VIRGILI, Francesca

Francesca Virgili (b. 1968) is an Italian pianist and composer born in San Benedetto del Tronto. She graduated in piano and composition at the “G. Rossini” Conservatory of Pesaro. She did a postgraduate in piano under the guidance of S. Fiorentino and in composition under S. Sciarrino and A. Solbiati. She has received numerous prizes and awards at national and international composition competitions, including: “Città di Udine”, “A. Di Martino” Naples, “Poesie in Musica” Cesenatico, “Città di Pavia”, “Amici della Lirica” Pesaro, “Gesualdo Da Venosa” Potenza, “TIM” Rome, “Ibla Grand Prize” Ragusa, “Dutillex Composition Competition” Paris.

Her music compositions has been played by Irvine Arditti, Maurizio Baglini, Gaspare Tirincanti, Massimo Mazzoni, Fabio Battistelli, Fausto Bongelli, Peter Balatoni, during important festivals in Italy and abroad such as: “Nuova musica” Udine, “Festival della creatività” Florence, “Festival del mare” Bellaria Igea Marina, “Estate di Reggio Emilia”, “Notturni Leopardiani” Recanati, “Festival Liszt” Grottammare, “Accademia in stazione” Bologna, “Musica Nuova Festival” Senigallia, “ControCanto Musica Sacra nel Parco” Fiuggi, San Peter Basil of Rome, “II International Women Musical Meeting” Atene, “La cultura come luogo di incontro” Praga, University of Brno (Repubblica Ceca), Western University of Michigan (USA), International University Xinzheng – Henan (China) and in India.

For many years she has been dedicating to the interaction between music and various artistic experiences. Many her works, based on scripts by Ovidio, Dante Alighieri, Giacomo Leopardi, Mario Luzi, Carlo Lucarelli and Luis Sepulveda, have been played by actors like: Arnoldo Foà, Nando Gazzolo, Vanessa Gravina, Edoardo Siravo and Carlo Lucarelli. She published and recorded with Rugginenti, Musik Fabrik, Taukay e Agenda Edizioni Musicali.

Since 2015 she has been President of the Artemusi(c)a Composers for Marche Association. Since 2019 she has been Artistic Director of the Liszt Festival in Grottammare. She graduated in law at Macerata University and got a degree in “New musical technology oriented languages” at Pescara Conservatory with full marks and honours. She teaches at the “G. B. Pergolesi” Conservatory of Fermo.