New release: Mozart Piano Concertos with Andrew Manze & Scottish Chamber Orchestra
On 18 August Francesco and Andrew Manze’s recording of Mozart Piano Concertos Nos 25 & 26 will be released on Linn records. The disc was recorded with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in February 2016 following concerts in Fife, Edinburgh and Glasgow. “[Piemontesi] has become a Mozartian to cherish. It’s hard to fault his sense of […]
Francesco debuts with Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich at the Stresa Festival
Francesco follows his first performance at the Verbier Festival with another debut this month, this time with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich on 27 August. Francesco joins the orchestra at the Stresa Festival to perform Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 under the baton of Lionel Bringuier. Francesco performs the concerto again with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and […]
Francesco debuts at the Verbier Festival
Francesco makes his debut at the Verbier Festival on 26 July with a solo recital at the Église de Verbier. Francesco’s programme for the recital features works by Mozart and Liszt, as well as Debussy’s Préludes. His 2015 Naïve recording of the Préludes was highly acclaimed: “[Piemontesi] has the deftness of touch to create the […]
Francesco makes debut at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf
Francesco makes his debut at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf with Alexandre Bloch and the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker on 7 July, playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major. Francesco’s interpretations of Mozart have previously received excellent reviews: “I can’t remember when I last heard Mozart with such a deft touch, such a sense of legato, […]
Francesco continues Mozart Odyssey at Wigmore Hall
Francesco returns to London’s Wigmore Hall on 4 May for the fourth instalment of his Mozart Odyssey, which explores the composer’s works for solo piano. Francesco performs a programme of Mozart’s 9 Variations on a Minuet by Duportand Piano Sonatas No.17, No.7, No.10 and No.8. Francesco’s earlier recitals at Wigmore Hall have been highly praised: […]
Francesco performs at the Konzerthaus Berlin’s Hommage to Alfred Brendel
Francesco joins the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and Jan Willem de Vriend on 28 April to perform in the orchestra’s Hommage to Alfred Brendel. The ten-day tribute features former pupils and musical partners. Francesco studied with Alfred Brendel and has said that he had taught him “to love the detail of things”. Francesco pays tribute to Brendel with […]
Debut with the Orchestre de Paris
Francesco joins the Orchestre de Paris and conductor Jérémie Rhorer at the Philharmonie de Paris on 5 April for his debut concert with the orchestra. Francesco performs Schumann Piano Concerto, which he and Rhorer performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London in 2015. He also recorded the concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra for Naïve […]
Debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony
Francesco travels to the Unites States this month to make his debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony at Heinz Hall on 10 March 2017. He joins the orchestra to perform Dvořák Piano Concerto under the baton of conductor Juraj Valčuha, giving a second performance on 12 March. Francesco recorded the rarely performed piece alongside Schumann Piano […]
Return to the NDR Radiophilharmonie
Francesco returns to Hannover this month for three performances of Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 with the NDR Radiophilharmonie on 16, 17 and 18 February. The concerts are conducted by the orchestra’s Principal Conductor, Andrew Manze, under whom Francesco made an acclaimed debut with the LA Philharmonic in August 2016: “…an unaffected, alternately sparkling and passionately inward […]
Beethoven with the Czech Philharmonic
Francesco travels to Prague this month to give three performances with the Czech Philharmonic and Manfred Honeck on 25, 26 and 27 January 2017. Francesco joins the orchestra at the Rudolfinum in Prague to perform Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3. Widely renowned for his interpretation of early Romantic repertoire, Francesco has often performed Beethoven, including for his […]