Francesco Mazzonetto
Francesco Mazzonetto was born in August 1997 in Turin. He obtained the 2nd level Academic Diploma in piano with top marks and honors at the ISSM “O. Vecchi – A.Tonelli” of Modena under the guidance of Maestro Marco Sollini after having already brilliantly achieved the VO Diploma under the guidance of Maestro Alessio Cioni. He obtained a master's degree in chamber music under Maestro Pier Narciso Masi at the Accademia Musica e Arte in Florence and participates in international masterclasses of advanced piano specialization.
He received specialized scholarships under maestros Riccardo Risaliti and Boris Petrushansky at the Advanced courses at the International Piano Academy of Imola "Meetings with the Maestro", and was selected in Maestro Jefferey Swann's Masterclass. He was also selected for the High Piano Masterclass held by M° Lilya Zilberstein at the Accademia Internazionale Musicale Chigiana.
Francesco was selected with a scholarship and five concerts, the only Italian, by Maestro Gintaras Janusevicius at the Feuerwerk International Piano Academy; in 2022 he was selected to participate in the advanced piano masterclass held by maestro Gianluca Luisi at the XI International summer Piano Academy in Disentis, Switzerland.
Since 2022 he has been Artistic Director of the “Musica Regina in Villa” International Music Festival, which takes place at Villa della Regina in Turin for the enhancement of cultural heritage and young people through music.
He has won numerous national and international piano competitions including: 1st Absolute Prize Concours Musical de France in Paris; 1st Absolute Prize at the 4th edition of the youth section of the International Piano Competition of the city of Osimo; 1st Prize "Lazar Berman" International Piano Competition; Overall winner of the 3rd "Pietro Montani" International Competition.
He performs with great acclaim from the public and critics as a soloist, in chamber ensembles and with orchestras in concert halls in Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, England and the United States, just to name a few: Auditorium G. Agnelli of Lingotto, Auditorium Orsanmichele in Florence, Unione Musicale in Turin, Palazzo Spinola and Accademia Ligustica in Genoa with the GOG partnership, IIC in Hamburg, Gartensaal in Wolfsburg, Auditorium Tacchi – Morris UK, Steinway Hall in New York, IIC Grande Salle in Paris, in Sweden at the Norrlands Operan in Umeå, at the Acadiana Center for the Arts in Lafayette in Louisiana, at the “Infanta Dona Elena” Auditorium in Aguilas in Spain, at the Cerruti Foundation which houses one of the largest and most important private collections of works of art in the world, in the Hall of Mirrors of the Government Palace of Cosenza. In 2024 he made his debut in the prestigious concert season “Musik an der ETH und UZH” for the University of Zurich.
His CD "Italian Piano Works" was released in the spring of 2017 under the SONY Classical label, where is was reviewed in various magazines and media, including Amadeus magazine where it received five stars, and broadcast regularly on the radio in Italy and abroad. His second album for SONY MUSIC will be released in spring 2024.