Francesco Attesti

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Francesco Attesti (born June 6, 1975 in Cortona ) is an Italian pianist .

biography

Francesco Attesti started playing the piano at the age of 5 and gave his first concert at the age of 11. He made his debut with an interpretation of the Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach .

As a student at the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory in Florence, Francesco worked with Maestro Luigi Tanganelli and graduated in 1998 with the highest honor awarded by the institute. This was followed by masterclasses in Rome, Salzburg and Florence, among others at the Mozarteum with Jacques Rouvier (1998), Hector Moreno (1999, 2000) and Sergio Perticaroli (1996, 2000, 2003).

Since June 2019 he has been the deputy mayor and advisor for culture and tourism of the city of Cortona.

Discography

  • In 1998 the Rugginenti Editore recording studio asked him to record contemporary music based on texts by Edoardo Sanguineti
  • In 2003 Francesco recorded various works by Alessandro Grego for Agora.
  • Together with the German mezzo-soprano Annika Kaschenz, Francesco recorded a CD called Living Music for Maxresearch in 2006.
  • With the organist Matteo Galli, Francesco recorded a previously unpublished transcription for piano and organ of Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem in 2007 as a world premiere, published by Voci della Citta music publisher.
  • In May 2008, Francesco Attesti produced a CD for Drycastle called Feeling Chopin. This work was entirely dedicated to the work of the Polish composer.
  • In 2012 a CD called Virtuoso Sentimento with works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Schubert and Ludwig van Beethoven followed in the same publishing house .
  • In 2014 Francesco Attesti produced a CD for Drycastle called '900 French music for clarinet and piano.
  • In 2016 Francesco Attesti produced a DVD for Drycastle called Deeply Mozart.

Awards and prizes in national and international piano competitions

  • 1996 FIDAPA Valdichiana Competition (Mozarteum Summer Academy)
  • 1998 National Competition "Città di Racconigi" (CN)
  • 1999 Piano Competition "Città di Grosseto"
  • 1999 National “Migliori Diplomati” competition
  • 1999 National Festival and Competition "Terme di S. Giuliano"
  • 1997–1998 International "Rovero d'Oro" competition
  • 2003-2005 scholarship from the Ursula Ströher Foundation, Basel, "Svizzera"
  • 2005 Paul Harris Prize awarded by Braintree, Massachusetts, Beverly, USA Rotary Club
  • 2009 Paul Harris Prize awarded by Braintree, Massachusetts, Beverly, USA Rotary Club
  • 2011 "Key of the city", Levelland, Texas
  • 2011 “Artists changes Lives”, Edinburgh, Texas
  • 2011 Honorary Citizenship in Diamante, Entre Rios, Argentina
  • 2009 Paul Harris Prize awarded by the Burlington, Vermont, USA Rotary Club
  • 2013 "Key of the city", McAllen, Texas
  • 2015 “Key of the city”, Hornell, New York
  • 2018 "Ars Contemporanea" Prize, Castiglione del Lago, Italy

Performances

In 2008 he led together with the Prague Philharmonia under baton of Susan Davenny-Wyner 's piano concerto "Chiavi in Mano" the Pulitzer Prize winner , Yehudi Wyner on in Italian premiere. As part of his extensive concert activities throughout Europe and America, Francesco Attesti appears in important and internationally renowned concert halls and festivals, for example the St. Petersburg Philharmonic , the Moscow Conservatory , the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Philharmonie Essen , the International Piano Festival in Warsaw and Sarajevo Winter Festival, at Cambridge University , Leicester University , Columbia University in New York, the University of Denver in Colorado and the Conservatory "Giuseppe Verdi" in Milan.

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Attesti, Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian pianist
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Cortona