About
JOB
- Teatro alla scala - Milan
Gianni Massimo Arfacchia was born in Domodossola, Italy in 1966, he began to study jazz drums at the age of 6, achieveing later the diploma of percussion with best votes at the Conservatory “Giuseppe Verdi” of Milan. He was then immediately asked to play upon important roles in the well known Percussion Ensemble of M° Franco Campioni within the Conservatory.
In 1996 he won the International Contest for the role of percussionist at l’Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala of Milan. Since then he works intensively with the Orchestra Filarmonica del Tetro alla Scala and with the Percussion Ensemble of La Scala. This role has inevitably made him gain acquaintance with musicians and conductors world known and has produced collaborations and projects in classic music such as The Percussion Classic
Duo with percussionist Paolo Pasqualin, as well as research and experimentations like in the AriTrio where he is accompanied by Mario Marzi at the Sax and by Simone Zanchini at the accordion, where one finds examples from Piazzolla to Chick Corea, from Ragtimes to Spanish original music.
In 2003 Gianni Massimo Arfacchia figures as soloist in the CD “Il Galateo della Percussione”, literally “The bon ton of the Percussion”, a work which makes the most out of the resources and timbre variety of
the world of Percussion.
At present he holds Master Classes and Seminars throughout Italy.