Samuele Telari

Samuele Telari is an Italian accordionist from Spoleto, active as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. He began studying with Renzo Tomassetti and graduated from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome in Massimiliano Pitocco’s class. His competition successes include first prizes at Castelfidardo in 2013 and Arrasate-Hiria in 2018, followed by selection at the Young Classical Artists Trust international auditions in 2019.

He has given recitals at Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and Berlin’s Konzerthaus, and appeared with orchestras including I Pomeriggi Musicali, the Haydn Orchestra and the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra. His interests range from Bach, whose Goldberg Variations he recorded for Delphian, to contemporary repertoire and collaborations with living composers. He teaches accordion at the Luca Marenzio Conservatory in Brescia–Darfo Boario Terme. On Dal nero del tempo, he performs Quagliarini’s Pater noster with soprano Arianna Vendittelli.