Francesca Dego
Violin
Italian American violinist Francesca Dego is celebrated for her compelling interpretations and flawless technique.
Recent engagement highlights include North American appearances with Dallas Symphony Orchestra playing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with Fabio Luisi; St Louis Symphony Orchestra with John Storgårds; Houston Symphony with Andrés Orozco-Estrada playing Brahms Concerto; National Symphony at both the Kennedy Center in Washington and Wolf Trap Festival; Detroit Symphony; San Diego Symphony; Indianapolis Symphony; Utah Symphony; Vancouver Symphony and NACO Ottawa. On the world stage, Francesca has performed with NHK Symphony; Tokyo Symphony; Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony; West Australian Symphony, Auckland Philharmonia and Queensland Symphony. Recent European highlights have included Orchestre de Champs Elysées with Philippe Herreweghe; Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo; Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Orquesta de Castilla y León; Luxembourg Philharmonic; Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne; Brucknerhaus Linz; Swedish Radio Symphony; Bergen Philharmonic; London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre; Philharmonia; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Hallé; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as well as the top Italian orchestras.
Francesca’s 2025/26 season includes debuts with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto conducted by Jonathon Heyward, Seattle Symphony and Austria’s Erl Festspiele with Busoni’s Violin Concerto, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, and The Phoenix Symphony, with Xian Zhang, Dortmunder Philharmoniker with Brahms Violin Concerto, and Granada Symphony and Enescu Philharmonic with Barber’s Violin Concerto. She returns to Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, Richmond Symphony, and Teatro Carlo Felice Orchestra. Francesca will be resident at Wigmore Hall in the 2026-27 season where she will perform in chamber music and in recital with world premieres of two new works composed especially for her.