RETTAGLIATI, Barbara

  Barbara Rettagliati, pianist and composer, graduated under the guidance of Mario Patuzzi and Bruno Bettinelli. During her studies she obtained several prizes in competitions (Stresa, Livorno, Bardolino, Milan, Albenga, Turin, Rome). As a pianist she has performed in chamber music ensembles and collaborated as an accompanist in opera productions and in a recording CD with Bongiovanni Publisher. She has also performed contemporary chamber music for Millenio, Bottega Discantica and Stradivarius.

Some of her compositions have been published by Tactus, Carrara, SME / EMS, EMA Vinci, Aliamusica Records, Rugginenti, Pentaflowers and broadcasted by RAI, RSI, Radio Caxia Agora Brazil, Hawaii Public Radio’s HPR2. At the age of eighteen she wrote incidental music for a Ghelderode play performed at the Piacenza Theater. Her compositions have been performed in Italy, USA, Russia, Germany, France, Romania, Switzerland, Brazil, Spain, South Korea, Argentina and China.