Prizewinner in major International Piano Competions - Busoni in Bolzano, Chopin in Warsaw , William Kapell in Maryland – in 1999, aged only 24, he won the World Music Piano Master in Montecarlo.
He regularly performs in prestigious worldwide Festivals - La Roque d’ Anthéron, Loeckenhaus , Yokohama Piano Festival , Australian Chamber Music Festival, Benedetti Michelangeli Festival in Bergamo & Brescia – and also in distinguished music societies and series such as Salle Gaveau in Paris ,Kennedy Center inWashington, Auditorium du Louvre, Gasteig in Munich .
He has been soloist in important Orchestral Seasons - Philarmonique de Montecarlo, Symphonic de Barcelon y de catalana, Zurich Kammer Orchestra, where he collaborated with conductors such as Emmanuel Krivine, Armin Jordan, Howard Griffiths.
His performances have been reviewed by remarkable international press magazines:
...L'aurait-on rêvé qu'on n'aurait jamais imaginé entendre un jour un pianiste aussi proche d'Alfred Cortot par l'esprit, la sonorité....Et puis, Baglini a une sonorité profonde, à la fois lumineuse et ronde, une dynamique à couper le souffle, une culture du son rarissime à notre époque, une vraie présence en scène. Alain Lompech (Le Monde)
...Un Pianiste vrai, un musicien authentique, un nom à retenir... Pierre Petit (Le Figaro)
BAGLINI : Piano with Emotion. Cecilia Porter (Washington Post).
…. One of the most significant Chopin performers in the next en / twelve years …
Robert Vroon ( American Record Guide ).
His discography also includes all Chopin Etudes - recorded for Phoenix Classics either on modern piano and on two different XIX century original pianofortes – and the complete works for piano by Bach – Busoni, edited by Tudor .
As an avid chamber music performer, he focuses a large part of his activity to new partnerships and musical literature, with a particular attention to contemporry music. In November 2006 Azio Corghi will write and dedicate to him and his regular duo partner Silvia Chiesa a new work for cello and piano.
In December 2007, he has been invited to celebrate 100 years Salle Gaveau’ s anniversary in Paris together with artists such as Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire, Jean Marc Luisada.
Since 1998 I have been working as researcher and software developer at the Department of Medical Computer Science of the Institute of Clinical Physiology – CNR / Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio. Operating in the contest of clinical information system, I have developed systems able to retrieve, analyze, integrate and show single-patient and population data in order to support medical decision making.
In May 2006 I was proclamed the winner of the INTERNETional Pirelli Award 2005 of the life sciences category.
Since 2008 I was called to teach a course on "Production of multimedia" at the University of Pisa.
Since 2000 I have been working as java developer and GUI (graphical user interface) expert. In most cases I was responsible of the “client side” of complex web applications. Using Java and Flash technology, I cooperate to projects such as chat systems, job profile maker, house reseller system, automatic journal announcement management.
Since 1985 I have started working as graphic designer and later also as web designer. To date, I have completed over 90 projects making logos, posters, brochures, covers, and websites. Most of the projects belong to the medical area, others to the fields of science and sports, and volunteering.
Roberto Prosseda’s recent sensational discovery of new Mendelssohn works made headlines in Europe and lead to his two Decca releases. His "Mendelssohn Discoveries" album (2005) has been included in the top 10 Mendelssohn piano recordings by the English magazine "Piano". "Mendelssohn Rarities" (2006) received highest ratings in European and American music magazines including Classicstoday, USA (9/9), Diapason, France (5 diapasons), Amadeus, Italy (5/5 and best CD of the month) and Fono Forum, Germany (5/5).
Mr. Prosseda concertized extensively in Europe in 2006/2007. His highlights included Mendelssohn premieres in concert and recital with solo appearances at the Berliner Philharmonie, the Berlin Kammerphilharmonie, Leipzig Gewandhaus, London Wigmore Hall, Milano Teatro alla Scala and Sala Verdi, Music Toronto, Canada, Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Festival Pianistico di Bergamo e Brescia, Settembre Musica in Torino, Ravenna Festival, Triennale Köln and Biennale di Venezia.
Recently, he has performed as orchestral soloist with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Kammerorchester, Filarmonica della Scala, Philarmonie der Nationen, Bochumer Symphoniker, Oriol Ensemble, Mozarteum Orchester, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Kammerakademie-Potsdam, Orchestra Regionale Toscana and the Filarmonica di Torino.
He is frequently invited to present lectures and master classes at universities and conservatories (Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, Northern Illinois University in Chicago, and Georgetown University, Washington, DC, British Columbia in Vancouver, Xing Hai Conservatory in Canton, Williams College and the Australian National University).
In the forthcoming seasons of 2008 and 2009 Mr. Prosseda will make his orchestral solo debut with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra in addition to tours in Latin America, and the Far East (China).
His future recording projects for Decca include a Chopin album, to be released in September 2007, a double CD with Mendelssohn's complete Lieder ohne Worte (2008) and the World Premiere recording of Mendelssohn's E minor piano concerto with the Gewandhaus Orchester and Riccardo Chailly (2009).
"I recommend Roberto Prosseda for his deep musicianship, his excellent technical mastery of the piano and his markedly lyrical style. I have always been impressed by his originality and his ability to rethink pieces of music familiar to all of us. His playing is always profoundly serious, and yet it gives musicians great pleasure both for its sensuous qualities and its conviction. I know of no young pianist I could recommend with greater enthusiasm".
Charles Rosen.
Updated: July 15, 2007
The path of their studies first and the of their art later has been quite similar.
Both have graduated with full grades from the Conservatory G. Verdi in Milano, under the mentorship of Maestro Franco Campioni. After the several experiences born inside the Conservatore, within several camera and solo formations, they both begin a brilliant career as percussionists and timpanists in the most important Italian musical institutions, such as “Sinfonica Rai of Milano”, Rai of Torino, Musical Afternoons, Angelicum, Opera Theatre of Genova, Regal Theatre of Turin, and Swiss Italian Radio of Lugano. From the nineties, they cover the role of percussionista in the Theatre La Scala of Milano, and of its Philarmonic and group of percussionists. They have performed in the most famous concert halls in the world directed by the most prestigious maestros among which Giulini, Abbado, Muti, Chung, Maazel, Chailly.