Born in Lecco, Italy, to Italian and American parents, Francesca Dego is celebrated for her sonorous tone, compelling interpretations, and flawless technique. She regularly appears with such major orchestras worldwide as the Philharmonia Orchestra, Hallé, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Gürzenich Orchester Köln, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, Orchestra Filarmonica della Fenice in Venice, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, and Orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo. Her international career to date has allowed her to work alongside esteemed conductors such as Sir Roger Norrington, Fabio Luisi, Daniele Rustioni, Dalia Stasevska, Lionel Bringuier, and Xian Zhang. An outstanding collaborative artist, she thrives in chamber settings, having performed with Salvatore Accardo, Mahan Esfahani, Narek Hakhnazaryan, Jan Lisiecki, Mischa Maisky, Antonio Meneses, Shlomo Mintz, Martin Owen, Roman Simovic, and Kathryn Stott, as well as her regular recital partner, the pianist Francesca Leonardi.

Having made her concerto début in California at the age of seven, performing Bach, Francesca Dego first rose to prominence as the first Italian female prize-winner for nearly fifty years at the renowned Premio Paganini in Genoa, where she received the Enrico Costa award for having been the youngest finalist. Paganini and his œuvre have been a steady companion in her life since, and in 2019 she was invited to perform his First Violin Concerto on ‘Il Cannone’ at a special concert in Genoa, celebrating his anniversary. She has recorded the complete solo Caprices, and, together with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Daniele Rustioni, Paganini’s First Concerto coupled with the Violin Concerto by Wolf-Ferrari. She is a frequent contributor to specialist music magazines, penning a monthly column for Suonare News among others, and has written articles and opinion pieces in the British and international musical press. Francesca Dego has also published a book, issued by Arnoldo Mondadori Editori – Tra le Note. Classica: 24 chiavi di lettura – in which she explores how classical music can be listened to and better understood today.