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, the "Almæ
Matris" Choir of the University of Bologna, and the Chorale
Gazzotti 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.
Actually
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:
He also composes works of different type in a neo-baroque and Classic style, such as:
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).
Giorgio Pacchioni
via J. Ambrosioni
49 - 47023 Cesena
Italy
telefax: +39 547-27526
email: gpacch@mail.asianet.it