About
Roberto Parretti has been a member of the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and of the La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra for ten years and has worked as the first double bass with the Cameristi della Scala for six years.
Son of art, Roman by origin, Roberto Parretti grew up in Venezuela in Caracas where he began the musical approach first in the children's choir and then later undertook the study of the trumpet; a few years later returned to Italy and developed a passion for double bass, graduating with honors from the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome.
During the years of the Conservatory Roberto Parretti is awarded the prize of superior competences of the European Community.
He later improved with: Giuseppe Ettorre, Thomas Martin, Wolfgang Guttler, Klaus Stoll, Bernard Salles, Antonio Sciancalepore, Gergely Jardanyi.
After graduation collected his first successes by holding solo concerts with the Chamber Musicians of the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Cairo Opera House, New York Hunter Auditorium, Brussels Higher Institute of Music IMEP, Moscow Tchaikovsky hall of the Conservatory, Corsica Bastia National Theater, Caracas Teresa Carreno Theater and then later with the Estense Musicians at the Miami Broward Center of Performing Arts, Panama Municipal Theater, Buenos Aires Colon Theater, Mar de Plata Astor Piazzolla Theater, Rosario Teatro Nacional.
In 2006 Roberto Parretti won the competition and was invited to hold the position of Principal double bass at the Symphony of the Americas Miami where he will stay about a year and with which he continues his collaboration.
Very attentive to contemporary music has always tried his hand at pieces and compositions never before performed for solo bass, not least the performance of "Spiegel im Spiegel" by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt for cello transcribed for double bass and performed during the International Contrabass Festival JCE by Bertinoro, for the first time ever in Italy.
The works in his repertoire are dedicated above all to solo bass.
Roberto Parretti expresses his musical sensitivity by playing a fine French instrument from the mid-800s, attributed to Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume and a French bow attributed to Roger Lotte.