Giorgio Pacchioni
Recorder & Ocarina Player, Composer , Ocarina Maker, Music Teacher, & Pupeteer
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After the normal course of studies at the Conservatory, he has a brief but significant activity as clarinetist. During those years he collaborates with and conducts some vocal groups such as the Chorale "O. Vecchi" of Mirandola, Modena and the Chorale "G. Rossini" of Modena, with whom he produces several concerts.
He plays with several musicians and chamber music groups, performing with a wide number of renaissance and baroque instruments (recorder and transverse flutes, bombarda, crumhorns, cornetto, bass trombone, viola da gamba, lira da gamba, and several percussion instruments).
Currently, he holds the chair of Recorder at the Conservatory "G.B. Martini" of Bologna, Italy.
As a polyhedrical concert performer, he has performed in the most important Italian theatres. He went on tour to many European countries, where he also made recordings for TV and radio broadcasting stations.
His documented activities fall under six headings:
"... the charming execution of B. Marcello's sonata as performed by Pacchioni was particularly striking: the elegant dimension of the Venetian musicality of the 18th century found a fascinating outcome in the enthralling phrasing of this flutist." -- Resto del Carlino, Sept.27th, 1974"The instruments of the O. von Wolkenstein group is extremely rich ... The insertion of the Emilian player Pacchioni (how many instruments does he play?) was really successful." -- L'Arena di Verona, Apr.24th, 1975
"... Pacchioni has proved to be, at the moment, one of the best prepared Italian players of recorder, not only for his instinctive musicality, but also for his virtuosic skills, his elegance and rich phrasing. -- L'Unité, March 8th, 1974
He devoted particular studies to the professional didactics of music and to the study of "historical" compositions, led by the aim of retrieving the didactic techniques of the past for use by present and future professional musicians.
He is the author of several didactic publications, well known in the early music field:
Moreover, he teaches Canto Figurato and Historical Counterpoint at the courses of ancient music "Antiqua Musica" organized by the Musical Cultural Centre "Niccoló Vicentino", with the collaboration of the Veneto Region, of the European Economic Community (European Social Fund) and of the Italian Ministry of Labour.
- Anthology of the various precepts (Orpheus)
- 28 Preludes for solo Recorder (Orpheus)
- Canons to the mind and to the Folder, 1st vol. "senza tenor", 2nd vol. "su tenor" (Orpheus)
- Reconstruction of manuals of diminution (from the works by J. van Eyck, A. Corelli, G.Ph. Telemann, (Orpheus)
- Instrumental counterpoints for 1, 2, and 3 flutes, on Ground Basses (Orpheus)
- Didactical Duets, 2 vols (Orpheus)
He is one of the leading figures among the performers of and the researchers on the composer A.F. Vallotti (1697-1780) whose compositional precepts he aims to champion in our century by means of his own activity both as a teacher of historical counterpoint and as conductor of vocal and instrumental groups specialized in reproducing Vallotti's sacred music. The latter groups include the Baroque Orchestra of Bologna and the Vocal Ensemble Michelangelo, with whom he has recently produced several concerts of relevant works by Vallotti, such as Dies Iræ 1756) and Gloria in D major (1749).
Together with the group I boun e i strapazzoun (with several instruments) he recorded:
- A cassette with his own compositions Mandolin music in Forlimpopoli, Elytra 9036
- A cassette with Po River Valley Historical Balls and with his own original compositions Emilian Skipping Dances, Romagnese Traditional Balls, Elytra 9034
- A multi-tracked cassette (featuring his own playing on 5 ocarinas) Emilian Skipping Dances Elytra 9033
- A CD with the Ensemble Novecento (7 ocarinas) entitled Il Grillo, with original excerpts for Concert of Ocarinas and with his own original compositions, NT 6725
- Sandrone, A Rare Bird (1984)
- Faggiolino, The Barber of the Dead (1985)
- Sandrone The Ass (1986)
- Faggiolino, Hired Assassin by Force (1987)
- Sandrone, Coming Back from the Spas of Salsomaggiore (1988)
- Faggiolino, The Rival (1989)
- The Vengeance of Morgan le Fay (1990)
- Pinocchio in Hell (1991)
- The Three Bravos on Trial (1992)
- Faggiolino, A Doctor by Force (1993)
- The Comedians on Trial (1994)
Giorgio Pacchioni
via J. Ambrosioni
49 - 47023 Cesena
Italy
telefax: +39 547-27526
WWW Page
The Pachioni Page (Classical Music Connection) Classical Music Connection (Italy)
The Music of Giorgio Pacchioni (Midiworld)
The Virtual Recorder (Australia, recorder files only)