Gabriella Cecchi (born 3 November 1944) is an Italian pianist, music educator and composer. She was born in Ricco del Golfo,

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, and began her study of music at the age of 16. She studied in

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and composition with

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at the Chigiana Music Academy in

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. 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 ''

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'' and for monthly magazines. Her music has been performed internationally and has been broadcast on Radio

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Tre. She was a recipient of the Athena prize in 1988, and is a co-founder of the Italian Composers Foundation.

Selected works

Cecchi composes solo pieces, chamber music and works for orchestra, often with experimental, multimedia and complex structures. Selected works include: *''Intersezioni'' for piano (1982) *''Assonanze'' for harpsichord (1984) *''Imagenes de la Argentina'' theater music (2005) *''Sères'' for string quartet (1984) *''Favoletta'', instrumental

References

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