Andrea Rocchi

Andrea Rocchi obtained in 2017 the Level I Academic Diploma in Piano at the Conservatorio 'G. Donizetti' in Bergamo, and in 2021 he obtained cum laude the Level II Academic Diploma at the Conservatorio 'G.

Puccini' in Gallarate, in the class of Irene Veneziano. During his academic career he attended a two-year harpsichord course with Sergio Vartolo, and in 2021/22 a course in fortepiano and historical piano with Costantino Mastroprimiano, at the Conservatorio 'F. Morlacchi' in Perugia. He has always been interested in the chamber music repertoire and has founded several ensembles: Thymós Trio (clarinet, cello and piano), Cobalto Ensemble with soprano Cinzia Prampolini – with whom he recorded the album 'Socchiusi Petali' in 2021 – and Duo Cordé. He has given solo concerts in a variety of contexts, including: the 'G. Pasta' Theatre in Saronno; the 'D. Cajelli' Theatre in Busto Arsizio (for 'Piano City Milano', 2019); the Municipal Theatre in Rivara; Donizetti's birthplace and the prestigious 'A. Piatti' Hall in Bergamo; Auditorium 'G. Gaber' of the Palazzo del Consiglio Regionale della Lombardia, Amici del Loggione del Teatro Alla Scala in Milano, Festival SetteNovecento 2024 in Rovereto. He has been working as a journalist for Le Salon Musical since 2017. Since 2020, he has been active as a music popularizer. In 2021 he published the essay on music history and aesthetics Riconoscersi in un esule - La Sonata Op.35 di F. Chopin e la Filosofia della Musica di G. Mazzini with KDope Publishing. In the same year, his essay Rhetoric of veiling and unveiling - A comparison between Chopin and Grieg in their short piano works was selected for the '4th AEMC Conference on Music Communication and Performance'. In 2022 he collaborated as a music popularizer with the Conservatorio 'G. Puccini' in Gallarate for the 'Vinyl Vintage Venue', and began to carry out his 'L'Inserto Musicale' project at a number of artistic and cultural venues.