Fondazione Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo e Torino

Francesco Iapaolo graduated from the Conservatory “L. Perosi” of Campobasso with honors and honorable mention under the guidance of Giorgia Tomassi and at the Imola Piano Academy with Igor Roma. He began studying piano with Carlo Grante, giving his first recital at the age of 12. He participates in several concert activities and in national and international competitions. In 2014 he won a scholarship that allowed him to attend Chetham’s School Of Music in Manchester, under the guidance of Artur Pizarro and Leslie Howard, performing music by Bach, Mozart, Chopin and Prokofiev at the Carol Nash Recital Hall and the Baronial Hall and following the courses of prestigious pianists such as Dina Parakhina, Boris Berman, Murray McLachlan, Noriko Ogawa etc. He has performed in prestigious halls in Italy and Europe, such as the Solitar at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Petit Palau de la Musica Catalana and the Victoria Music Center in Barcelona, the Maschio Angioino in Naples, Sala Baldini for the Festival delle Nazioni and the Museum of Musical Instruments in Rome, Sale Apollinee of “La Fenice” theater in Venice, in Tivoli (Villa d’Este), Sala Eutherpe in Leòn and Charlton House in Greenwich and in numerous other Italian cities for important piano festivals (Martina Franca, San Donà di Piave, Livorno etc.). In 2016 and 2018 he attended advanced piano courses at the Santa Cecilia Foundation in Portogruaro under the guidance of Alessandro Taverna. In 2023 he taught piano at the Avellino Conservatory. Furthermore, he enriched his preparation by obtaining a master’s degree with honors in Political Sciences and European Institutions at the University of Molise.