Francesco Piemontesi Explained
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] From 2009 to 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] Since 2019 he records for the Pentatone label. 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, Vladimir Ashkenazy,[26] Ton Koopman[27] and Marek Janowski,[28] and has appeared in many international music festivals including the BBC Proms,[29] Edinburgh International Festival,[30] Aix-en-Provence Festival[31] and Mostly Mozart Festival.[32]
Discography
- Liszt Transcendental Etudes & Piano Sonata, PENTATONE, 2023[33]
- Schoenberg, Messiaen & Ravel, PENTATONE, 2022
- Schubert: Last Piano Sonatas, PENTATONE, 2019
- 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
Notes and References
- http://en.chopin.nifc.pl/chopin/persons/detail/id/7725 Fryderyk Chopin Institute Warsaw. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- Web site: genuin.de - CD-Katalog / Künstler-Info . 2022-12-06 . www.genuin.de.
- [Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover]
- http://www.colbertartists.com/ArtistBio.asp?ID=francesco-piemontesi Colbert artists. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- 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
- Web site: Breckenfield . Nick . Francesco Piemontesi . 2022-12-06 . Borletti-Buitoni Trust . en-GB.
- Web site: BBC Radio 3 - New Generation Artists - New Generation Artists A to Z . 2022-12-06 . BBC . en-GB.
- http://www.settimane-musicali.ch/DE/Francesco-Piemontesi-27180b00 Music Festival Settimane Musicali Ascona. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- Web site: BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012 winners announced! . 2022-12-06 . Classical Music . en.
- Web site: Francesco Piemontesi records debut album for Naïve Classics . 2022-12-06 . Gramophone . en.
- 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.
- Web site: ClevelandClassical.com . Special to . 2014-07-22 . Review: Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom — Mitchell in for Skrowaczewski, with pianist Francesco Piemontesi (July 20) . 2022-12-06 . Cleveland Classical . en-US.
- (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.
- Web site: Welkom bij TivoliVredenburg - Dé plek waar alle muziekgenres bij elkaar komen onder één dak . 2022-12-06 . TivoliVredenburg . nl.
- Web site: Kulturkalender . 2022-12-06 . kulturkurier . de.
- Web site: An electrifying debut in Birmingham . 2022-12-06 . bachtrack.com . de.
- Web site: NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo . 2022-12-06 . www.nhkso.or.jp . en.
- Web site: Deutschlandweite Klassik-Termine: Konzerte, Opern & Ballett . 2022-12-06 . concerti.de . de-DE.
- Web site: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven - Jeudi 12 mai 2016 - 20h00 Maison de la Radio et de la Musique - Auditorium . 2022-12-06 . www.maisondelaradioetdelamusique.fr . fr.
- Web site: Stephan . Felix . 2015-02-24 . Francesco Piemontesi lässt Mozart am Klavier sanft fließen . 2022-12-06 . www.morgenpost.de . de-DE.
- Web site: Berlin . Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester . Konzertkalender - DSO Berlin . 2022-12-06 . Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin . de.
- Web site: Festa . Massimo . 2011-11-03 . Zubin Mehta e Francesco Piemontesi al Maggio Musicale Fiorentino . 2022-12-06 . GBOPERA . it-IT.
- Web site: Berzins . Christian . Zürcher Kammerorchester - Welchen Kopf braucht ein Kammerorchester? . 2022-12-06 . bz Basel . 28 January 2015 . de.
- Web site: ARTE Concert – Konzerte live und im Replay . 2022-12-06 . ARTE . de.
- Web site: 2013-06-22 . Album: Schumann/Dvorák, Piemontesi/ Belohlávek/BBC SO (Naive) . 2022-12-06 . The Independent . en.
- (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.
- Web site: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven - Jeudi 12 mai 2016 - 20h00 Maison de la Radio et de la Musique - Auditorium . 2022-12-06 . www.maisondelaradioetdelamusique.fr . fr.
- Web site: Stephan . Felix . 2015-02-24 . Francesco Piemontesi lässt Mozart am Klavier sanft fließen . 2022-12-06 . www.morgenpost.de . de-DE.
- Web site: 2014-08-12 . Prom 34: Piemontesi, BBCNOW, Søndergård . 2022-12-06 . theartsdesk.com . en.
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m5l8s BBC Radio 3. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- Web site: Hillériteau . Thierry . Le Festival de Pâques, fontaine de jouvence d'Aix-en-Provence . . 10 April 2015 . fr . 11 August 2024.
- Rice, David (August 22, 2013) http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=11315 The Classical Source. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- Web site: Liszt Transcendental Etudes & Piano Sonata (2-disc digipack) . 2023-08-15 . Pentatone . en-US.
- Web site: Francesco Piemontesi - naïve.fr, maison d'artistes . 2016-07-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160809044943/http://naive.fr/en/artist/francesco-piemontesi . 2016-08-09. Naïve Classique. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- Web site: Francesco Piemontesi - naïve.fr, maison d'artistes . 2016-07-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160809044943/http://naive.fr/en/artist/francesco-piemontesi . 2016-08-09. Naïve Classique. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- Web site: Francesco Piemontesi - naïve.fr, maison d'artistes . 2016-07-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160809044943/http://naive.fr/en/artist/francesco-piemontesi . 2016-08-09. Naïve Classique. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- https://www.musiques-suisses.ch/fr/Frank-Martin/Integrale-des-oeuvres-pour-flute/id/474 Musiques Suisses. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- Maddocks, Fiona (July 31, 2011) https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jul/31/francesco-piemontesi-recital-review The Guardian. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- Web site: Claves Records - Schumann: The Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 4 . 2015-04-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150905062159/http://www.claves.ch/categories/piano/albums/schumann-the-complete-works-for-piano-vol-4 . 2015-09-05. claves records. Retrieved April 12, 2015.