Francesco Galligioni

Francesco Galligioni
He is a cellist who studied at the ‘C. Pollini’ Conservatoire in Padua with Gianni Chiampan.

After completing his Diploma, he took part in masterclasses with Michael Flaksman and Teodora Campagnaro. He then studied with Franco Maggio Ormezowski at the Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia in Rome, where he was awarded a scholarship and obtained a further Diploma in just two years. Francesco has taken part in courses specializing in baroque cello held by W. Vestidello and G. Nasillo, and worked with soloists and conductors of international renown, such as Anner Bylsma, Giuliano Carmignola, Cecilia Bartoli, Max Emmanuel Cencic, Magdalena Kozena, Sergio Azzolini, Sara Mingardo, Victoria Mullova, Angelika Kirschlagher, Andrea Marcon, Federico Guglielmo, Sir J. E. Gardiner, Diego Fasolis, Gautier Capuchon, Pedro Halffter, Bob Van Asperen, Michael Radulescu, Gustav Leonhardt, Christopher Hogwood. His passion for early music led him to study viola da gamba with Paolo Biordi at the Conservatoire in Florence, where he obtained the Diploma in 2004. Francesco has recorded for ARCHIV, Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, CPO, Arts, ORF, Chandos, Brilliant, Naxos, and Sony Classical. His concerts as a soloist have been broadcast by WDR, ORF, SWR2, and MDR, as well as by ABC, NPR, BBC3, RDP, and Japanese television while touring in Japan in September 2005. In recent years, Galligioni has also explored contemporary music on period instruments, playing works by composers such as Philip Glass, Giovanni Sollima, G. Bersanetti, and J. Tavener. In 2011, he was the soloist in the Vivaldi Concerto RV531 with cellist Gautier Capuchon. Galligioni's recordings of Vivaldi's Complete Cello Concertos and Six Printed Sonatas were released by Brilliant Classics, as well as Salvatore Lanzetti's Printed Sonatas, J.M.C. Dall'Abaco's Capricci a Violoncello Solo, and Giovanni Benedetto Platti's Cello Sonatas. FraBernardo Records released his recording of J.S. Bach's Cello Suites. He teaches at the Conservatory 'A. Pedrollo' in Vicenza, Italy.