ROBERTO CASSAN – ACCORDIONIST | Boston Musical Theater

Roberto Cassan, Accordionist

Accordionist Roberto Cassan from Fanna (Italy), began studying accordion when he was eight years old and at sixteen he was already playing professionally for public events and folk festivals in Italy and throughout Europe. While studying for his Degree in Musicology at the University of Cremona (Italy), he began to perform and compose music for the experimental theater group Teatro Sintetico, and to collaborate with musicians of different musical backgrounds (jazz, rock, ethnic and classical).

In 1991 he came to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he currently lives and works as a professional performing and recording artist.

His love for world music has led him to explore and master different repertoires, Argentine Tango, French musette, Balkan, South American and Brazilian, focusing his attention on musicians/composers such as Astor Piazzolla, Dino Saluzzi, Hermeto Pascoal, and Richard Galliano.

He has collaborated and recorded with many artists, including Mexican folk singer Lila Downs, singer songwriter Martin Sexton, Jessica Lurie, harpist Maeve Gilchrist, Alain Mallet, Claudio Ragazzi, Peggy Pearson, Club D’Elf, Anna Myer dance company, Bruno Oro, among others as well as recording for PBS/TV and the Discovery Channel.

Among his most recent projects and collaborations:

The Duo Roberto Cassan and John Muratore (classical guitar),

The Gershwins’ Porgy And Bess, accordionist for the new production of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess recently staged at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA

This is Roberto’s first appearance with Boston Musical Theater.

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