MUSIC

Pietro Roffi’s new album: a musical journey through roots, transitions and flight, where the accordion meets piano, strings and electronics in an intimate, cinematic language. 

The sound of the accordion, so intimately linked to Paris, together with the piano – for which Satie wrote the original music – evokes the spirit at the heart of the great French chanson repertoire and the magical atmosphere of the Parisian Belle Époque.

The love theme from one of the most poetic films of all time – Il Postino by Massimo Troisi and Michael Radford – composed by Oscar-winner Luis Bacalov in a new arrangement for accordion and piano.

1999 is Pietro Roffi’s debut album as a composer: a collection of original musical tales combining the sound of the accordion with the world of electronics.

The Minute Waltz (Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64 No. 1) by Frédéric Chopin in a new arrangement for solo accordion. This track was selected as one of the musical pieces for the Immersive Monet exhibition, held in 2022 in several cities across the United States.

One of classical music’s greatest hits, in a new arrangement for accordion and piano, recorded by Pietro Roffi and Alessandro Stella for Extended Place Records.

Ksenija Sidorova, one of the leading ambassadors of the classical accordion, included in her new album on the Alpha Classics label the Nocturne for accordion and string quintet, dedicated to her by Pietro Roffi.

Tutto Tango (Extended Edition) is the expanded version of the live recording by accordionist Pietro Roffi and pianist Alessandro Stella, released on the Extended Place label. Drawn from a concert in Rome, it is a heartfelt homage to Astor Piazzolla and includes previously unreleased tracks alongside the original programme.

A live performance of one of Astor Piazzolla’s greatest and most beloved works.

Est Ovest marks Pietro Roffi’s debut as a composer. It tells the story of a car journey from Italy’s east coast, lapped by the Adriatic Sea, to the west coast, lapped by the Tyrrhenian Sea – a trip full of simplicity and surprises.

Michele Braga and Emanuele Bossi’s soundtrack for the Italian TV series Solo per passione (2022), featuring Pietro Roffi’s accordion on most of the tracks.

Academy Award-winner Dario Marianelli wrote the soundtrack for Matteo Garrone’s Pinocchio (2019), featuring Pietro Roffi’s accordion on most of the tracks.

Daydream combines different yet closely related worlds and atmospheres. It was spontaneously composed by Pietro Roffi, Gian Marco Castro and Matthew S during the Coronavirus quarantine.

This EP, recorded live in Rome by Pietro Roffi and Alessandro Stella, is an homage to the genius of Astor Piazzolla, one of the central figures of 20th-century music.