Trombone Musician | Musicista Trombonista | Musicien Tromboniste
A graduate of several conservatories in Switzerland, Germany and Italy, Francesco won second prize at the Aosta International Trombone Competition in 2008 and was awarded the István Kertész Scholarship in 2015.Francesco D’Urso teaches trombone at the Geneva Conservatory of Music for the “MusicEnsemble” project (coordinated by Maestro Domingo Hindoyan and sponsored in particular by Maestro Gustavo Dudamel) and at the Multisite School of Music (Canton of Vaud, Switzerland). Since 2008, he has been collaborating with the Orchestre Sinfonietta de Lausanne and from 2011 has regularly played as first and second trombone with the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. He currently holds the role of principal trombone with the Geneva Chamber Orchestra under the artistic direction of Maestro Arie van Beek. In 2015, he produced – in collaboration with Difem Music Publisher – his first album entitled “Stella”, dedicated to his daughter. He is also a member of the ensemble Moya Trombones. Francesco D’Urso and the Moya Trombones are Vincent Bach artists and ambassadors for the René Hagmann® systems, dedicated to trombone cylinders and developed by Servette-Music in Geneva.
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