The next ClarinetFest® 2026 Headlining Artist is Rocco Parisi! He will be playing at our string quartet night concert, playing a world premiere of “Capriccio” for bass clarinet and string quartet by Michele Mangani.
Rocco Parisi, born in San Pietro a Maida, Italy, studied in Holland, where he gained brilliantly which is the Getuigschrift diploma in bass clarinet and in Italy gained “cum laude” the clarinet master degree at the Conservatorio “Ghedini” of Cuneo.
Recognized as a talented interpreter of contemporary music and as an innovator of new techniques for the bass clarinet, many original compositions have been dedicated to Parisi from composers like L.Berio. E. Morricone, A. Gottschalk, A. Marquez and many others.
He gave the world premiere of “Sequenza IX c” for bass clarinet and the Italian premiere of “Chemins II c” for bass clarinet and orchestra both by Luciano Berio and “Come un’onda” by Ennio Morricone.
He gave concerts at the ICA conventions in New Orleans, Stockholm, Salt Lake City, Austin, Assisi, Baton Rouge, Ostende (Belgium), Reno, and Denver.
Parisi has recorded CDs for labels Taukay, Stradivarius, DDT, Nuova Era, AOC Classic – Edizioni Leonardi, Concerto Music-Media, Amadeus, Brilliart. Rocco Parisi is Uebel, Chedeville, Silverstein artist.
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