BIOGRAPHIES - RICCARDO CECCHETTI
pianist and fortepianist

Pianist and forte-pianist, is the founding member of various chamber music groups including the Trio Voces Intimae, which has played all over the world.

After receiving his degree, cum laude, at the Florence Conservatory, he began an intense concert career where he performed regularly in the most important concert halls in the world – Carnegie Hal, in New York, Wigmore Hall and St. John’s Smith Square in London, Musik Halle in Hamburg, Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, Oberlin Conservatory in Oberlin (Ohio), The Curtis Institute of Philadelphia, Vredenburg in Utrecht, etc. and prestigious Festivals and Associations such as, the Festival dei due Mondi – Spoleto, Italy, the Festival in Granada, Spain, the Festival in Melbourne, the Da Camera Society in Los Angeles, the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Amici della Musica in Perugia, Amici della Musica in Florence, Unione Musicale of Turin, Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti in Rome, etc.

Riccardo Cecchetti plays both period and modern pianos, stressing special emphasis on chamber and solo classical and early romantic repertoire played on period instruments.
His repertoire ranges from 18th century music to contemporary music. BBC-Radio3, RAI-Radio3, WNYC New York City, Radio France, Radio Clásica – España, etc., broadcast his concerts.

As a member of Voces Intimae, he has an exclusive recording contract with Warner Classics. The results of this collaboration are two CD’s dedicated to the seven trios of J.N. Hummel. For the Italian recording company Symphonia, he recorded four CD’s of the Brahms piano quartet, the trios of Mendelssohn-Barholdy, the trios of F. Schubert and a collection of unpublished Fantasie from the 19th century for trio, dedicated to Bellini and the quartets for piano and string instruments by J. Brahms. All of these recordings were performed with period instruments. He has also recorded for the Spanish label Verso, a duo with oboist Eduardo Martinez.
He teaches chamber music and forte-piano at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, and holds piano and chamber music master classes in Italy and Spain.

Excerpts from reviews on Riccardo Cecchetti:
“…a pianist of outspoken spirit and songful lyricism …”(The Commercial Appeal – Memphis, USA); “…he gave the most passionate music-making I have enjoyed in Western Australia…” (The West Australian – Perth, Australia); “… let readers place as many stars as they wish beside the names of these extraordinary artists…” (El Pais – Madrid, Spain); “…Brahms “à l’ancienne”, performed by some great artists: extraordinary.” (Diapason - Paris, France).