Curriculum Vitae
Awarded with first prizes at the Salieri-Zinetti Chamber Music Competition in Verona, the Sandro Fuga Competition in Turin and the Orpheus Competition in Berne, Federico Bosco has always dedicated himself to chamber music, his favourite discipline. He is a highly sought-after musical partner and accompanist. Regularly invited to festivals, masterclasses and competitions, he plays with musicians such as Nora Chastain, Hariolf Schlichtig, Danjulo Ishizaka, Daniel Gaede, Silvia Simionescu, Troels Svane, Conradin Brotbek, Adelina Oprean, Francis Gouton, Igor Keller, Beatriz Blanco and Lisa Rieder and has worked in master classes with, among others, Leonidas Kavakos, Steven Isserlis, Tabea Zimmermann, Philippe Griffin, Jean-Jacques Kantorow and singers such as Margreet Honig, Thomas Allen, Christine Schäfer, Michaela Schuster and Christiane Iven.
Federico Bosco has performed in prestigious venues such as the Lucerne Festival, the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, the Salzburg Chamber Music Festival, the Auditorium and Palau de la Música in Barcelona, the Auditorium Nacional in Madrid, the Fondazione Lingotto Musica in Turin, the Teatro Rossini in Pesaro, the Granada Festival, the Swiss Chamber Music Festival in Adelboden, the Malta International Arts Festival and others.
In 2016 he released his first CD with cellist Beatriz Blanco, featuring the complete works for cello and piano by Chopin and unpublished pieces by his friend Franchomme. In 2022, the duo released their second album with works by Hindemith, Debussy and Webern.
In 2006 he made his debut with the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra at the Paul Klee Auditorium in Berne and a year later with the Sinfonieorchester Basel; he has performed with the Orchestra of the Conservatory of Turin and the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Theatre of Lower Saxony. As a soloist and chamber musician he has given recitals throughout Europe.
Also trained as a conductor, Federico Bosco has worked as an assistant conductor for Buenos Aires Lirica, the Theater für Niedersachsen Hannover, the St. Gallen Theatre and the Basel Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Giovanni Antonini.
He graduated with distinction from the Turin Conservatory with Claudio Voghera and continued his studies with Andrea Lucchesini in Pinerolo, Filippo Gamba in Padua and Adrian Oetiker in Basel. He got important impulses by Alicia de larrocha, Aldo Ciccolini, Homero Francesh.
Federico Bosco has been working as a pianist at the Hochschule für Musik Basel since 2012, since 2018 he is responsible for the curatorship of keyboard instruments and from 2023 is artistic director of the popular midday concert season.