Francesco Piemontesi is a Swiss pianist.
Life Born in 1983 in Locarno,http://en.chopin.nifc.pl/chopin/persons/detail/id/7725 Fryderyk Chopin Institute Warsaw. Retrieved April 12, 2015. he studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover with Arie VardiHochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover before closely collaborating with Alfred Brendel.http://www.colbertartists.com/ArtistBio.asp?ID=francesco-piemontesi Colbert artists. Retrieved April 12, 2015. He rose to international prominence with prizes at several major competitions, including the 2007 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.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 In 2009 he was awarded the fellowship of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust. From 2009 to 2011 he was chosen as a BBC New Generation Artist. In 2012, Piemontesi was announced as Artistic Director of the Settimane Musicali music festival in Ascona,http://www.settimane-musicali.ch/DE/Francesco-Piemontesi-27180b00 Music Festival Settimane Musicali Ascona. Retrieved April 12, 2015. and received the BBC Music Magazine Newcomer Award for his Recital disc with works by Haendel, Brahms, Bach and Liszt. From 2012 he recorded exclusively for the French label Naïve Classique. Since 2019 he records for the Pentatone label. He currently lives in Berlin.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.
Francesco Piemontesi has given concerts with major ensembles worldwide: Cleveland Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra,(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. Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, RSB and DSO Berlin. He has performed with such conductors as Zubin Mehta, Roger Norrington, Charles Dutoit, Jiří Bělohlávek, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, Vladimir Ashkenazy,(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. Ton Koopman and Marek Janowski, and has appeared in many international music festivals including the BBC Proms, Edinburgh International Festival,bbc.co.uk BBC Radio 3. Retrieved April 12, 2015. Aix-en-Provence Festival, Mostly Mozart Festival.Rice, David (August 22, 2013) The Classical Source. Retrieved April 12, 2015. and Athens Epidaurus Festival at the Herodes Atticus Ancient Theatre of Athens https://aefestival.gr/festival_events/chamber-orchestra-of-europe-konstantinos-karydis-francesco-piemontesi/
Discography Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Three Intermezzi Op. 117, PENTATONE, 2025 Liszt Transcendental Etudes & Piano Sonata, PENTATONE, 2023 Schoenberg, Messiaen & Ravel, PENTATONE, 2022 Schubert: Last Piano Sonatas, PENTATONE, 2019 Debussy: Preludes, Naïve Records, 2015 Naïve Classique. Retrieved April 12, 2015. Mozart: Piano works, Naïve Records, 2014 Naïve Classique. Retrieved April 12, 2015. Schumann | Dvorak: Piano concertos (BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek), Naïve Records 2013 Naïve Classique. Retrieved April 12, 2015. Frank Martin: Intégrale des Oeuvres pour Flûte (Emmanuel Pahud, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Thierry Fischer), Musiques Suisses 2012https://www.musiques-suisses.ch/fr/Frank-Martin/Integrale-des-oeuvres-pour-flute/id/474 Musiques Suisses. Retrieved April 12, 2015. Recital: Händel, Brahms, Bach, Liszt, Avanti classics 2010Maddocks, Fiona (July 31, 2011) https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jul/31/francesco-piemontesi-recital-review The Guardian. Retrieved April 12, 2015. Schumann: Piano works, Claves records 2009 claves records. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
External links
Naïve Classique Colbert Artists Management, Inc. – North American Management Sergei Rachmaninov, Piano sonata No. 2 Op. 36
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