The 2023 Franco Buitoni Award, value £25,000, has been granted to the Italian pianist Filippo Gorini for his Sonata for 7 Cities venture.
Gorini, 27, has determined to get off the fly-by-night life-style of the worldwide pianist and base himself for a 12 months in seven cities on completely different continents for a month at a time. He says: ‘I need to concentrate on every metropolis for a full month and supply as a lot as I can to the area people in that point, with the intention of leaving a deeper impression than can be potential with a single efficiency.’