Riccardo Tesi

Riccardo Tesi , internationally acclaimed accordion player and composer, is rated as one of the most daring and authoritative musicians in the European world music scene. What is amazing about Tesi is his easily recognizable style, allowing his diatonic accordeon to speak both an archaic and modern language, widening the vocabulary and the technique of an instrument for a long time preserved as part of a traditional heritage. A brilliantly outdated choice that places Tesi, thanks to his lyrical and virtuoso skills, among those who have brought the accordeon and all the instruments alike back to their dignity all over the world. Riccardo Tesi , over his thirthy five year career, has collaborated with world music artists such as Elena Ledda, Justin Vali, Kepa Junkera, John Kirkpatrick and Patrick Vaillant, jazz musicians Gianluigi Trovesi and Gabriele Mirabassi, and great songwriters as Ivano Fossati, Fabrizio De Andrè and Gian Maria Testa. Leader of Banditaliana , one of the most renowned Italian groups on the world music international scene , and member of Samurai, all stars quintet of european accordeon players, he has played in the most important jazz & folk festivals all over Europe, Australia, Canada and Japan. He has recorded over 24 albums and composed music for film and theatre.