HANDEL: WINGED HANDS

HANDEL:

WINGED HANDS

BIOGRAPHY

Harpsichordist and conductor Francesco Corti was born in Arezzo, Italy, in a musical family in 1984. He studied organ in Perugia, then harpsichord in Geneva and in Amsterdam.

He was awarded at the International “Johann Sebastian Bach” Competition in Leipzig (2006) and at the Bruges Harpsichord Competition (2007).

As a soloist and conductor, he has appeared in recitals and concerts all over Europe, in the USA and Canada, in Latin America, in Asia and in New Zealand. He has been invited by festivals such as Mozart Woche and the Salzburger Festpiele, Musikfest Berlin, BachFest Leipzig, MusikFest Bremen, Utrecht Early Music Festival, Festival
Radio France Montpellier. He has performed in halls such as Salle Pleyel and Thêatre des Champs Elysées (Paris), Bozar (Bruxelles), Konzerthaus (Vienna), Philharmonie (Berlin and Hamburg), Mozarteum and Haus für Mozart (Salzburg) and Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Teatro Real (Madrid), Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona).

He’s a member of Les Musiciens du Louvre (Minkowski), Zefiro (Bernardini), the Bach Collegium Japan (Suzuki), Les Talens Lyriques (Rousset) and Le Concert des Nations (Savall).

Since 2018 he is principal guest conductor of il Pomo d’Oro. Among other projects with this ensemble, he has conducted European tours of Händel’s Orlando and Radamisto. His collaboration with Pomo d’Oro include numerous recordings. He is invited to lead Les Musiciens du Louvre, Tafelmusik, Freiburger Barockorchester,
B’Rock and the Nederlandse Bachvereniging. In 2021 he has conducted a new production of Händel’s Agrippina at the Royal Theater in Drottningholm (Stockholm, Sweden) and Monteverdi’s Combattimento in Cremona and Reggio Emilia (Italy). In 2022, he has conducted “Un Moto di Gioia. Mozart Concert Arias” staged by A. T. de Keersmaeker in Gent and Antwerpen (Belgium).

Starting January 2023, he will be musical director at the Drottningholm Royal Court Theater, where he will conduct a new production of Purcell’s Fairy Queen in August 2023.

His solo recordings include a CD of Louis Couperin Suites, the Partitas by J. S. Bach, Haydn Sonatas, the two piano quartets and the piano concerto K. 488 by Mozart, and Rossini’s Petite Messe Solemnelle. Pentatone has recently published the first three volumes of Bach’s harpsichord concertos and Händel’s Apollo e Dafne with il Pomo d’Oro. His latest solo recordings (Arcana) “Bach: Little Books” and “Händel: Winged Hands” have received multiple awards and have been acclaimed by the international press. “Händel: Winged Hands” has been awarded a prestigious
Diapason d’Or de l’Année 2022.

He has taught in masterclasses all over Europe, in Latin America and in Asia. Since September 2016, he is professor of harpsichord at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

AGENDA 2022

26

OCTOBER

ENDOR

Philarmonie Luxembourg

Anna Prohaska, soprano
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello
Francesco Corti

28

OCTOBER

ENDOR

La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland

Anna Prohaska, soprano
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello
Francesco Corti

15

NOVEMBER

STROZZI, MONTEVERDI, CAVALLI

Venice, Italy

Roberta Mameli, soprano
Il Pomo d’Oro
Francesco Corti, conductor

17

NOVEMBER

HARPSICHORD RECITAL (J. S. BACH)

Grenoble, France

Francesco Corti

19

NOVEMBER

MOZART, JULIE FUCHS

Aix-en-Provence, France

Julie Fuchs, soprano
Francesco Corti, fortepiano solo
Les Siècles
Kati Debretzeni, conductor

21

NOVEMBER

MOZART, JULIE FUCHS

Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, France

Julie Fuchs, soprano
Francesco Corti, fortepiano solo
Les Siècles
Kati Debretzeni, conductor

28

NOVEMBER

ROMA TRAVESTITA

Galerie des Glaces, Versailles

Bruno de Sa, soprano
Il Pomo d’Oro
Francesco Corti, conductor

01

DECEMBER

ROMA TRAVESTITA

Rouen, France

Bruno de Sa, soprano
Il Pomo d’Oro
Francesco Corti, conductor

17

DECEMBER

C. P. BACH

Museum Kleines Klingental, Basel

Plamena Nikitassova, violin
Francesco Corti

22

DECEMBER

J. S. BACH CANTATAS AND BRANDENBURG Nº5

Drottningholm Palace, Sweden

Marie Lys, soprano
Orchestra of the Royal Court Theater
Francesco Corti, conductor

23

DECEMBER

J. S. BACH CANTATAS AND BRANDENBURG Nº5

Drottningholm Palace, Sweden

Marie Lys, soprano
Orchestra of the Royal Court Theater
Francesco Corti, conductor

DISCOGRAPHY

Händel: Winged Hands

Francesco Corti

Bach Harpsichord Concertos II

Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro

Händel: Apollo e Dafne & Armida abbandonata

Kathryn Lewek, John Chest, Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro

Bach Harpsichord Concertos III

Francesco Corti, Andrea Buccarella, Il Pomo d'Oro

Roma Travestita

Bruno de Sá, Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro

Bach Harpsichord Concertos

Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro

Bach: Little Books

Francesco Corti

Anima Aeterna

Jakub Jozef Orlinski, Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro

Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos

Francesco Corti, Ensemble Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini

DISCOGRAPHY

Händel: Winged Hands

Francesco Corti

Bach: Little Books

Francesco Corti

Roma Travestita

Bruno de Sá, Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro

Händel: Apollo e Dafne & Armida abbandonata

Kathryn Lewek, John Chest, Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro

Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos

Francesco Corti, Ensemble Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini

Bach Harpsichord Concertos III

Francesco Corti, Andrea Buccarella, Il Pomo d'Oro

Bach Harpsichord Concertos II

Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro

Anima Aeterna

Jakub Jozef Orlinski, Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro

Bach Harpsichord Concertos

Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro

Voglio Cantar

Emöke Baráth, Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro

DISCOGRAPHY

Händel: Winged Hands

Francesco Corti

Bach Harpsichord Concertos III

Francesco Corti, Andrea Buccarella, Il Pomo d'Oro

Bach: Little Books

Francesco Corti

Bach Harpsichord Concertos II

Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro

Roma Travestita

Bruno de Sá, Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro

Anima Aeterna

Jakub Jozef Orlinski, Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro

Händel: Apollo e Dafne & Armida abbandonata

Kathryn Lewek, John Chest, Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro

Bach Harpsichord Concertos

Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d'Oro

Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos

Francesco Corti, Ensemble Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini

MEDIA

CONTACT

Lorenzo Baldrighi Artists Management