Roberto Passerini

Roberto Passerini - Organ
A solid education combined with an inexhaustible passion for study and refinement form the foundation of Roberto Passerini’s artistic journey, harpsichordist and organist of I CONTRAPPUNTISTI.

He earned his Piano Diploma from the “Giacomo Puccini” Institute in Gallarate and later completed his studies in Organ and Organ Composition at the “Guido Cantelli” Conservatory in Novara under the expert guidance of Maestro Giancarlo Bardelli. Over the years, he has pursued rigorous and continuous training with renowned teachers such as Jorge Demus, Paolo Mello Grand, Sigiswald Kuijken, Fabio Bonizzoni, and Monika Melcová, with a particular focus on the baroque repertoire and historically informed basso continuo practice. His musical activity spans a wide and coherent range, from solo performance to choral accompaniment and conducting. For over thirty years, he served as organist and choir accompanist in a small parish in Gallarate (VA), where he also conducted and performed John Rutter’s Magnificat for choir and orchestra. He is co-founder, together with trumpet player Marcello Trinchero, of the baroque ensemble I CONTRAPPUNTISTI, in which he performs both as continuo harpsichordist and soloist, as well as organist, participating in festivals and recordings across Italy and abroad. Among the most notable engagements are the summer concerts at the Georgenkirche in Eisenach, the church where J.S. Bach was baptized. Since 2022, he has been the principal organist at the Priorale of Ligornetto, Switzerland, where he also directs the choir and oversees the parish’s musical programming. Alongside his musical career, Roberto is a partner and manager at Wemech, an innovative startup in the field of mechanical engineering and holder of a significant patent. In these two seemingly distant worlds, the same forces come together: creativity, technical precision, and a constant drive for improvement. Just as in advanced mechanical design, nothing in Roberto’s musical work is left to chance. From the study of organ registration to the meticulous shaping of tone color, each interpretation is the result of a deep interplay between inventiveness, discipline, and passion.