Francesca Leonardi Piano
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FRANCESCA LEONARDI, piano Performing in public from a young age, pianist Francesca Leonar i regularly appears in prestigious venues an festi!als aroun the worl $ In 2&'( s"e was a part of the Remembrance Day performance in the Santa Cecilia Hall of the Au itorium Parco della Musica in Rome, broa cast worl #i e by RAI$ Other distinguis"e performances inclu e Sala Ver i an Teatro dal Verme in Milan, Royal Albert Hall in Lon on, “Les Fl.neries Musicales” Festi!al in Reims, “Acca emia C"igiana” in Siena an Politeama T"eatre in Palermo for the Opening of the “Amici della *usica” season$ Hig"lig"ts of the coming season inclu e a Trio tour an performances of Beetho!en1s Triple Concerto alongsi e the Bu apest MA+ Orc"estra$ Solo an c"amber music recitals will ta2e Francesca to Italy, 34, Turkey, Germany, C"ina, Japan an Unite States$ From her earliest years Francesca has earne distinction in many national an international competitions, #inning 17 first pri8es an , in 2&'' s"e was a#ar e the P"oebe Ben"am Junior Fello# in Piano Accompaniment at the RC*$ S"e ga!e her soloist d9but at 1: performing Mo8art’s Piano Concerto No$ 13 in C ma<or with the Rosetum Orc"estra an has since been in!ite to join many Italian an international orc"estras as a soloist. S"e "as toure Japan, C"ina, the US, w"ere s"e is completing the set wit" all Beetho!en piano concertos, an South America, w"ere s"e performe at the Colon T"eatre in Buenos Aires, for the “Semana musical Llao Llao” in Bariloc"e an T"eatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro for the opening ceremony of the Football Worl Cup in 2&'7, on a number of occasions$ Francesca is acti!ely in!ol!e in the fiel of c"amber music performance an regularly performs with instrumentalists, singers an c"amber ensembles$ Since 2&'', s"e fre>uently collaborates #ith acclaime Englis" pianist Nigel Clayton in piano duo performances$ Francesca has performe in many li!e broa casts on RAI Ra io an T+, T!%&&&, Ra io Classica, the Italian S#iss Ra io, the Vatican Ra io an selections from her CDs ha!e been inclu e in the soun trac2 of the 2&&? film -,"e beautiful Truth” by pri8e@#inning director Ste!en Krosc"el$ Her first solo recor ing – Debussy’s Secon Boo2 of Prelu es an C"opin1s An ante Spianato e Gran e Polonaise, was publis"e by “Classica Vi!a” Musical E itions in May 2&&B$ S"e is also the first Italian female pianist to recor for the prestigious label “Deutsc"e 5rammop"on”, recently completing a recor ing of the Beetho!en Violin Sonatas with regular violin collaborator of thirteen years, Francesca Dego$ Born in Milan in 1C?7, Francesca began stu ying the piano at the age of three un er the gui ance of Gra8iella Bianc"i an Paolo Bor oni$ S"e gra uate from the Milan Conservatoire in 2&&7 with top marks, cum lau e, an special mention$ S"e continue her stu ies at the Musical Aca emy in Pescara, at the C"igiana Aca emy in Siena an at the Royal College of Music in Lon on w"ere s"e was a#ar e both a Masters in Performance an Artist Diploma in Piano Accompaniment with Distinction in 2&'%, un er Nigel Clayton an Roger Vignoles, generously supporte by T"e Gor on Cal#ay Stone Memorial A#ar $ From a very early age Francesca has s"o#n enthusiasm an passion for teac"ing an follo#ing this passion has become a c"amber music tutor at the “G"e ini” Conservatoire in Italy$ ,his biograp"y is vali for use until August 2&'?$ We up ate our biograp"ies regularly and as2 that they are not altere without permission..