Chitarrista classico ed elettrico residente a Berlino, la sua dedizione alla musica contemporanea lo porta a esibirsi nei maggiori festival e sale da concerto (es. Festival d’Automne, ManiFeste, Ruhrtriennale, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Staatsoper Berlin, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Wien Modern, Milano Musica), collaborando con i principali ensemble e orchestre (es. Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Klangforum Wien, Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France), e compositori quali Helmut Lachenmann, Salvatore Sciarrino, Enno Poppe, Beat Furrer, Clara Iannotta, Pierluigi Billone, Marco Momi e Simon Steen-Andersen.
Vincitore del primo premio ai Concorsi Valentino Bucchi 2019 e Nicati 2023, ha registrato per Kairos, Brilliant, Liquen e Contrastes Records. Dopo gli studi a Fermo, Siviglia e Berna, si diploma nel 2022 alla Hochschule für Musik di Basilea con un MA SP in Contemporary Music.
Attualmente sta svolgendo un dottorato in Artistic Research in Music presso la Lund University.
Francesco Palmieri is a classical and electric guitarist based in Berlin.
Dedicated to contemporary music, he has performed in major festivals and concert halls (i.e. Festival d’Automne, ManiFeste, Ruhrtriennale, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Staatsoper Berlin, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Wien Modern, Milano Musica) collaborating with leading ensembles and orchestras (i.e. Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Klangforum Wien, Staatskapelle Berlin, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France) as well as composers such as Helmut Lachenmann, Salvatore Sciarrino, Enno Poppe, Beat Furrer, Clara Iannotta, Pierluigi Billone, Marco Momi and Simon Steen-Andersen.
Awarded 1st prize at the Valentino Bucchi Competition 2019 and Nicati Competition 2023, and has recorded for Kairos, Brilliant Classics, Liquen, and Contrastes Records.
After his studies in Fermo, Seville, and Bern, Francesco Palmieri graduated in 2022 from the Basel Hochschule für Musik with a MA SP in Contemporary Music. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in Artistic Research in Music at Lund University.