Concert by Albek Duo, Switzerland at Shanghai Oriental Art Center·Performance Hal

Twin sisters Ambra and Fiona Albek were born in Lugano, the Italian part of Switzerland where they had their school and music education for the first time.

As a Duo, Ambra and Fiona attended Pier Narciso Masi's chamber music classes at the International Piano Academy in Imola, Italy, where they successfully graduated with Masters' Degrees.

They have performed as soloists as well as in different chamber music formations, and as a duo with orchestra (Mendelssohn, Perry-Gemini) in various music festivals and cultural events in Switzerland, Italy, Holland, Austria, France, England (London), Germany, USA (New York etc.), and Australia (Sydney), in prestigious venues such as Olympic Theater in Vicenza, Tropenmuseum Music Hall in Amsterdam, Mozarteum in Salzburg, St. James's Church and St. Peter's Church in London, Sydney Opera House among many others. TV documentaries have been made in Switzerland and abroad about their musical activities.

Several prominent composers have written music specifically for the Albek Duo. The Italian composer Alessandro Lucchetti wrote various Fantasies from the opera repertory. They already premièred the following opera arrangements: Tosca, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, Barbiere di Sevilla, La Bohème in 2012 Switzerland. The well-known American composer William Perry wrote his Gemini Concerto: An Entertainment for Violin, Piano and Orchestra, Nightingale in the Park and various other works for them. The première of the Gemini concerto was in May of 2010 and it was then recorded for distribution on the Naxos label with the RTE Dublin Symphony Orchestra, directed by Paul Phillips. The CD has been released in August 2011. The duo recorded their first CD with Eroica in 2010.

In November 2011, the duo toured extensively along east coast of US which received overwhelming acclaim.