Cesare Chiacchiaretta

The artist

CESARE CHIACCHIARETTA

Born in Chieti, from a very young age he devoted himself to the study of the accordion and then began to undertake the study of the bandoneon as well. He studied with Maestro Claudio Calista at the Accademia Musicale Pescarese, graduating with full marks and honors at the Conservatory "N. Piccinni" of Bari in 1995. Later he perfected his technique with masters of the caliber of M. Bonnay, V. Zubitsky and M. Ellegaard.
He held concerts for the most prestigious concert halls in Italy and abroad (France, Russia, Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland, Germany, Mexico, Croatia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Netherlands, Spain) both as soloist and in various chamber ensembles. He was awarded in the most important national and international competitions of solo and chamber music performance, obtaining among the others the first prize, in 1993, at the International Competition "Città di Castelfidardo" (since then no Italian has been able to win the coveted award). In 1991 he was chosen as the only Italian representative at the UNESCO C.I.A.- I.M.C World Cup. In 1993 he was invited to participate, in representation of Italy, to the 43 World Accordion Trophy in Setubal (Portugal). His great interest in chamber music led him to regularly collaborate with musicians of the calibre of Corrado Giuffredi, Lorna Windsor, Danilo Rossi, Giuseppe Ettorre, Nando Gazzolo, Arnoldo Foà, Elio, Rino Vernizzi, Massimo Mercelli and in various formations (Cuarteto del Angel, Trio sin Palabras, Quartetto Mahagonny), exploring the most varied repertoires. He plays in the accordion quartet Accord' Ance, an original ensemble with which he has performed numerous concerts and won important awards in international competitions. He has made numerous radio and television recordings for national and foreign broadcasters (Raiuno, Radiotre, Tv Korea, Tv Romania).
Great connoisseur of Astor Piazzolla , he devotes himself with passion and interest to the music of this great artist. In 2006 he performed under the direction of Maestro Riccardo Muti at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome with the Symphony Orchestra "L. Cherubini" performing music by Nino Rota.
The intense teaching activity he has been carrying out with passion for several years has led his students to achieve significant success in the most relevant international competitions.
He teaches accordion at the Conservatory of Music "T. Schipa" in Lecce.