Francesco Maria Moncher

Francesco Maria Moncher
 
Born in Rovereto, Francesco Maria Moncher studied piano, cello and opera singing at the F.

A. Bonporti Conservatory in Trento and at the B. Marcello Conservatory in Venice, and later extended his education at the Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz (Austria), at the Conservatoire Royal in Liège (Belgium) and at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel (Switzerland). On an artistic level, he grew up following the precepts of the famous “Neapolitan Piano School”. He obtained his 1st and 2nd Level Degrees in piano with full marks, honours and special mention at the Conservatory of Trento and Riva del Garda under the guidance of Nicoletta Antoniacomi, a pupil of Sergio Fiorentino, and Laura Di Paolo, Aldo Ciccolini's favourite pupil. Finally, he graduated with full marks with a Master of Arts Degree in music performance with soloist specialisation from the Hochschule in Basel, in the class of Filippo Gamba.
Parallel to his studies at the Conservatory, he undertook a long period of specialisation with Maestro Aldo Ciccolini, who accompanied his growth for ten years like a true “musical father”. With him, he tackled a vast musical repertoire, ranging between styles and working hard on his in-depth knowledge of technique. Ciccolini described him as a “chiseller of poetic images” and as “the only one, among his pupils, to have learned from him the art of fingering of the ancient Neapolitan School of Attilio Brugnoli, mixed with the French School of Marguerite Long and Alfred Cortot, to the full”. In the summer of 2014, he had the honour of being chosen by the Maestro to teach alongside him as an assistant in the MusicaRivaFestival international masterclasses.
He has performed as a solo pianist with numerous orchestras, including the Haydn Orchestra of Trento and Bolzano, the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra founded by Riccardo Muti, the Junge Philharmonie Salzburg, the World Youth Orchestra, the Sinfonieorchester Basel and the Reino de Aragón Orchestra. He has performed in various concert seasons both in Italy and abroad, in concert halls such as the Teatro S. Chiara theatre (Trento), the Centrale Montemartini Museum (Rome), the Cloister of San Francesco (Alghero), the Cloister of Carmelo (Bosa), the Conservatory Auditorium (Cagliari), the Cariplo Foundation Auditorium (Milan), the hall of the Marc Chagall National Museum (Nice, France), the Italian Institute of Culture (Paris), the Salle Philharmonique (Liège, Belgium), the Musiksaal des Stadtcasino (Basel, Switzerland) and the Salle de l'Esplanade (Metz, France). During his music studies he also cultivated a strong interest in chamber music, tackling repertoire from duo to sextet with winds, strings and voices. At the age of sixteen he won First Prize at the “Città di Grosseto” National Chamber Music Competition, as soloist; he then won the National Arts Prize - Piano section, and the Web Prize in the 4th edition of the “Republic of San Marino” International Piano Competition. He has also been active in the vocal field, working as deputy director of the polyphonic choir Anzolim de la Tor of Riva del Garda, singing as a tenor soloist with I Filarmonici Orchestra of Trento, the Mozart Boys & Girls Orchestra of Rovereto, the Labirinti Armonici Ensemble, the Carlo Coccia Orchestra of Novara, the Orchestra della Pasqua Musicale Arcense and the Orchestra Sinfonica delle Alpi. From 2010 to 2023, he performed as a conductor, pianist and cellist with the Orchestra delle Metamorfosi of Riva del Garda, which he founded and for which he made all the arrangements performed in concert. For many years, he also took care of the vocal, choral and instrumental training of the members of the Musical Association Arte delle Muse of Riva del Garda, of which he is a founding member, leading them to perform musicals he entirely arranged for them, such as Mamma Mia, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Beauty and the Beast, Nightmare Before Christmas, The Lion King and Wicked.
He has worked as a piano accompanist for the Conservatory of Trento for many years and has collaborated with MusicaRivaFestival for auditions for roles at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro. In 2012, he started working for the "Bosa Antica" International Festival, initially as an artist and, since 2015, also as assistant to the Artistic Director. He has held the position of piano and chamber music teacher at many Schools of Music in Trentino. In 2022 he was appointed piano professor at the G. P. da Palestrina Conservatory in Cagliari.