology.

After holding the position of Minister Counsellor and Consul General at the Costa Rican Embassy in London, he has devoted himself to the activity of Artistic Coordinator at prestigious Italian lyrical and symphonic institutions (Biennale di Venezia, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia).

He has published various texts on Gustav Mahler’s life and works for Electa, De Sono and The Boydell Press. In 2005 the Austrian Government awarded him the “Ehrenkreuz für Kunst und Wissenschaft” (Cross of Honour for Art and Science) for his valuable work of diffusion of Austrian music, in particular that of Gustav Mahler.

He is currently Artistic Coordinator of the Teatro alla Scala.