John Florencio | |
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Born | Manila, Philippines |
Genres | Classical |
Instrument | Piano |
Alma mater | San Francisco Conservatory of Music (BMus) |
John Florencio is a Filipino-American classical pianist.
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.
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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