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Roberto Prosseda

ロベルト・プロッセダ　/　ろべると・ぷろっせだ

Pianist from Italy

May 7, 1975 (age 51)　・　Latina, Province of Latina, Italy

Province of Latina
pianist
musician

My Take

Roberto Prosseda is the kind of pianist I find quietly heroic. Composing at four and studying seriously by six is prodigy territory, but what truly impresses me is where he aimed that gift. Instead of cruising on the warhorses everyone records, he became a champion of neglected repertoire, notably unearthing and recording lesser-known Mendelssohn. That is scholar's work as much as performer's, and it actually thickens the historical record rather than just decorating it. There is a grounded, Taurus-like patience to digging through forgotten manuscripts. Musicians who restore the past, not just play the hits, are the ones I value most.

Overview

Roberto Prosseda (born 1975) is an Italian classical pianist. Prosseda began composing for the piano at the age of four, and took his first private piano lessons at six. In 1985, he entered the Conservatorio Ottorino Respighi in Latina, where he studied piano with Anna Maria Martinelli, graduating in 1994.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Roberto Prosseda
Name (Japanese): ロベルト・プロッセダ
Reading: ろべると・ぷろっせだ
Born: May 7, 1975 (age 51)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Rabbit
Origin: Latina, Province of Latina, Italy
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: pianist / musician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

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