Francesco D’Orazio has performed in concerts in all Europe, America, Australia, China and Japan and recorded for Decca, Hyperion, Bis, Kairos, Stradivarius, Neos and Amadeus.

He has performed at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Berliner Philarmonie, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Royal Albert Hall in London, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires and Festivals Cervantino, Instanbul, MiTo, Montpellier, Potsdam, Ravello, Salzburg, Strasbourg, Tanglewood, Venice Biennale.

Francesco has premiered violin and orchestra concertos by the composers Terry Riley, Brett Dean, Michael Nyman, Ivan Fedele, Fabian Panisello, Vito Palumbo, Fabio Vacchi and others. He collaborated many years with Luciano Berio premiering his “Divertimento” for string trio and performing Corale and Sequenza VIII in more then 300 concerts. Also he has premiered solo works by Toshio Hosokawa (Extasis), Alessandro Solbiati, Luis De Pablo and many others.

He has concertized with the London Symphony, Teatro alla Scala Philarmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestre National d’Il de France, Shangai Philarmonic, Berliner Symphoniker, RAI National Symphony Orchestra, Nagoya Philarmonic, Saarlandischer Rundfunk, conducted by Lorin Maazel, Hubert Soudant, Pascal Rophé, Luciano Berio, Ingo Metzmacher, Sakari Oramo.

In 2010, the Italian National Music Critics Association awarded Francesco with the Premio Abbiati as “Best Soloist” of the year.