Details: In April 2012 Piemontesi was named Best Newcomer at the BBC Music Magazine Awards, and in presenting his student with the award, Alfred Brendel praised "a young pianist with real talent, a pianist of natural poise and grace, of wonderful technical equipment, and of the ability to remind US what beautiful playing means: cantabile playing that is colorful, luminous and harmonious, without in the least lacking tension and atmosphere." Francesco Piemontesi's debut album is dedicated to two of the most renowned piano concertos of the Romantic era.