Composer · b. 1971
Roberto Bacchini
Biography
Roberto Bacchini graduated with honours at the Pontificio Istituto Ambrosiano di Musica Sacra in Milan with a major in Gregorian chant.
At the same institute, he also studied organ with Franco Castelli and Emanuele Vianelli. In June 2014, he graduated at Cremona University majoring in Secondary and High School Music Education. Composer of vocal, instrumental, and choral music, Bacchini published several scores in different genres (sacred, orchestral, chamber, organ, and art songs) with Rugginenti, Sonitus, and Armelin, and a collection of poems entitled “Riflessi” with Nuovi Autori. His music has been performed all over the world by artists such as Giuseppe Ettorre, Piermario Murelli, Barbara Frittoli, Carlo Romano, Ula Ulijona, and Massimo Macrì. Bacchini is the principal organist at St. Provino’s Collegiate Church in Agno (Switzerland) where he plays a Mascioni organ (Op. 682). Since 2006 he has taught Music Education at the Secondary School and Conducting at the Civico Liceo Musicale in Varese. In 2010, he attended a masterclass with Marco Aceti in Varese: “Training, management and organization of music schools”. In September 2013, he completed a one-year training course at the Accademia Giuditta Pasta in Como. Roberto Bacchini performs concert activity with various chamber ensembles and orchestras such as Ensemble Giglio Armonico and Ensemble Cameristi Cromatici.