Francesco Piemontesi

Francesco Piemontesi is a Swiss pianist.

Life

Born in 1983 in Locarno,[1] he studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover with Arie Vardi[2][3] before closely collaborating with Alfred Brendel.[4] He rose to international prominence with prizes at several major competitions, including the 2007 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.[5] In 2009 he was awarded the fellowship of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust.[6] Between 2009-2011 he was chosen as a BBC New Generation Artist.[7] In 2012, Piemontesi was announced as Artistic Director of the 'Settimane Musicali' music festival in Ascona,[8] and received the BBC Music Magazine Newcomer Award for his 'Recital' disc with works by Haendel, Brahms, Bach and Liszt.[9] Since 2012 he records exclusively for the French label Naïve Classique.[10] He currently lives in Berlin.[11]

Francesco Piemontesi has given concerts with major ensembles worldwide: Cleveland Orchestra,[12] London Philharmonic Orchestra,[13][14] Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra,[15] City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,[16] NHK Symphony Orchestra,[17] Gewandhausorchester Leipzig,[18] Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France,[19] RSB[20] and DSO[21] Berlin. He has performed with such conductors as Zubin Mehta,[22] Roger Norrington,[23] Charles Dutoit,[24] Jiří Bělohlávek,[25] Stanisław Skrowaczewski,[26] Vladimir Ashkenazy,[27] Ton Koopman[28] and Marek Janowski,[29] and has appeared in many international music festivals including the BBC Proms,[30] Edinburgh International Festival,[31] Aix-en-Provence Festival[32] and Mostly Mozart Festival[33]

