Born in 1983 in Switzerland, Francesco Piemontesi studied with Arie Vardi in Hanover. He first came to international prominence as a prize winner in the 2007 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, and through his close collaboration with Alfred Brendel, Cécile Ousset, Alexis Weissenberg and Mitsuko Uchida. Francesco Piemontesi has performed at many prestigious concert halls, including the Vienna Musikverein, Zurich Tonhalle and New York Carnegie Hall. Martha Argerich personally invited him to her festival in Lugano, while other festival appearances have included Roque d'Anthéron, Klavierfest Ruhr, City of London Festival and Schleswig Holstein. He received a Fellowship from the Borletti-Buitoni Trust and is a BBC New Generation Artist. Francesco Piemontesi has quickly earned a superb reputation particularly for his interpretations of the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Chopin and Ravel. He has performed as soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, RSI Lugano, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Tonkünstler Orchestra, collaborating with such conductors as Vasily Petrenko, Christoph Poppen, Dimitry Kitajenko, Paul Goodwin, Lawrence Foster and Bruno Weil. Following his debut at the BBC Proms this season, future highlights include debuts with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, deFilharmonie, Scottish Chamber Orchestra with conductors such as Jiří Bēlohlávek, Andrew Manze and Thierry Fischer, recitals at the Wigmore Hall and the Concertgebouw and a tour with Zubin Mehta and the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Chamber music partners include Yuri Bashmet, Heinrich Schiff, Renaud und Gautier Capuçon, Jörg Widmann and the Ebène quartet. Francesco Piemontesi released a two-CD set of works by Robert Schumann for Claves Records.

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• Purchase of piano bench
• Support for recording
• European PR
• Showcase concert at 22 Mansfield Street

Artist Website

www.piemontesi.org

General Management

Sam Rigby at
telephone: +44 20 7608 9918
srigby@intermusica.co.uk
www.intermusica.co.uk

Italy

Luisa Panarello at Resia Artists
telephone: +39 02 654 16 1
l.panarello@resiartists.it
www.resiartists.it

Germany

Alexandra Heinz at Alexandra Heinz Artists
telephone: +49/40 39 80 37 90
heinz@ah-artists.de
www.ah-artists.de

France

Véronique Jourdain at Véronique Jourdain Artists Management
telephone: +33/1 43 29 46 47
veronique@veroniquejourdain.com
www.veroniquejourdain.com

Benelux

Luc van Loocke at Concerts Weinstadt
telephone: +32/3 216 70 60
info@concerts-weinstadt.be
www.concerts-weinstadt.com

Spain / Portugal / Latin America

Enrique Muknik at Creatio 300
telephone: +34/94 41 58 064
emuknik@creatio300.com
www.creatio300.com