Born in Italy, pianist Yumi Palleschi began her musical studies at the age of 4. She studied with Maria Teresa Carunchio and Massimiliano Ferrati in Italy, Piotr Paleczny in Warsaw, Poland, and Joaquin Achucarro at the Meadows School of the Arts in Dallas,TX. Since her solo debut at the age of 8, Palleschi has performed numerously in Europe, North and Central America and Asia. She gave her orchestra debut at the age of 13 and since then she has performed with the Orchestra of the I.C.O. “T. Schipa” Foundation of Lecce, the Orchestra Sperimentale of Spoleto, the Orquesta Festival of Guatemala City and the Meadows Symphony Orchestra of Dallas, collaborating with conductors such as Paul Phillips, Ricardo del Carmen Fortuny, Patrick Dupré Quigley, Marco Angius. An avid chamber musician, Palleschi has performed extensively in chamber music ensembles, collaborating with musicians such as Matthew Albert, Camille King, Ewelina Siedlecka, Filip Rzytka, Gianluca Pirisi, Oleg Larshin etc. Palleschi has received several awards and scholarships, among which the Harold von Mickwitz Prize in Piano from Meadows School of the Art, the Honors Diploma from the Accademia Chigiana of Siena, the “Leandro Roscini” prize from the “Amici della Musica di Perugia.”
Over the years, she has developed an interest in arts management which has led her to work as an administrative assistant at the Accademia Internazionale dell’Opera Lirica G.Verdi in Terni, Italy, as well as to collaborate as an event coordinator with the Joaquin Achucarro Foundation in Dallas, TX. During these years she has managed programming, production and marketing of interdisciplinary events that combined music, dance, visual art and theater. In 2019 she completed a Master of Management in International Arts Management from HEC Montreal and Southern Methodist University of Dallas, which gave her the opportunity to explore arts management practices all over the world through study abroad campuses in the US, Canada, Colombia, China, India and Italy.
Currently, she is the Administrative Director of the theater company Joe Jack and John, as well as the Sponsorships and Fundraising Manager for Contact Theater in Montreal.