Discography

Footnotes

  1. ↑ http://en.chopin.nifc.pl/chopin/persons/detail/id/7725 Fryderyk Chopin Institute Warsaw. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.genuin.de/de/03_k.php?k=152 GENUIN recording group, Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover
  4. ↑ http://www.colbertartists.com/ArtistBio.asp?ID=francesco-piemontesi Colbert artists. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  5. ↑ http://www.concours-reine-elisabeth.be/cgi?lg=en&pag=2112&tab=102&rec=1698&frm=0&par=secorig1992&par2=atvorig123 Concours Reine Elisabeth, Retrieved April 9, 2015
  6. ↑ http://www.bbtrust.com/2009/fellowships/francesco_piemontesi.html?view=biography Borletti-Buitoni Trust, Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  7. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2J8nGhHFq1hX3KPB6S8bQHH/new-generation-artists-a-to-z BBC Radio 3. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  8. ↑ http://www.settimane-musicali.ch/DE/Francesco-Piemontesi-27180b00 Music Festival Settimane Musicali Ascona. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  9. ↑ Davis, Elizabeth (April 13, 2012) http://www.classical-music.com/news/bbc-music-magazine-awards-2012-winners-announced BBC Music Magazine. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  10. ↑ Smith, Charlotte (December 7, 2012) http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/francesco-piemontesi-records-debut-album-for-na%C3%AFve-classics Gramophone music magazine. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  11. ↑ Berzins, Christian (September 3, 2014) http://www.katrinschneider.org/uploads/2/4/0/8/24083038/kulturtipp_3.9.2014-new_tango_songbook.pdf Kultur-Tipp Magazine. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  12. ↑ Hathaway, Daniel (July 22, 2014) http://clevelandclassical.com/review-cleveland-orchestra-at-blossom-mitchell-in-for-skrowaczewski-with-pianist-francesco-piemontesi-july-20/ ClevelandClassical.com. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  13. ↑ (August 26, 2011) http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/what-s-on/entertainments/london-philharmonic-orchestra-concert-season-1-3000451 The Eastbourne Herald. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  14. ↑ (September 2011) http://archief.vredenburg.nl/agenda/concerten/1897/London_Philharmonic_Orchestra/ Vredenburg Utrecht. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  15. ↑ (October 2010) http://www.kulturkurier.de/veranstaltung_366126.html Kulturkurier. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  16. ↑ Marks, Peter (November 10, 2014) http://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-piemontesi-shani-cbso-birmingham-november-2014 Bachtrack. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  17. ↑ (July 2014) http://www.nhkso.or.jp/en/concert/search_concert.php?concert_ym_st=201410&concert_ym_ed=201410 NHK official site. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  18. ↑ (November 2015) http://www.concerti.de/de/8/verid:146219/grosses-concert-gewandhaus-leipzig-donnerstag-05-november-2015.html Concerti Concerto Calendar. Retrieved January 17, 2015
  19. ↑ (May 2016) http://www.maisondelaradio.fr/evenement/concerts-du-soir/bach-mozart-beethoven Radio France. Retrieved May 13, 2016
  20. ↑ Stephan, Felix (February 24, 2015) http://www.morgenpost.de/printarchiv/kultur/article137761552/Francesco-Piemontesi-laesst-Mozart-am-Klavier-sanft-fliessen.html Berliner Morgenpost. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  21. ↑ (June 2013) http://www.dso-berlin.de/content/e43/e272/index_ger.html?eventId=45966&ACTION_OPASCALENDAR=displayEvent&month:int=12&year:int=2013&startdate=2013/12/8 Deutsches Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  22. ↑ Festa, Massimo (November 4, 2011) http://www.gbopera.it/2011/11/zubin-mehta-e-francesco-piemontesi-al-maggio-musicale-fiorentino/ GB Opera Magazine. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  23. ↑ Berzins, Christian (January 2015) http://www.basellandschaftlichezeitung.ch/kultur/musik/welchen-kopf-braucht-ein-kammerorchester-128778248 Basellandschaftliche Zeitung. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  24. ↑ (October 10, 2014) http://concert.arte.tv/de/ein-neuer-konzertsaal-fuer-die-schweiz-rosey-concert-hall Arte TV broadcast. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  25. ↑ Picard, Anna (June 22, 2013) http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/album-schumanndvork-piemontesi-belohlvekbbc-so-naive-8669674.html The Independent. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  26. ↑ (July 4, 2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mgEQIWVgPQ Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia. Concert broadcast. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  27. ↑ (April 2015) http://m.diapasonmag.fr/agenda/france/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/aix-en-provence/grand-teatre/francesco-piemontesi-vladimir-ashkenazy Le Diapason Magazine. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  28. ↑ (May 2016) http://www.maisondelaradio.fr/evenement/concerts-du-soir/bach-mozart-beethoven Radio France. Retrieved May 13, 2016
  29. ↑ Stephan, Felix (February 24, 2015) http://www.morgenpost.de/printarchiv/kultur/article137761552/Francesco-Piemontesi-laesst-Mozart-am-Klavier-sanft-fliessen.html Berliner Morgenpost. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  30. ↑ Geoff Brown, Geoff (August 12, 2014) http://www.theartsdesk.com/classical-music/prom-34-piemontesi-bbcnow-s%C3%B8nderg%C3%A5rd The Arts Desk. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  31. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m5l8s BBC Radio 3. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  32. ↑ Hillériteau, Thierry (April 10, 2015) http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2015/04/10/03006-20150410ARTFIG00018-le-festival-de-paques-fontaine-de-jouvence-d-aix-en-provence.php Le Figaro. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  33. ↑ Rice, David (August 22, 2013) http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=11315 The Classical Source. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  34. ↑ http://www.naive.fr/en/artist/francesco-piemontesi Naïve Classique. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  35. ↑ http://www.naive.fr/en/artist/francesco-piemontesi Naïve Classique. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  36. ↑ http://www.naive.fr/en/artist/francesco-piemontesi Naïve Classique. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  37. ↑ https://www.musiques-suisses.ch/fr/Frank-Martin/Integrale-des-oeuvres-pour-flute/id/474 Musiques Suisses. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  38. ↑ Maddocks, Fiona (July 31, 2011) https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jul/31/francesco-piemontesi-recital-review The Guardian. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  39. ↑ http://www.claves.ch/categories/piano/albums/schumann-the-complete-works-for-piano-vol-4 claves records. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
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