Francesco Palazzo was born in Martina Franca (Taranto - Italy) in 1969.
He studied accordion with Prof. 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.
In July 2001 and 2002 he distinguished himself in
the “Ibla Grand Prize” with a SpecialMention for the performance of “De
Profundis” of S. Gubaidulina, which allowed him to perform in some of
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). Many concerts and tours in Europe (Holland,
Albania, Germany) and Africa (Congo). He played in the theatres and the
auditoriums of all italian main cities.
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.
He has undertaken a technical and expressive
research on the exploitation of 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 and I published an important treatise
“Foundations of Accordion’s Technique”, with Berben Edizioni Musicali,
Ancona-Italy.
He played chamber music with Tiziana Portoghese
(mezzo-soprano), with “Tamborrino Ensemble”, with “Xenia Ensemble”, with
the orchestras “Musica Judaica”; with “Collegium Musicum” directed by
Rino Marrone, along with the violoncellist Elizabeth Wilson, he played
the work “Sieben Worte” for accordion, violoncello and string-orchestra
written by the Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina; with the orchestra of
“Società dei Concerti” di Bari in 2008, he played the absolutely first
of “Concerto per i popoli” for Accordion and String Orchestra, written
for him by the composer Luigi Morleo.
In
May 2011 he debut at the Teatro Petruzzelli of Bari with the absolutely
first performance of a concert for Accordion and String-Orchestra
written for him by the composer Vito Palumbo.
He recorded some CDs for Sorriso Ed.Musicali,
Rugginenti and for the Phoenix Classic a recital in which woks of Johann
Sebastian Bach, Cèsar Franck, Felice Lattuada, Franco Alfano, Luigi
Ferrari-Trecate, Sergio Calligaris, Bruno Bartolozzi and Sofia
Gubaidulina are performed.
For contact:
Francesco Palazzo
Corso Mazzini, 28 70123 Bari - Italia
Mobile : 0039 3358150106
Tel & Fax : 0039 080/5216401
e-mail:
info@francescopalazzo.it
last update: 31-08-2011