A recording by the young Italian-Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi with the BBC Symphony Orchestra is being closely followed by the British specialist press.
According to a report in the specialist magazine "Gramophone", the up-and-coming artist has recorded his debut album for the Naïve label at the BBC Maida Vale Studios under the direction of Jiři Bělohlávek. It should be available in April 2013. Piemontesi plays the concertos by Dvořák and Schumann.
Piemontesi, who won the prestigious Concours Reine Elisabeth in Brussels in 2007, has a contract to record at least three CDs for Naïve. In 2014, it will be the turn of Mozart sonatas, followed by works by Debussy.
Born in Locarno in 1983, Piemontesi began playing the piano at the age of four. After studying with Nora Doallo, he moved on to Arie Vardi at the Hanover University of Music and Drama. Today, he is also the artistic director of the Settimane Musicali in Ascona.
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