Gabriella Cecchi

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Gabriella Cecchi
Born3 November 1944
Ricco del Golfo, La Spezia
NationalityItalian
Alma mater Chigiana Music Academy
Occupation(s)Pianist, music educator and composer

Gabriella Cecchi (born 3 November 1944) is an Italian pianist, music educator and composer. She was born in Ricco del Golfo, La Spezia, and began her study of music at the age of 16. She studied in Lucca, Genoa and composition with Franco Donatoni at the Chigiana Music Academy in Siena. [1] [2]

After completing her studies, Cecchi worked as a music teacher and composer. She taught music at the Italian State School and performed in a duo for several years. She also worked as a music critic for the daily newspaper La Nazione and for monthly magazines. Her music has been performed internationally and has been broadcast on Radio RaiTre. She was a recipient of the Athena prize in 1988, and is a co-founder of the Italian Composers Foundation. [3]

Selected works

Cecchi composes solo pieces, chamber music and works for orchestra, often with experimental, multimedia and complex structures. Selected works include:

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References

  1. Dees, Pamela Youngdahl (2004). A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers: Women born after 1900.
  2. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN   9780393034875 . Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  3. "Gabriella Cecchi" . Retrieved 20 January 2011.