Biography

Federico Bosco completed his piano studies with distinction at the Turin Conservatory under Claudio Voghera and continued his studies with Andrea Lucchesini in Pinerolo, Filippo Gamba in Padua and Adrian Oetiker in Basel. He also studied conducting at the Basel University of Music with Rodolfo Fischer, who invited him to be his assistant for Buenos Aires Lirica.

He always dedicated himself to chamber music, his preferred discipline. He was honored by the Basel University of Applied Sciences in 2018 for his consistently outstanding achievements and his great and unwavering commitment to serving the students and the university. He won 1^st prizes at the “Salieri-Zinetti Chamber Music Competition” in Verona, the “Sandro Fuga Competition” in Turin and the “Orpheus Competition” in Bern.

In 2006, he made his debut with the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra in the Paul Klee Auditorium in Bern (Mozart's Jeunehomme) and a year later with the Basel Symphony Orchestra (Bartók 1). He performed with the Orchestra of the Turin Conservatory and the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Theater für Niedersachsen Hildesheim/Hannover. As a soloist and chamber musician he has given recitals throughout Europe.

Federico Bosco is in great demand as a musical partner and accompanist. Regularly invited to festivals, master classes 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, Lisa Rieder. He took part in master classes with musicians such as Leonidas Kavakos, Steven Isserlis, Philippe Griffin, Jean-Jacques Kantorow and singers such as Margreet Honig, Thomas Allen, Christine Schäfer, Michaela Schuster and Christiane Iven.

He has appeared on renowned stages 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 Rossini Theater in Pesaro, the Teatro Calderón in Valladolid, 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released his first CD with cellist Beatriz Blanco, which contains the complete works for cello and piano by Chopin and unpublished pieces by his friend Franchomme.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.

Federico Bosco worked for two seasons at the Theater für Niedersachsen Hannover as an assistant and conductor and for opera productions at the Theater St. Gallen and with the Basel Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Giovanni Antonini.

Since 2018, he has been a supervisor for keyboard instruments at the Basel University of Music, leads the workshop In and around the piano and since 2023, he has coordinated the very popular concert series of the piano specialist group “Mittagskonzerte”.