Francesco Palmieri

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. 

www.francescopalmieri.eu

Graduated in 2017 with honors and honorable mention at the Conservatoire “G.B. Pergolesi” of Fermo, continued his training at the “Pablo de Olavide” University in Seville and at the Bern University of Arts.

His artistic practice focuses on contemporary music, ranging from free improvisation to music theatre, performing concerts on classical and electric guitars, mandolin and banjo, with fixed media, live-electronics and video.

Winner of numerous scholarships (Giorgio Cini Foundation, Haiku Foundation, Iviglia Foundation, Christine Fromer Foundation), in 2019 he receives the 1stprize at theInternational Competition for Interpretation of Contemporary Music “Valentino Bucchi” (Rome).

He recorded “Drownwords” – Complete Works for Guitar by Simon Steen-Andersen for Contrastes Records (UK).