Roberto Cacciapaglia

Roberto Cacciapaglia was born in Milan. He graduated in composition from the city's Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory under the direction of Bruno Bettinelli, where he also studied conducting and electronic music.

Around 1974 he came into contact with Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser, head of the German label Ohr. Kaiser produced Sonanze, Roberto Cacciapaglia's first recording and the first quadraphonic LP released in Italy.

Cacciapaglia has performed his compositions at many venues around the world, including the following: Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Milan Conservatory, Accademia di Santa Cecilia of Rome, Berliner Festspiele in Berlin, Tel Aviv Festival, Campinas Festival in Brazil, Passatge de la Pau in Barcelona, Spoleto Festival, Lingotto in Turin, Milan Cathedral, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan, World Event Abu Dhabi, Teatro Carignano in Turin, Maiden Tower in Baku in Azerbaijan, Teatro Bibiena in Mantua, Ravello Festival, Teatro Morlacchi in Perugia, International House of Music in Moscow, Belozerskih Palace in St. Petersburg, Turkish Music State Conservatory in Istanbul, Palazzo Reale in Milan, Slovak National Radio Auditorium in Bratislava, Ankara Piano Festival, Teatro del Giglio in Lucca, Open Air theatre – Expo Milano 2015, Jaani Kirki's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Child Philharmonia in Ekaterinburg, Philharmonia Triumph in Perm, State Institute of Arts in Krasnoyarsk, Energy Cultural Space in Novosibirsk, Teatro Cristallo in Bozen, Teatro Colosseo in Turin, Teatro Duse in Bologna and Teatro Verdi in Florence.

In 2013 he founded the Educational Music Academy with the aim of giving a voice to young musical talents, composers and performers, pianists and musicians in order to give shape to their projects and to achieve professional mastery in their works.

He has been a frequent performer at “La Milanesiana” festival directed by Elisabetta Sgarbi, where he has given several concerts, including one with Nobel Prize for literature winner Derek Walcott, and “Mente Radiosa”, composed for an evening with Rita Levi-Montalcini, Nobel Prize for Medicine laureate.

On 22 April 2017, Maestro Roberto Cacciapaglia opened the event for environmental protection, Earth Day 2017, with a concert in Piazza del Popolo in Rome.

Roberto Cacciapaglia, 2010

Three CDs are the result of his collaboration with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Quarto Tempo (Universal Music – 2007); Canone degli spazi (Universal Music – 2009); and Ten Directions (Sony Music – 2010). Other recordings include:

• Sonanze – OHR (1975) – Cd Remastering Ducale (2000)
• Sei note in logica – Philips (1979) – Cd Remastering Ducale (2000)
• The Ann Steel Album – (1979) – Cd Remastering – Recording Arts (2003)
• Generazioni del cielo – Ed. Ricordi Dischi Fonit Cetra (1986) – Remastering Ducale (2000)
• Angelus Rock – Polygram Italic (1992)
• Tra cielo e terra – CGD (1996)
• Arcana – BMG Ricordi (2001)
• Tempus Fugit – BMG Ricordi (2003)
• Incontri con l'anima – Deltadischi (2005)
• Live From Milan – Glance, Distribution by Sony Music (2011)
• Soundtrack from film The Day of the Siege: September Eleven 1683. Polish film Bitwa pad Wiedniem, literally: “The Battle of Vienna” (2012)
• Alphabet – Decca Records (2014)
• Tree of Life – Believe Digital (2015)
• Atlas – Believe Digital (2016)
• Quarto Tempo – 10th Anniversary Edition
• Diapason (2019)
• Diapason - Piano Solo (2020)

• Generazioni del cielo (1986)
• Le lamentazioni di Geremia (1986)
• Transarmonica (1988)
• Aurea carmina (1988)
• Il segreto dell'alba (1989)
• Un giorno X (1990)
• Le mille e una notte (1991)

• Composers website