Recorder & Ocarina Player, Composer, Ocarina Maker,
Music Teacher,
& Pupeteer
Contents
Curriculum Vitae
Born in Soliera, Modena, Italy, on July 16th, 1947.
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:
- Clarinetist
- Performer and conductor of early music
- Composer
- Teacher of recorder, canto figurato, and historical counterpoint
- Performer and composer of folk music
- Puppeteer and author of comedies and farces having a traditional Emilian aspect
1. Clarinetist
- Takes part, as 1st Clarinet, to the group "Musica 70" conducted
by A. Gentilucci
- Bass Clarinet in Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire with Cathy Berberian
and Bruno Canino, Lucca, Italy, 1971
- Collaborates as Clarinet, Small Clarinet and Bass Clarinet player to
the Orchestra of the Municipal Theatre of Bologna from 1969 to 1972
- 1st Clarinet of the ATER Orchestra, 1973
2.Performer and conductor of ancient Music with some journalistic reviews
As Conductor of orchestras and chamber music groups, in addition to the
usual concert activity, he has made the following recordings:
- Il Primo libro de'Balli by Giorgio Mainerio (in CD). PM 03-8036
- Record enclosed with Instrumental Music during the Renaissance
by F.Kemper, ERI RT.7180
- Amori, Danze e Battaglie del Rinascimento PM 03-7806
Concert Reviews 
"... 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'Unità,
March 8th, 1974
3. Composer
His study of renaissance and baroque counterpoint through a consideration
of the contemporary sources led him to repeat the creative experiences of
well known composers of the past (composing them again in his own hand,
following the same technical criteria), including:
- 110 Canoni & oblighi sopra Ave Maris Stella by F. Soriano
- Canoni alla mente e contrappunto alla mente according to L.Zacconi
- Contrappunti con obblighi varii by A.Berardi and L.Zacconi
He also composes works of different type in a neo-baroque style, such as:
- Psalms, cantatas, fugues and motets using the 18th-century techniques
of A.F. Vallotti
- Instrumental Concerts for recorder, transverse flute and orchestra
- Numberless sonatas for several instruments (duos, trios and quartets)
4. Teacher of recorder, canto figurato, and historical counterpoint
For several years, he has intensely devoted himself to musicological studies
concerning the theory and practice of fenaissance and baroque music. On
this subject, he has published essays and works of a didactical/instrumental
character, as well as a manual on the composition of fugues in the baroque
period according to the techniques of F.A. Vallotti, whose anastatic edition
of the well-known Dies Iræ (1756) he also edited for S.P.E.S.
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:
Anthology of the various precepts (Ut Orpheus) 28 Preludes
for solo Recorder (Ut Orpheus) Canons to the mind and to the Folder,
1st vol. "senza tenor", 2nd vol. "su tenor" (Ut Orpheus)
Reconstruction of manuals of diminution (from the works by J. van Eyck,
A. Corelli, G.Ph. Telemann, (Ut Orpheus) Instrumental counterpoints
for 1, 2, and 3 flutes, on Ground Basses (Ut Orpheus) Didactical Duets,
2 vols (Ut Orpheus)
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.
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).
5. Performer and composer of folk music
His musical experiences have included also the production and the performance
of folk compositions in the Po River Valley idiom..
Together with the group I boun e i strapazzoun (with several instruments)
he recorded:
A cassette with his own compositions Mandolinata a Forlimpopoli,
Elytra 9036 A cassette with Po River Valley Historical Balls and with
his own original compositions "Balli saltati emiliani, ballo
liscio romagnolo" Elytra 9034 A multi-tracked cassette (featuring
his own playing on 5 ocarinas) "Balli saltati emiliani" Elytra
9033 A CD with the Ensemble Novecento (7 ocarinas) entitled Il
Grillo, with original excerpts for Concerto di Ocarine and with
his own original compositions, NT 6725
6. Puppeteer and author of comedies and farces having a traditional
Emilian aspect
Last but not the least, he had a long association (1984-1995) of the Emilian
traditional puppet theatre Sandrone's Theatre, with whom he has been
producing many performances of comedies and farces taken from the historical
repertoire for Emilian puppets, amongst them:
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)
Contact Details
Giorgio Pacchioni
via J. Ambrosioni
49 - 47023 Cesena
Italy
telefax: +39 547-27526
email: 054727526@iol.it
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Last updated 29 April 1996