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Gian Francesco Amoroso graduated in piano from the G. Nicolini Conservatory in Piacenza and in harpsichord and historical keyboards from the G. Verdi Conservatory in Milan. He later earned a diploma in orchestral conducting from the Italian Conducting Academy in Milan under the guidance of Maestro Gilberto Serembe. Concurrently, he obtained a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Musical Dramaturgy from the Musicology Department of the University of Milan.  

Passionate about vocal chamber music, he specialized in the lieder repertoire at the Mozarteum Academy School in Salzburg, developing a particular affinity for Mozart, Schubert, and Wolf. He further explored operatic repertoire by accompanying vocal courses led by Anna Maria Chiuri at the Accademia del Ridotto in Stradella, Fiorenza Cedolins at the Scuola dell’Opera Italiana, and Bianca Maria Casoni at the Scuola di Musica in Milan. This experience led him to accompany numerous vocal recitals in Italy and abroad (Austria, Switzerland, Montenegro, Bulgaria), performing a repertoire ranging from Mozart to contemporary composers.  

He participated in the opera conducting workshop organized by the Spazio Musica Association, led by Maestro Maurizio Arena, where he studied the full score of Vincenzo Bellini’s *La sonnambula*. Since 2022, he has been invited by the Fondazione Teatri di Piacenza to design and oversee a project within the *Stagione Young* as both a music educator and conductor. In this capacity, he has conducted:  

– *Peter and the Wolf* by S. Prokofiev with the G. Nicolini Conservatory Orchestra of Piacenza;  

– Scenes from *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* by F. Mendelssohn, *The Four Seasons* by A. Vivaldi, and *The Carnival of the Animals* by C. Saint-Saëns with the Filarmonica Italiana orchestra. 

His recording credits include:  

– An album for Level49 commemorating the centenary of soprano Maria Callas’s birth;  

– A CD with soprano Enrica Macaro dedicated to Luigi Illica;  

– A chamber music album with soprano Lorna Windsor for Da Vinci Classics, focusing on American repertoire;  

– A complete recording of Vittore Veneziani’s chamber lyrics with soprano Beatrice Palumbo for Tactus;  

– A CD for Kicco Music dedicated to early 20th-century Italian chamber repertoire.