John Florencio is a Filipino-American classical pianist.
Early life and education
Born in
Manila
Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the Capital of the Philippines, capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on ...
, Florencio studied classical piano at the
University of Santo Tomas
The University of Santo Tomas (UST; ), officially the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines or colloquially as ''Ustê'' (), is a Private university, private Catholic school, Catholic researc ...
during his high school years. 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.
Florencio lives in
Paris, France
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, and was part of the founding faculty of
American Musical Theatre Live. He was the music director for the 2013 Paris premieres of the musicals ''
Edges'' and ''
The Last Five Years''. 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
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References
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American classical pianists
American male classical pianists
American musicians of Filipino descent
Living people
21st-century American male musicians
21st-century American pianists
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American classical pianists