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

• Debussy: Preludes, Naïve Records, 2015^[34]
• Mozart: Piano works, Naïve Records, 2014^[35]
• Schumann | Dvorak: Piano concertos (BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Bělohlávek), Naïve Records 2013^[36]
• Frank Martin: Intégrale des Oeuvres pour Flûte (Emmanuel Pahud, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Thierry Fischer), Musiques Suisses 2012^[37]
• Recital: Händel, Brahms, Bach, Liszt, Avanti classics 2010^[38]
• Schumann: Piano works, Claves records 2009^[39]

External links

• official website
• Naïve Classique
• Colbert Artists Management, Inc. - North American Management
• Sergei Rachmaninov, Piano sonata No. 2 Op. 36
• Francesco Piemontesi in concert with Frankfurt Radio Orchestra
• 'The Spectator' magazine: portrait

Footnotes