He has taken part in many masterclasses in Italy, France, Belgium and Spain with celebrated pianists and pedagogues like Nelson Delle Vigne, Hüseyin Sermet, Charles Rosen, Dominique Merlet, Jean-François Antonioli, Benedetto Lupo, Enrico Pace, Gianluca Cascioli, Pavel Gililov, and Aleksandar Madžar. Francesco has won several national and international piano competitions: “Città di Maccagno” International Competition, Enrica Cremonesi Competition in Milan, XX National Competition “Riviera della Versilia”, VIII “Città di Asti” International Competition, VII “Rotary per la Musica” National Piano Competition. He also won the Classica Live Competition in 2014.
He has performed for festivals like “Piano City”, “Break in Musica”, “La Villa della Musica 2010” in Milan and “Serate Musicali”, “Mercoledì del Conservatorio” at the Conservatory of Turin. The venues he has performed at include the Vatican Museums in Rome, the Catholic University of Milan, the Reggia di Venaria Reale, the Antichi Molini in Portogruaro and several concert halls in Belgium, France and Spain, including the Salle Cortot in Paris and the Paiporta Auditorium in Valencia. In 2013, he debuted as soloist with the Conservatory of Turin Orchestra playing Mozart's concerto for two pianos K365.
He has been the founder and the artistic director of the outdoor concerts series in the Parco di Monza “I Suoni della Natura” and the summer campus “Sovico in Musica”, which reached its sixth edition in 2019.
Together with the Italian pianist Andrea Micucci, Francesco recorded Edvard Grieg's Complete Works for Piano 4-Hands (Da Vinci Classics label). The first recording, released in July 2021, received the attention of music critics. The CD was reviewed by the eminent Italian musical magazine “Classic Voice” and it was presented in the Italian radio programmes “Primo Movimento” (Rai Radio 3). The second recording was released in February 2023. He has recently played in many Italian cities: Bologna (Auditorium Marco Biagi), Modena (Auditorium Ghiaurov), Cassano d'Adda-Milan (Tecla Theatre), San Bartolomeo Val Cavargna-Como (Town Theatre), Rome (Marcello theatre for “Festival Musicale delle Nazioni”).
He worked as a speaker for Radio Popolare (“Apertura Musicale” and “Labirinti Musicali”) and he contributed to the 40-year-old broadcast “Rotoclassica”. He has also written for the online cultural magazine Cultweek.
Francesco holds music lectures in many high schools with the purpose of spreading classical music appreciation within the new generations. He is on Faculty at the G. Puccini Conservatory in Gallarate and he also taught at Vecchi-Tonelli Conservatory in Modena. He collaborates with laVerdi Foundation by teaching to many chamber ensembles at both the MAC and the Auditorium in Milan.
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