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Roberto Fabbriciani

Roberto Fabbriciani (born 13 June 1949 in Arezzo) is an Italian flutist and composer, best known for having invented the hyperbass flute. Since 1976, he has appeared on the recordings of composers Luigi Nono, Claudio Abbado, Luciano Berio, Riccardo Chailly, and Peter Eötvös, among others and has played in the Spanish National Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta, and the orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. • Illustration — Roberto Fabbriciani with hyperbass flute

Roberto Fabbriciani

Roberto Fabbriciani playing the hyperbass flute in a performance of "Chemical Free (?)" by Nicola Sani,.c. 2014.

Sergio Canazza, Giovanni De Poli, Alvise Vidolin (photographer unknown) · Image from Figure 25 of the following open access paper, licenced CC-BY 4.0: Canazza, Sergio, Giovanni De Poli, and Alvise Vidolin. 2022. "Gesture, Music and Computer: The Centro di Sonologia Computaz · CC BY 4.0

Born
1949 · Arezzo.
Nationality
Italy
Occupation
composer · flautist
Teachers
Severino Gazzelloni
Languages
Italian

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Roberto Fabbriciani (born 13 June 1949 in Arezzo) is an Italian flutist and composer, best known for having invented the hyperbass flute. Since 1976, he has appeared on the recordings of composers Luigi Nono, Claudio Abbado, Luciano Berio, Riccardo Chailly, and Peter Eötvös, among others and has played in the Spanish National Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta, and the orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. • Illustration — Roberto Fabbriciani with hyperbass flute

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