He is considered one of the foremost experts on the Italian organ repertoire of the 16th-17th centuries. He is owner of the historic organs of the Basilica of S. Petronio to Bologna, together with Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, where he plays the two magnificent instruments by Lorenzo from Prato (1471-75) and Baldassarre Malamini (1596). He has recorded numerous CDs, Marc'Antonio Cavazzoni'sopera complete ("Diapason d'Or," German Record Critic's Award 2005, Goldberg 5-Star Award), Frescobaldi's Fantasie (Best Record of the Month Amadeus March 2006), "Mozart on Italian Organs" (German Record Critic's Award 2006 and Diapason 5-Star Award) and the recording dedicated to Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli, made with L. F. Tagliavini ("Choc de la musique" and Antonio Vivaldi International Disc Prize of the Cini Foundation of Venice 1991). In 2006 the release of "Gli organi storici dell'Appennino Modenese" (Diapason and Musica 5 stars), in 2008 three CDs dedicated to "Fiorenzo Maschera," the historical organs of the Canary Islands and to "Giacomo Puccini" (all three awarded five stars by the magazine "Musica" and Puccini also with the "Diapason d'Or") and in 2011 Frescobaldi's "Ricercari" (Diapason d'Or) and a recording dedicated to "Ballo di Mantova." In 2012 "Giovanni Gabrieli" (Diapason d'Or) and in 2013 two releases, "La Tarantella nel Salento" and "Verdi the organist." He has edited a number of editions of organ music, including Musica Nova ricercari (1540), keyboard works by Giovanni de Macque, Marc'Antonio Cavazzoni and Pierluigi di Palestrina, ricercari by Jacques Buus and Musiche per due organi by Italian masters around 1600. Since 2010 he has been curator of the museum of musical instruments "San Colombano-collection Tagliavini" to Bologna. His intense concert activity has taken him all over Europe, the United States, South America and Japan.

She graduated with top marks and honors in singing and vocal music from chamber music from the L. Cherubini Conservatory in Florence; she also holds a diploma in organ and organ composition from the G.B. Martini Conservatory in Bologna. He has sung in Italy and abroad - as a soloist - for prestigious institutions and associations, such as: the Teatro Regio in Turin ("Die Teufel von Loudun" by Penderecki), the Teatro Massimo in Palermo ("Il ritorno di Ulisse in patria" and "L'incoronazione di Poppea" by Monteverdi), the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele in Messina ("Livietta e Tracollo" by Pergolesi), Teatro Verdi in Pisa ("Il paradiso degli esuli" by De Franceschi), Teatro Stabile in Potenza ("La serva padrona" by Pergolesi), Festival Opera Barga ("Arsilda" and "Atenaide" by Vivaldi and "La caduta dei decenviri" by to. Scarlatti), Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, Teatro Sociale in Mantua, Teatro di Sabbioneta; as well as: Jornadas Gulbenkian de Musica Antiga in Lisbon, Ambraser Schloßkonzert in Innsbruck, Opera Comique in Paris, Centre de Musique Baroque in Versailles, Ambronay Festival, Beaune Festival, Accademia Chigiana in Siena (Haendel's Rodrigo, conducted from to . Curtis), Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Orchestra della Toscana, Amici della Musica in Modena and Florence, San Maurizio Concerts to Milan, Konzerthaus in Vienna and Konzerthaus in Berlin, Magie Barocche Festival in Noto. In 1995 she was awarded the Boris Christoff Prize. Elena Cecchi Fedi has performed in Holland (De Doelen in Rotterdam and Vredemburg in Utrecht with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra conducted from Frans Brüggen (Mass in B minor by J.S. Bach). He has given concerts with to. Curtis in the United States, with C. Rousset (Les Talens Lyrique) in France, with R. Alessandrini in Italy and to Singapore, with to. De Marchi (Accademia Montis Regalis), with to. Fedi at Concertgebow in Amsterdam, Miami Bach Festival and Curt Sachs-Saal in Berlin, with C. Coin (Ensemble Baroque de Limoges), with Peter van Heyghen (Les Muffatti) in Belgium, Holland, France, Spain and Portugal (Casa de Mateus and Encontros de Musica das Terras do Sousa), with F.M. Sardelli (Modo Antiquo), with F. Colusso (Ensemble Seicentonovecento), with C. Ipata (Ausermusici). He is a teacher of singing and baroque singing at the Fiesole School of Music. He has recorded for the following record companies: Virgin Classics, Opus 111, Astrée, Hyperion, Brilliant, Tactus, Simphonia, Stradivarius, Glossa, Arts, Agora and K 617, a total of thirty-three titles.

Born to Florence, he graduated in organ (with to. Esposito) at the L. Cherubini Conservatory in Florence and in harpsichord at the G.B. Martini Conservatory in Bologna, earning honors and honorable mention. He was then a student of G. Leonhardt at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam (1981-1983) and took master classes with Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini. First prize overall at the Concorso Nazionale di Esecuzione Clavicembalistica in Bologna (1985), he has made recordings for Radio France, Radio Colonia, BBC, KRO (Holland), Radio Svizzera Italiana (Lugano), Israel Broadcasting Corporation, RAI Uno, RAI Tre and has performed as a soloist in almost all European countries and in the most prestigious Italian festivals: Amici della Musica in Perugia and Florence, Musica e poesia to San Maurizio (Milan), Sagra Malatestiana (Rimini), Società dei Concerti "B. Barattelli" (L'Aquila), Accademia Chigiana (Siena), Sagra Musicale Umbra, Estate Fiesolana, and others. The Academy of France invited him several times to to represent Italy in the cycle "Harpsichordists of Europe" to Villa Medici (Rome). In 1997 he held his first concert tour in the United States and in 2000 he made his debut (with soprano Elena Cecchi Fedi) in the prestigious hall of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and at the Miami Bach Festival. As a conductor, he has numerous productions to his credit; of particular note are his personal critical revisions: Il ritorno di Ulisse in Patria by C. Monteverdi (at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa), _Il martirio di San Lorenzo _di F.B. Conti (with Ausermusici (Basilica di San Lorenzo to Florence), the first modern performances of the oratorios Santa Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi by G. Lulier and F.B. Conti's Dio sul Sinai with the Jeune Orchestre Baroque de Genève. from many years Alfonso Fedi combines his concert activity with teaching harpsichord, organ and ensemble music. He has been invited to several times to give seminars and master classes at the Academies of Les Andelys (France), Breukelen (Holland), Tarragona and Montblanc (Spain), at the Conservatory of Lausanne (Switzerland) and at the Academy of Organ Music in Pistoia, on the juries of international competitions (Bologna, Trieste, Rovereto, Pesaro, Paris, Geneva, Lausanne) and at the Université Paris-Sorbonne. Formerly head of the Department of Early Music and professor of organ, ensemble music and harpsichord (specialization) at the Fondazione Scuola di Musica di Fiesole (1988-2000), he was later appointed professor of harpsichord at the Geneva Conservatory of Music (HEM) (2000-2015), and teaches harpsichord and ensemble music for early instruments (three-year and two-year courses) at the L. Cherubini Conservatory in Florence. In 2008, he began a collaboration with New York University by teaching a course in ensemble music (17th- and 18th-century repertoire). From 1987 to 2002 he served as titular organist of the Basilica of San Miniato al Monte (Florence) and still holds the title. From 2001 to 2009 he was maestro di cappella and titular organist of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore to Florence. Alfonso Fedi has recorded for Accord (F), Arts (D), Brilliant Classics (NL), Virgin Classic (GB), Tactus, Dynamic and Sonitus (I).