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About Francesco Siragusa:

Francesco Siragusa is the first double bass soloist player of the Milan La Scala Orchestra and of the La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra.

Winner of the most important international music competitions such as the Giovanni Bottesini International Competition for double bass players and the second prize at the CIEM International Competition of Geneva, thus becoming a reputed artist all over the word.

In 2002 at 26 years old he won the competition and became first double bass player at La Scala Theatre.

He exhibited as soloist at: Alighieri Theatre (Ravenna), Dal Verme Theatre (Milan), Stadthalle (Hagen), Filharmonia pf Varsavia (played Bottesini with La Scala Philharmonic the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy) Institut National Genevois (Geneva), the Auditorium of Aarau, the Macedonio Alcalà (Oxaca, Mexico), the La Scala Theatre (Milan) and so on.