Roberto FABBRICIANI begins his musical studies under the guidance of Maestro Mario Gordigiani and improved them with Severino Gazzelloni. He studied composition with Camillo Togni. Very young, he was a member of the Orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and of Teatro alla Scala in Milan. He abandons these positions in 1970 and starts a brilliant career as a soloist.
He is an original and eclectic artist and innovated the flute technique by multiplying – through experimentation and personal search – the auditory chances of the instrument while paving new and uncommon ways for music. He is acclaimed as one of the best international performers. He played as a soloist with renowned conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Riccardo Muti, Giuseppe Sinopoli and with the orchestras of Teatro La Scala of Milan, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, RAI, Orquestra Nacional de Espana, London Symphony Orchestra, Bayerischer Rundfuncks, Munchener and Berliner Philarmoniker. He is a regular guest in prestigious theatres and musical institutions. He took part to festivals such as Biennale di Venezia, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, London, Edinburgh, Paris, Brussels, Granada, Luzern, Warsaw, Salzburg, Wien, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Tokyo, Cervantino, Wellington and many others. He collaborated with main composers, such as Berio, Maderna, Cage, Takemitsu, Nono, Stockhausen, Boulez, Messiaen: most of them dedicated to Roberto Fabbriciani important works he performed as a première. He was a flute teacher at Conservatorio of Florence and at Salzburg Mozarteum University. He recorded countless works, and many of them have been awarded critics prizes.
He wrote musical works and educational texts published by Ricordi and Suvini Zerboni. Among his recent compositions we may mention: Glacier in Extinction; Alchemies; Quando sorge il sole; Abyss; Zeus joueur de flutes (with H. Pousseur, 2006); Figaro il Barbiere (performing Elio, on stage since 2008), the Oratorio Grande, grande amore (2017)
