Antonio Pulsone and Alex Toskov have honed their gifts of music to bring you Destino. Antonio and Alex met, as most musicians do, at a gig. It is a given that great musicians are instantly attracted. Both are classically trained and their repertoires are vast. Destino melds both Serbian and Italian cultural roots. In their audience, you will feel their integrity, heritage and love of beautiful melodies. Together they bring joy, pleasure, and phenomenal music.
Destino; you’ll remember.
Antonio Pulsone & Alex Toskov
Antonio Pulsone
ALEX TOSKOV
ALEX TOSKOV, winner of The Glenn Gould Chamber Music Competition 2011, is a multi-instrumentalist based in Toronto. His main instrument is the violin, but he also plays viola, guitar, piano, and bass guitar. In early 2015, Alex established The Odin Quartet, which has performed at Music Toronto, Music Niagara and Luminato festivals. The Quartet is maintaining a busy career premiering new music, as well as in recording studios. In September 2012, Alex became a member of Sinfonia Toronto. Notable performances include gala at Roy Thomson Hall in June 2016, and tours in South America (2018) and China (2019). He’s been serving as the concertmaster of Scarborough Philharmonic since 2024. Recently, Mr. Toskov has appeared as the concertmaster of Toronto Mozart Players, Niagara Symphony, Toronto Artist Symphony, Toronto Philharmonic, Toronto Operetta Theatre, Casa Loma Symphony, Toronto Concert Orchestra, and has recorded various soundtracks for CBC's Murdoch Mysteries. He also performed with Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Air Canada Centre), Diana Krall (Massey Hall), Josh Groban (Sony Centre), Il Divo (Queen Elisabeth Theatre), Evanescence (Budweiser Stage), and Owen Pallett (Massey Hall), Charlotte Cardin (Massey Hall). He was a concertmaster of Bayreuth Festival Orchestra in 2006, German-Scandinavian Youth Philharmonic 2009 and was a member of Santiago de Chile Philharmonic Orchestra in 2007/2008. During his studies in Norway 2008-2010, Alex was regularly playing with Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra. Musical theatre performances include Broadway musical “Kinky Boots” at The Royal Alexandra Theatre, “Fiddler on the Roof” at Stage West, “Sousatzka” at Elgin Theatre Toronto, “The Man with the Golden Heart”, “Rosamund”, & “Almost Ever After” at Toronto Fringe. Alex was one of the adjudicators at Unionville Music competition in December 2022. Mr. Toskov studied at Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Serbia, University of Music in Vienna, Austria, Agder University in Norway, and The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory in Toronto. Mr. Toskov speaks English, Spanish, Russian, German, Norwegian and Serbian. Alex Toskov 54 Donald Avenue Toronto ON, M6M 1K3 alex.toskov@gmail.com t. 416 779 1750 Member of the AFM Local 149 www.alextoskovmusic.com