Conductor and harpsichordist Francesco Corti was born in Arezzo, Italy, in a musical family in 1984. He studied organ in Perugia, then harpsichord in Geneva and in Amsterdam.
He was awarded at the International “Johann Sebastian Bach” Competition in Leipzig (2006) and at the Bruges Harpsichord Competition (2007).
As a soloist and conductor, he has appeared in recitals and concerts all over Europe, in the USA and Canada, in Latin America, in Asia and in New Zealand. He has performed in halls such as Théâtre des Champs Elysées (Paris), Bozar (Bruxelles), Konzerthaus (Vienna), Philharmonie (Berlin and Hamburg), Mozarteum and Haus für Mozart (Salzburg) and Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Teatro Real (Madrid), Palau de la Música Catalana (Barecelona). 
Since 2018 he is principal guest conductor of Il Pomo d’Oro. Among other projects with this ensemble, he has conducted European tours of Händel’s Orlando, Radamisto and Tolomeo. His collaboration with Pomo d’Oro include numerous recordings. He is invited to lead Les Musiciens du Louvre, Tafelmusik, Freiburger Barockorchester, Kammerorchester Basel, B’Rock and the Nederlandse Bachvereniging. 
In January 2023, he was made musical director of the Drottningholm Royal Court Theater, where he has conducted a new production of Purcell’s Fairy Queen in August 2023. 
The 2023/24 season includes Messiah with Kammerorchester Basel and the Tölzer Knabenchor, Matthäus-Passion with Freiburger Barockorchester, Monteverdi’s Orfeo and Händel’s Berenice with Pomo d’Oro, and Lully’s Armide in Drottningholm.
As a solo recording artist, he has been awarded some of the most prestigious prizes worldwide (Diapason d’or de l’Année, the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, Grammophon’s Editor’s Choice, Choc de Classica). His latest solo recording (Arcana) is dedicated to Frescobaldi.
Since September 2016, he has been a professor of harpsichord at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.