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Roberto Marini (Organist)
An organist of estimated virtuosistic and musical qualities, of profound knowledge and a fine performer of romantic, late-romantic and modern period repertoire, R. Marini characterises his career with the performance in 2002, with 16 recitals, of the complete organ works of M. Reger, with the patronage of the Embassy of the Fed. Rep. of Germany, and of the Max Reger Institut and of the Italian Episcopal Conference. Thus, creating great interest in the Italian and international music panorama and achieving remarkable success from both musical critics and audience. Another significant moment of his career is the performance of the complete organ works of J.S. Bach (1996). Moreover, he devotes himself, with success, to improvisation. Born in Teramo (Italy), R. Marini began his musical studies with the famous F. Germani in Rome. He achieves his diploma in Organ and organ composition with the full marks with Mrs. A.M. Polcaro, in the Conservatory of music “A. Casella” of L’Aquila (Italy), performing the “Variationen und Fuge über ein Originalthema” op. 73 of M. Reger. In 1994 he received the prestigious “Premier prix de virtuosité d’Orgue” at the Conservatory of Geneva (Switzerland) with L. Rogg. Apart from his musical studies R. Marini also achieved a degree in Law.Winner of Organ Competitions, for many years now he has been successfully pursuing an intense concert career that has led him to perform in various and important Festivals in Italy and abroad. He holds courses, stages and seminars and is often nominated as a member of juries in competitions. He has recorded CDs, receiving excellent reviews by prestigious music magazines, and has recorded for both the Vatican Radio and Rai- the Italian Radio-Television, for which he was the first to record the organ Sonata of G. Martucci. The notorius Spanish composer A. Martorell has dedicated a great organ opera to R. Marini , who performed it for the first time world-wide in the Paolo VI Hall (Nervi Hall) in the Vatican city. Another important merit received in his career was the invitation, in 2004, by the German Embassy in the Vatican of the Casa di Goethe and the Max Reger Insitute in order, to represent the “German Culture” by recital, dedicated entirely to Reger, in the context of “The Week of German Culture in Italy”; the only organ recital among the 100 cultural events throughout Italy and recorded by German television ARD. R. Marini is Professor of the Organ and Gregorian Chant at the Conservatory of Music “L.D’Annunzio” of Pescara, of which he was for various years vice-director. He is also Professor of organ music at the "Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra" in Rome. He is also the Artistic Director of the “International Organ Festival” in Teramo (Italy), of the “International Organ Festival A. Martorell" in Mallorca (Baleares - Spain) and of "D'estate l'organo" in Castelbasso - Te (Italy). He is organist of the Cathedral of Teramo.

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