Author Archives: francescodillon

Autore recentemente riscoperto dagli interpreti – col determinante contributo del celebre violinista Gidon Kremer – Mieczysław Weinberg è al centro di un impegnativo progetto didattico-performativo di Francesco Dillon, ovvero l’esecuzione videoregistrata dei 24 Preludi op. 100 per violoncello solo, realizzata dai giovani … Continue reading →

extremely happy and proud of this project with my students in Scuola di musica di Fiesole! https://www.scuolamusicafiesole.it/it/news/news-2021/i-24-preludi-di-weinberg

Each summer we, the musicians, are a little shocked from the first outdoor concerts of the season..Acoustics are difficult, the wind messes up the parts, the mosquitos are flying right around your fingers..Last Sunday though, I had the great pleasure … Continue reading →

Very excited to start a new project such as this! a newborn contemporary music festival in London curated by myself and Emanuele Torquati at the exclusive and supercool Rosenfeld Porcini Gallery in Fitzrovia..  two days packed with new (and old!) … Continue reading →

Few days ago I played in Paris with pianist ,friend and regular collaborator Emanuele Torquati. The Italian Institute of culture is having a great number of music events ,regularly inviting the most talented italian interpreters and composers for concerts or … Continue reading →

Really happy and proud to play the premiere of the new cello concerto (if we want to call it according to old definitions…) BRUNNEN by the great composer Carola Bauckholt. It is dedicated to me and I’m very proud to … Continue reading →

Getting ready to leave to Banna (Torino) for a new recording session with my dear Schumann… A third album with Emanuele Torquati on piano ,to complete our recording project on Friederich Grutzmacher’s Schumann transcriptions…it will include the first ,wonderful, violin … Continue reading →

here is the link to a video of a lesson I gave few months ago in Bologna’s conservatory. It ‘s a synthetic overview of some of the most important pieces for cello of the last decades.. (in my opinion of … Continue reading →

here is the link to a recent interview ,only in italian …but maybe I ‘ll translate one day? (or you could try with google translator and see if it still makes any sense…!) http://www.ilritaglio.it/2012/cultura/francesco-dillon-violoncellista-italiano/