Francesco Tomasi

Francesco Tomasi became interested in early music at the age of thirteen and began studying the lute with Marco Pesci and Andrea Damiani. He completed his studies at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome in 2009.

In 2012 he completed a master’s degree in lute, specialising in Baroque guitar and theorbo with Rolf Lislevand at the Musikhochschule in Trossingen. He has attended international masterclasses with Paul O’Dette, Jakob Lindberg and Nigel North.

His concert career includes collaborations with I Barocchisti, directed by Diego Fasolis; I Cameristi de La Scala, directed by Giulio Prandi; Concerto Romano, directed by Alessandro Quarta; Arte Musica, directed by Francesco Cera; L’Estravagante and Enea Baroque Orchestra, directed by Stefano Montanari; Pera Ensemble; Soqquadro Italiano; Abchordis Ensemble; and Musica Antiqua Latina. In 2010 he joined the European Union Baroque Orchestra (EUBO), performing in numerous European countries.

He has performed at venues including the Konzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna, Casa da Música in Porto, the Herkulessaal in Munich, Opéra de Lausanne, Auditorium Santa Cecilia in Rome, Teatro La Fenice, Arena di Verona, Kharkiv Opera House and Kyiv Philharmonic. He has recorded for Brilliant Classics, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi and Christophorus.

He works as a continuo player, accompanying both established and emerging singers and instrumentalists, and as a solo performer on lute, theorbo and Spanish guitar. With the ensemble he founded, Ricercare Antico, he has developed a series of recordings devoted to Baroque composers, with particular attention to Roman Baroque music.