John Florencio

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John Florencio
Born Manila, Philippines
Genres Classical
Instruments Piano
Alma mater San Francisco Conservatory of Music (BMus)

John Florencio is a Filipino-American classical pianist.

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Early life and education

Born in Manila, Florencio studied classical piano at the University of Santo Tomas during his high school years. [1] He graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with a degree in piano performance.

Career

Florencio is the co-founder of the San Francisco Academy for the Performing Arts. [2]

Florencio lives in Paris, France, and was part of the founding faculty of American Musical Theatre Live. [3] He was the music director for the 2013 Paris premieres of the musicals Edges and The Last Five Years . [4] In 2016, he was the pianist in London - Paris - Roam !, a one-woman musical show by Sarah Tullamore, at the Paris Fringe and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. [5]

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References

  1. "TicketWorld" . Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  2. "Master classes : Théâtre musical, méthode américaine". Regard en Coulisse (in French). December 24, 2012.
  3. Michelle Gross (May 6, 2015). "John Florencio". Expatriates Magazine.
  4. Bryan Pirolli. "The Last 5 Years". TimeOut Paris.
  5. "London Paris Roam". Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
    - Marc Deren (May 25, 2016). ""London–Paris–Roam !" le one-woman show réussi de Sarah Tullamore à la franglais". Musicale Avenue (in French).[ permanent dead link ]
    - Andrew Gans (June 7, 2013). "Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years and Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's Edges Will Make Paris Debuts for Limited Engagement". Playbill.
    - Dianne Stamm (May 2, 2016). "The Fringe Festival Comes to Paris". Bonjour Paris.