Tour of Germany & the UK with SWR Symphonieorchester Stuttgart
Francesco joins Sir Roger Norrington and the SWR Symphonieorchester Stuttgart for a tour of Germany and the UK this month, beginning with two concerts at the orchestra’s home in Stuttgart on 8 and 9 March. They then visit Mannheim and Freiburg before travelling to the UK for concerts in Cardiff, Basingstoke and London, where the […]
New Release: Années de Pèlerinage
Recital at La Seine Musicale
Francesco returns to Paris on 13 February to perform in recital at the city’s new hall, La Seine Musicale. He performs a programme of Schubert’s last piano sonatas, which he also performs at Wetzikon in his native Switzerland on 3 February. Following the recital in Paris, Francesco brings his Schubert programme to the Societe de […]
Debut with the London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Mark Elder
Francesco joins Sir Mark Elder and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre on 8 February for his debut concert with the orchestra. He performs Bartók’s Piano Concerto No.3, which he performed with the Dresden Philharmonic and Marek Janowski in December. Francesco’s last concert under Sir Mark Elder came with the Hallé Orchestra in […]
Bartók with the Dresden Philharmonic
Francesco begins 2018 in Dresden, joining Marek Janowski and the Dresden Philharmonic for two concerts on 13 and 14 January. Francesco performs Bartók’s Piano Concerto No.3, which is followed on the programme by Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony. Francesco recently performed with Janowski in November, when he joined him and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra to perform […]
Solo recital at the Berliner Philharmonie
Francesco returns to Berlin this month for a recital at the city’s Philharmonie on 8 December. His programme for the recital focuses on Liszt and includes excerpts from his Années de pèlerinage and his Deux légendes No.1 St. François dʼAssise: la Prédication aux oiseaux. Also on the programme are Busoni Toccata, Helmut Lachenmann 5 Variations on a theme by Franz Schubert and Schubert […]
Liszt in Frankfurt & Munich
Francesco performs Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.2 in Frankfurt and Munich this month. On 16 and 17 November, he joins Marek Janowski and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra for two concerts at Frankfurt’s Alte Oper, and then the following week he performs the concerto with Cristian Măcelaru and the Orchestra of the Bayerische Staatsoper on 20 […]
Beethoven with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
Following his debut with the orchestra at the Stresa Festival earlier this summer, Francesco rejoins the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich for three performances this month. He joins the orchestra and conductor Charles Dutoit to perform Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 at Zurich’s Maag Halle on 18, 19 and 20 October. Elsewhere this month, Francesco returns to London’s Wigmore […]
Debut with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Francesco makes his debut with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra on 20 September, performing at the Helsinki Music Centre. Francesco performs under the baton of Andrew Manze, with whom he recently recorded Mozart Piano Concertos No.25 and No.26 with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra for their latest recording on Linn Records: “These are lively, stylish performances, […]
Settimane Musicali di Ascona begins on 4 September
Francesco’s Settimane Musicali di Ascona returns this month, and Francesco gives two performances on 15 and 25 September 2017. For the first performance, he joins the St Petersburg Philharmonic and Yuri Temirkanov to play Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1. On 25 September he performs in recital with Louis Lortie with a programme of Liszt Années de […]