FRANCESCO PALAZZO

Francesco Palazzo was born in Martina Franca (Italy) in 1969.
He studied the accordion with Salvatore di Gesualdo and was the first one in Italy who obtained the "diploma" of accordion, at "Luigi Cherubini" Conservatory of Florence. 
He also completed his training trough humanistic studies,Composition,Choir Music and Choir Conducting.
He played in the theatres and the auditoriums of many Italian main cities.
He has recently undertaken a technical and expressive research on the exploitation of the accordion and by comparing it with other instruments he re-established his performing technique on new bases and he thus projected his personal accordion which is now correspondant to his renewed artistic requirements.
He has been teaching accordion at "Niccolò Piccinni" Conservatory of Bari since 1993.
He also revised and transcribed works for his instrument, drawn mainly from the organ literature - some of them have been already published.
He played chamber music with Tiziana Portoghese (mezzo-soprano), with "Tamborrino Ensemble", with "Xenia Ensemble", with the orchestras "Musica Judaica"  and the "Collegium Musicum".
In July 2001 he distinguished himself in the "Ibla Grand Prize" with a Special Mention  for the performance of "De Profundis" of S. Gubaidulina, which allowed him to perform in the most prestigious concert-halls in the United States of America (New York University-Casa Italiana "Zerrilli Marimò", Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York), and Europe (Amsterdam, Florence).
He recorded some CDs for Sorriso Ed.Musicali, Rugginenti and for the Phoenix Classic a recital in which woks of Johann Sebastian Bach, César Franck, Felice Lattuada, Franco Alfano, Luigi Ferrari-Trecate, Sergio Calligaris, Bruno Bartolozzi and Sofia Gubaidulina are performed.

In December 2005 he won the VIII^ International Competition for Composers "Franco Evangelisti", organized by "Nuova Consonanza", with "Movimento Perpetuo" - Concert Etude for classic Accordion.


http://www.francescopalazzo.it

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