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“The young and talented accordionist manages, as only the elected ones
can do, to transform his accordion in various instruments.” (Daily
Newspaper punctual, Argentina)
“A technique that was stylistically and technically brilliant and
demonstrated a complete mastery of this complex instrument.”_ _(The
Times of Malta)
“The Italian accordionist showed his great talent, his intense study
[…]. He dealt with a various repertoire that is, both technically and
stylistically, extremely difficult and that showed his technique and his
executive agility.” (Ziauru Fadia, Romania)
“Pietro gave one of the most memorable recitals we have had for years.
Wonderful colors flowed continuously from his black accordion, and the
hall was filled with the warmth of his music and his personality. We
were privileged to have this remarkable young man spend time with us.”
(John Marsden, Australian writer)
“As Einstein said, «everybody knows that something is impossible to
achieve, until some naive person who doesn’t know this comes along and
invents it». The “naïve person”, after a tour that brought him
everywhere, became a world famous star. Let’s not have low
self-esteem. We are still the Italians we used to be”. (Tosca, Italian
singer)
Pietro Roffi is a young accordion concert artist. He was born in 1992
near Rome; he started studying music when he was six years old and he
graduated with full marks, honors and honorable mention at the
conservatory “S. Cecilia” in Rome under the direction of the
Professor Massimiliano Pitocco. He is considered one of the best
talented artists of his generation and he won more than fifteen national
and international competitions in the modern genre, among which the
third prize at the Accordion World Trophy (Spain, Vigo 2010) and the
first prize at the International competition of Castefidardo (Italy,
2010). During his music education, which is completely devoted now to
classical, baroque and contemporary music, he attended seminars with O.
Murray (United Kingdom), C. Jacomucci (Italy), Y. Shishkin (Russia), F.
Angelis (France), M. Rantanen (Finland), S.Hussong (Germany), C.X. Cing
(China), R. Sviackevicius (Lithuania), A. Melichar (Austria). He carries
out an intense concert activity and he performed in more than one
hundred concerts all over the world. In Italy, he performed, among
others, at the Theatre of Villa Torlonia, at the Eliseo Theatre, at the
National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary art, for EXPO Milan 2015,
for Summer Nights in Castel S. Angelo, for Nuova Consonanza’s Festival
and for Narnia Festival. He went on tour in England where he performed
at the Royal Academy of Music in London and at Peterborough Cathedral
near Cambridge; he also performed in Malta (for the Bir Miftuh
International Music Festival), in Croatia, in Spain, in Romania where he
performed in Cluj-Napoca (at the Academia de Muzica “Gh.Dima and at
the Auditorium Maximum) and in Bucharest (at the National University of
Music where he also gave two master classes) and he recorded a live
concert for Romanian national television and radio. He went on tour in
China (both in 2013 and 2014) in Beijing, Tianjing and Nanjing (at the
Nianjing University of Arts), for the Italian Cultural Institutes of
Beijing and Shangai and in Argentina, where he performed in thirteen
cities, meeting great acclaim by the audience and by the critics. In
June 2016 he performed in Australia, in Melbourne (at the Italian
Cultural Institute) and for the Woodend Winter Arts Festival (Victoria
State) and at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest where he held a
concert as soloist with the Romanian Youth Orchestra (directed by
Gabriel Bebeselea). He will soon leave for South Africa where, among
other concerts, he will perform at the Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg
with the Johannesburg Festival Orchestra (directed by the well-known
Richard Cock).