Francesco Corti - NOSPR

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 performed in halls such as 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 (Barecelona), Tonhalle (Zürich), Müpa (Budapest).

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, Radamisto, Tolomeo and Berenice. His collaboration with Pomo d’Oro include numerous recordings. He is invited to lead Freiburger Barockorchester, Akademie für alte Musik Berlin, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Tafelmusik, Kammerorchester Basel, B’Rock and the Nederlandse Bachvereniging. Starting January 2023, he has been musical director at the Drottningholm Royal Court Theater. The past season has included Messiah with Kammerorchester Basel and the Tölzer Knabenchor, Matthäus-Passion with Freiburger Barockorchester, Monteverdi’s Orfeo and Vivaldi’s Orlando with Pomo d’Oro and Lully’s Armide at Drottningholm. 2024/25 includes Händel’s Alcina and Jeptha with Pomo d’oro, Terradellas’s Merope with Akamus and Cimarosa’s Il Matrimonio Segreto at Teatro San Carlo in Naples.

His solo recordings have been awarded some of the most prestigious prizes worldwide (Diapason d’or de l’Année, the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Grammophon’s Editor’s Choice, Choc de Classica…). His latest solo recording (Arcana) is dedicated to D. Scarlatti.

He has taught in masterclasses all over the World. Since September 2016, he is professor of harpsichord at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.