Francesco Cipolletta lives in Turin where, at the age of seven, began his studies with the well-known Italian teacher Maria Golia; he graduated cum laude at the Conservatory “G.Verdi” of his city.
He continued improving his tecnique with Lev Nikolaevic Naumov and with Maria Tipo at the famous School of Music in Fiesole.
Since very young, he revealed both in National Competitions (he gained 20 First Prizes in many cities as Milan, Treviso, Florence, Taranto, La Spezia, Catanzaro, Stresa, Como and Albenga) and in prestigious International Competitions (“Busoni” in Bolzano, “Dino Ciani” in Milan, Pretoria in South Africa, “Viotti” in Vercelli, “Rina Sala Gallo” in Monza, European Piano Competition in Luxemburg).
As a consequence of the great results gained in such important competition, he began an intense career which lead him in the main Italian cities (Turin, Milan, Rome, Bologna, Verona, Venice, Genova, Florence, Bari, Brescia, Como, Bergam and many others), and all around the world (Brussels, London, Munchen, Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, Karlsruhe, Wien, Strasburg, Paris, Luxemburg, Copenaghen, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Pretoria, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Sendai, Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Cleveland, Norfolk).
He performed in prestigious concert halls as Teatro “Alla Scala” in Milan, the Auditorium RAI in Turin and Rome, “Sala Verdi” in Milan, the Theatres “La Fenice” and “Goldoni” in Venice, “Salle Gaveau” in Paris, the Theatres “Monnaie” and “Royal” in Brussels, Konzerthaus of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, Gasteighalle of Muenchen, “Purcell Room” in London, “Suntory Hall” in Tokyo, “Izumi Hall” in Osaka, Theatre “Colon” in Buenos Aires, Municipal Theatre in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro…
He’s been hosted by many important Musical Societies, where he always obtained good consents of critic and audience.
He played as soloist with the Orchestra of the Theatre “Alla Scala” Milan, RAI Television Orchestra of Milan, National Symphony Orchestra of RAI – Torino, National Symphony Orchestra of Treviso, National Symphony Orchestra of Sanremo, Symphony Orchestra of RTL Luxemburg, National Symphony Orchestra of the Lorreine (France), National Symphony Orchestras of Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Symphony Orchestra of the State of Virginia (USA), Symphony Orchestra of Cordoba (Argentina),Symphony Orchestra of Sao Paulo (Brasil), Symphony Orchestra of Malta…
His audio and video recordings have been broadcasted from RAI, BBC, Swiss Radio Television, RTL Luxemburg, SABC South Africa.
He records for RealSound (RS) ARTS Record,Brilliant Classic.
He’s often invited for Piano Master Classes at the University of Pretoria South Africa, at Academy for Performing Arts Hong Kong and he is invited as a jury member in both in National and International Piano Competitions as PTNA competition in Tokyo. He is Full Professor of Piano at the State Conservatory of Music of Cuneo (Italy).