Francesco Attesti

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Francesco Attesti
Background information
Born	(1975-06-06) 6 June 1975 (age 46) Cortona, Italy
Instruments	Piano

Francesco Attesti (born 6 June 1975 in Cortona) is an Italian classical pianist.^[1]

Biography[]

He began practicing the piano at the age of 6 and gave his first concert at 11.^{[citation needed]}

In 1998, studying with Maestro Luigi Tanganelli at the , Francesco Attesti earned the highest grades in piano bestowed by that institution. Soon thereafter, he attended masterclasses with Jacques Rouvier (1998), (1999, 2000) and (1996, 2000, 2003) at the Mozarteum Salzburg.

Attesti quickly established an international reputation after winning several prizes in International Competition and receiving honorary citizenship in cities such as Diamante (Argentina), McAllen, Edinburg and Levelland (USA).^[2]

He is very interested in contemporary music and he performed several works by Bruno Bettinelli, Fabio Mengozzi,^[3] Biagio Putignano and others;

Currently, Francesco Attesti performs regularly in internationally prestigious concert halls ^[4] like: of Saint Petersburg, Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Moscow, , , of Warsaw, Sarajevo Winter Festival, Cambridge University, Leicester University, Columbia University in New York, University of Denver in Colorado, and the in Milan.

Since June 2019 he is the Deputy Mayor and Counsellor of Culture and Tourism for the city of Cortona.

Recordings[]

• In 1998, Francesco Attesti recorded a CD with label with contemporary works and poems by Edoardo Sanguineti.
• In 2003 for with works by ;
• In 2006 for with mezzo-soprano .
• In 2007, with organist Matteo Galli, he published with the first recording of Verdi's Requiem for piano and organ.^[5]
• In 2008 for he released a CD dedicated to Frédéric Chopin.
• In 2012 for he produced a CD called Virtuoso Sentimento with works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Schubert and Ludwig van Beethoven.
• In 2014, with label, he records a CD for clarinet and piano ("'900, French Music for clarinet and piano") with clarinet player Pietro Tagliaferri.
• In 2016, with label, he records a DVD with piano concertos KV 449 and KV 488 by Mozart.
• In 2020 for label, together with AB&C trio he released a jazz/progressive CD dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach.

Prizes[]

• 1996: Valdichiana Competition -
• 1998: National Competition "Città di Racconigi (CN)"
• 1999: National Competition "Città di Grosseto"
• 1999: National Competition "Migliori Diplomati"
• 1999: National Competition "Terme di S. Giuliano"
• 1997 - 1998: International Competition ""
• 2003 - 2005: of Basel (Suisse) sponsorship
• 2005: Paul Harris Fellow of (Massachusetts - United States)
• 2009: Paul Harris Fellow of (Massachusetts - United States)
• 2011: Key to the City, Levelland (Texas, USA)
• 2011: Artist Changes Lives, Edinburg (Texas, USA)
• 2011: Honorary Citizenship, Diamante, Argentina
• 2012: Paul Harris Fellow of (Vermont - United States)
• 2013: Key to the City, McAllen (Texas, USA)
• 2015: Key to the City, Hornell (New York, USA)
• 2018: Ars Contemporanea Prize, Castiglione del Lago (Italy)

Notes[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Italian and English)