VIOLIN
We are delighted to announce that Francesca Dego is Artist in Residence at Wigmore Hall for the 2026/27 season. Her concert on 20th November 2026 opens the residence with a recital programme with pianist Francesca Leonardi which explores French and Italian works including Tartini, Berio, Respighi, Debussy and Ravel. She will return in 2027 for…Read more ›
Francesca Dego will jump in with Taipei Symphony Orchestra to open their new orchestral season. In place of Lisa Batiashvili, Francesca will make her Taiwanese and orchestral debut playing the world premiere of Richard Dubugnon’s “Le poème silencieux” with Gautier Capuçon and Saint-Saëns’s “La muse et le poète”. The performance will be conducted by Alexander…Read more ›
Francesca Dego performs Busoni’s Violin Concerto with Seattle Symphony next week, giving her joint debut with conductor Daniele Rustioni. The concerts will contrast Busoni’s Violin Concerto with Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 1, orchestrated by Schoenberg, and Webern’s chamber orchestra arrangement of Bach’s Ricercar No. 2 from The Musical Offering. Francesca’s 2024 recording with the BBC Symphony Orchestra…Read more ›
Francesca Dego jumps in to perform Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.2 with Milwaukee Symphony today at 11:15 and tomorrow at 19:30. Conducted by Alpesh Chauhan, Francesca makes her debut with the orchestra. Next week on 24 and 25 February, Francesca debuts with Dortmund Philharmoniker under the baton of Kenneth Woods where she will play Brahms’ Violin…Read more ›
Francesca Dego is touring Japan where she will give concerts at Suntory Hall, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Sapporo Concert Hall, and Musashino Civic Cultural Hall. Beginning tomorrow, Francesca returns with Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra where she will play Brahms’ Violin Concerto with Daniele Rustioni on the podium. Dego gives recital concerts in Sapporo and Tokyo where…Read more ›
Violinist Francesca Dego has been invited to record with ConcertLab, as well as give a live streamed performance. Dego has recorded J.S. Bach’s Chaconne, and Paganini’s Caprice’s No. 16 & 24. Also, she performed J.S. Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D minor, Bacewicz’s Polish Caprice, and Boccadoro’s “Come d’autunno” (2019) in concert. Based in Utrecht,…Read more ›
Congratulations to the three JBM artists who have been nominated for the International Classical Music Awards 2026 in the Solo Instrument, Chamber Music, and Contemporary recording categories. In the Solo Instrument category, Yevgeny Sudbin is nominated for his album ‘Vers la flamme’. The album showcases Alexander Scriabin’s ‘Vers la flamme’, Piano Sonata No.4, and Fantasie…Read more ›
Violinist Francesca Dego made her debut with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra this weekend for three concerts where she performed Brahms’ Violin Concerto with conductor John Storgårds at Touhill Performing Arts Center. The performances juxtaposed Brahms’ Concerto, written for the composer’s friend Joseph Joachim, with Sibelius’ Lemminkäinen Suite. If you missed it, Saturday’s concert is…Read more ›
Violinist Francesca Dego rounds off 2024 with a recital at the Wigmore Hall on Monday 30th December. No stranger to the Wigmore stage, together with pianist Alessandro Taverna, she performs Beethoven’s extraordinary “Kreitzer” Sonata No. 9 alongside Schoenberg’s Fantasy and Richard Strauss’ Violin Sonata. In anticipation of the recital, Francesca appears as a guest on…Read more ›
Violinist Francesca Dego’s latest album is released by Chandos Records today. Having recorded, and in March 2024, released the violin concertos of Brahms and Busoni with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Dalia Stasevska, this newest album features Busoni’s violin sonatas and ‘Four Bagatelles’. Francesca says “It has been amazing to record Busoni’s complete violin…Read more ›