Cultivated, technically brilliant and musically subtle – an eloquent summary of why Piemontesi is one of the most outstanding pianists of our time. Born in Locarno, he began his studies with Arie Vardi and continued with Alfred Brendel, Murray Perahia, Cécile Ousset and Alexis Weissenberg. He has taken up invitations to perform with some of the world’s leading orchestras, for example the Cleveland Orchestra, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the LA Philharmonic, the Hessian and Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestras, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic. In addition, this virtuoso musician has worked with respected conductors such as Marek Janowski, Manfred Honeck, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Charles Dutoit and he enjoys a particularly close working relationship with Sir Roger Norrington.

In addition to his solo career, Piemontesi is an equally devoted advocate of chamber music. He is a passionate creator of chamber and recital programmes which can be heard in major concert halls and renowned festivals across the world, performing with eminent musicians such as Antoine Tamestit, Jörg Widmann, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Daniel Müller-Schott and the Emerson Quartet. In 2016 he began a Mozart Cycle in London’s Wigmore Hall, performing all the Mozart sonatas over three seasons. Piemontesi has also released several highly acclaimed CD recordings, featuring works by Mozart, Schumann, Dvorak, Debussy and, just recently, the Années de Pèlerinage by Liszt. As prize-winner of several renowned competitions, Piemontesi has won international acclaim and in 2009 was named a BBC New Generation Artist.