Born in 1983 in Switzerland, Francesco Piemontesi studied in Hanover with Arie Vardi and gained inspiration from his encounters with Alfred Brendel, Cécile Ousset, Mitsuko Uchida and Alexis Weissenberg.
He is the recipient of numerous international prizes, including the Brussels Queen Elisabeth Prize, and in September 2009 was selected as a BBC New Generation Artist.
Guest appearances at international festivals have included the Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele, Schleswig-Holstein, BBC Proms, City of London Festival, Martha Argerich Project, the Ruhr and Roque d’Anthéron, with performances at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Zürich Tonhalle, Munich Herkulessaal, and Carnegie Hall. He has collaborated with conductors and orchestras including Jiří Belohlavek, Sakari Oramo, Dmitri Kitajenko, Mikhail Pletnev, Christoph Poppen, Bruno Weil and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Tonkünstler Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Prague Symphony and many others, and in chamber music with colleagues of distinction.
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BACH, J.S. / MAHLER, G.: Vocal and Piano Music (Home Music Berlin Concert 11) (Trekel, Piemontesi) | |
BACH, J.S. / MAHLER, G.: Vocal and Piano Music (Home Music Berlin Concert 11) (Trekel, Piemontesi)
Composers:
Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Mahler, Gustav
Artists:
Piemontesi, Francesco -- Trekel, Roman
Label/Producer: PARS Media |
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DEBUSSY, C.: Images, Book 2 / FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8 (Home Music Berlin Concert 2) (Tetzlaff, Piemontesi) | |
DEBUSSY, C.: Images, Book 2 / FRANCK, C.: Violin Sonata, M. 8 (Home Music Berlin Concert 2) (Tetzlaff, Piemontesi)
Composers:
Debussy, Claude -- Franck, Cesar
Artists:
Piemontesi, Francesco -- Tetzlaff, Christian
Label/Producer: PARS Media |
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FUOCO SACRO - A Search for the Sacred Fire of Song (Documentary, 2021) | |
FUOCO SACRO - A Search for the Sacred Fire of Song (Documentary, 2021)
Composers:
Abrahamsen, Hans -- Debussy, Claude -- Grisey, Gerard -- Mahler, Gustav -- Mascagni, Pietro -- Puccini, Giacomo -- Satie, Erik -- Strauss, Richard -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Verdi, Giuseppe
Artists:
Bavarian State Orchestra -- Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra -- Grigorian, Asmik -- Hannigan, Barbara -- Jaho, Ermonela -- Leeuw, Reinbert de -- Petrenko, Kirill -- Piemontesi, Francesco -- Welser-Most, Franz
Label/Producer: Naxos |
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HOME MUSIC BERLIN CONCERTS Part I | |
HOME MUSIC BERLIN CONCERTS Part I
Composers:
Chopin, Fryderyk -- Debussy, Claude -- Dvorak, Antonin -- Franck, Cesar -- Liszt, Franz -- Medtner, Nicolas -- Mendelssohn, Felix -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Reger, Max -- Schumann, Robert -- Scriabin, Alexander -- Viardot-Garcia, Pauline
Artists:
Chochieva, Zlata -- Eberle, Veronica -- Eckardstein, Severin von -- Gryshyn, Igor -- Piemontesi, Francesco -- Tetzlaff, Christian -- Tokar, Olena -- Zimmermann, Tabea
Label/Producer: PARS Media |
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HOME MUSIC BERLIN CONCERTS Part II | |
HOME MUSIC BERLIN CONCERTS Part II
Composers:
Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Berg, Alban -- Brahms, Johannes -- Couperin, Francois -- Granados, Enrique -- Mahler, Gustav -- Ravel, Maurice -- Schubert, Franz -- Wagner, Richard
Artists:
Bar-Shai, Iddo -- Chochieva, Zlata -- Dreisig, Elsa -- Faust, Isabelle -- Kam, Sharon -- Melnikov, Alexander -- Piemontesi, Francesco -- Porat, Matan -- Rimmer, Nicholas -- Schwabe, Gabriel -- Trekel, Roman -- Wagner, Jacquelyn -- Ware, Jonathan
Label/Producer: PARS Media |
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LISZT, F.: Annees de pelerinage (Traveling with Francisco Piemontesi) | |
LISZT, F.: Annees de pelerinage (Traveling with Francisco Piemontesi)
Composer:
Liszt, Franz
Artist:
Piemontesi, Francesco
Label/Producer: Orfeo |
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MOZART, W.A.: Violin Sonata No. 32 / SCHUBERT, F.: Piano Sonata No. 17 (Home Music Berlin Concert 3) (Eberle, Piemontesi) | |
MOZART, W.A.: Violin Sonata No. 32 / SCHUBERT, F.: Piano Sonata No. 17 (Home Music Berlin Concert 3) (Eberle, Piemontesi)
Composers:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Schubert, Franz
Artists:
Eberle, Veronica -- Piemontesi, Francesco
Label/Producer: PARS Media |
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Viola and Piano Recital: Zimmermann, Tabea / Piemontesi, Francesco - LISZT, F. / REGER, M. / SCHUBERT, F. / SCHUMANN, R. (Home Music Berlin Concert 6) | |
Viola and Piano Recital: Zimmermann, Tabea / Piemontesi, Francesco - LISZT, F. / REGER, M. / SCHUBERT, F. / SCHUMANN, R. (Home Music Berlin Concert 6)
Composers:
Liszt, Franz -- Reger, Max -- Schubert, Franz -- Schumann, Robert
Artists:
Piemontesi, Francesco -- Zimmermann, Tabea
Label/Producer: PARS Media |