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Francesca Dego
violin

These concerts are Francesca Dego's debut with the North Carolina Symphony.


The 22/23 season for Francesca Dego includes debuts with Orchestre de Champs-Élysées, Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Sofia Philharmonic, and Faroese Symphony Orchestra. She also returns to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, and Orchestra della Toscana, performs in a special project at Dubai Opera House, and makes her debut in recital at the Wigmore Hall alongside pianist Alessio Bax.

Highlights of recent seasons include concerts across Japan with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, as well as appearances with Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, the Hallé, La Verdi, the Royal Philharmonic and Royal Scottish National Orchestras, Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, and National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, among a variety of other orchestras around the world. 

Dego’s recent recording of Mozart Violin Concertos No. 3 and 4, conducted by Sir Roger Norrington with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, was named BBC Music Magazine “Record of the Month.” Other releases include concertos by Paganini and Wolf-Ferrari alongside the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Daniele Rustioni, the recital disc Il Cannone, and a complete survey of the violin sonatas by Beethoven and of Paganini’s Caprices.

A frequent contributor to specialist music magazines, penning a monthly column for Suonare News among others, Dego has written articles and opinion pieces for the BBC Music Magazine, The Strad, Musical Opinion, and Strings Magazine. She has also recently published her first book, Tra le note. Classica: 24 chiavi di lettura, in which she explores how classical music can be listened to and better understood today.

Based in London, Dego performs on a rare Francesco Ruggeri violin (Cremona 1697).