{"id":227,"date":"2026-02-12T11:57:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T10:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riccardotesi.com\/en\/progetti-riccardo-tesi-insolo\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T11:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:02:28","slug":"projects-riccardo-tesi-insolo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.riccardotesi.com\/en\/projects-riccardo-tesi-insolo\/","title":{"rendered":"Riccardo Tesi – Insolo"},"content":{"rendered":"

RICCARDO TESI: INSOLO<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u2013 Organettista and composer, he is considered one of the boldest and most authoritative musicians of the European world music scene \u2013<\/p>\n

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An internationally acclaimed soloist, Riccardo Tesi retraces the milestones of his musical universe together with his closest companion, the\u00a0diatonic accordion<\/strong>. From his love for the traditional music of Central and Southern Italy to his passion for jazz, the journey also includes his own compositions, in which he confirms a personal and innovative approach aimed at\u00a0expanding the expressive possibilities of the instrument<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\t

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An instrumentalist with an unmistakable style, he is one of the pioneers of the revival of the diatonic button accordion<\/strong> in Italy, a traditional instrument whose language he has revolutionized, expanding its vocabulary beyond the boundaries of tradition.<\/p>\n

A constant crosser of geographical and stylistic borders, throughout his thirty-year career he has collaborated with prestigious names from Italian and international world music<\/em> (C. Bueno, E. Ledda, L. Galeazzi, D. Sepe, P. Vaillant, J. Kirkpatrick, J. Vali, M. Perrone, K. Junkera, La Bottine Souriante<\/strong>), from jazz<\/em> (S. Bollani, G. Mirabassi, G. Trovesi, M. P. De Vito<\/strong>), from rock<\/em> (Piero Pel\u00f9, PGR, Ginevra Di Marco, Skiantos<\/strong>), and even from the great Italian singer-songwriter tradition<\/em> (F. De Andr\u00e9, I. Fossati, G. M. Testa, G. Gaber, Tosca, C. Don\u00e0, O. Vanoni, etc.<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Leader of Banditaliana<\/strong>, one of the most internationally acclaimed Italian world music groups, and a member of I Samurai<\/strong>, a quintet of all-star European accordionists, he has performed at the most important European folk & jazz festivals, with frequent tours in Australia, Canada and Japan.<\/p>\n

In 2014 he curated the new edition of Bella Ciao<\/strong> to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the most important show in the history of Italian folk music.<\/p>\n

He has recorded 29 albums under his own name<\/strong>, including numerous original productions dedicated to liscio<\/em> and to traditional Tuscan and Emilian music. He has composed music for cinema and theatre and has long been involved in teaching as a professor at the \u201cTchaikovsky\u201d Conservatory of Catanzaro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t

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