Andrea Bacchetti often comes to Milan for Musical Evenings concerts. Yesterday at Dal Verme Theatre he performed pieces by J.S. Bach, his favourite composer. His already conspicuous Bach discographic production witnesses his boundless interest for this author. The pieces choice was excellent yesterday, for about an hour of music without pauses (the artist personally asked to audience not to clap for not stopping the constant flow of magnificent and deep music). The English Suite n.6, the Choral BWV 691 and 846-1, two splendid Chorals revisited by Busoni Busoni "Nun kommt der Heiden Heiland" and "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr", the Toccata in E min. BWV 914 and the French Suite n.5 had been interpreted with stylistic and aesthetic rigor.
Bacchetti's sound is beautiful, austere, clear and defined by thin dynamic contrasts. The linear start and maybe not so contrasted of the first suite didn't exclude high interpretative preciousness, especially in final movements of the same piece, in the two Chorals by Busoni and in the delicious French Suite, that was accurate in every details. A great Bach for one of his greatest Italian interpreters.
There were three encores: Pulcinella by Villa Lobos, a Prelude by Rachmaninov and the very famous final of Bach according to Goldberg.

Andrea Bacchetti for the Musical Evenings

www.corrierebit.com/music - April 22^nd, 2010 - Cesare Guzzardella

A soiree full of harmony and great romantic poetry in memory of Vanna Velo Hüllweck, with a duo of exceptional skill. ... music that can accompany the singing and the lyrics' sense without overhanging, even serving as comprehension of Andrea Bacchetti's drift and controlled interpretation, which is accompanied by Marcello Nardis's voice, an Italian tenor with a intelligent musicality, who can module his voice without forcing - even in those raciest ones - and recreate a true idyllic and full of pathos atmosphere... Andrea Bacchettis' piano design is always punctual, functional and exquisite balanced that makes Nardis' vocality fly...

Remembering Love the Heine-Schumann Anthem

Il Giornale di Vicenza - March 6^th, 2010 - Eva Purelli

... Delicacy and refinement are the right attributes for the interpretation proposed by the two musicians who executed these pieces in perfect tuning ...

Nardis and Bacchetti make Heine's poetry relive

BresciaOggi - March 17^th, 2010 - N.Spa

... y Andrea Bacchetti, reconocido músico italiano considerado uno de los mejores artistas de su generación, quien ha dado conciertos como solista de piano en festivales europeos y de América Latina ...

Romanticismo puro

El Comercio, Lima (Perù) - March 22^nd, 2010, redacción

... Indulged by Guidarini's punctuality, Bacchetti, pianist with solid technique and lucid interpretative maturity, ensured a clear, rich of nuances and verve execution, with the right dose of irony in phrasing... Hearty applauses.

Two Genoese musicians for the 20th Century

Il Giornale della Musica.it Reviews online - May 27^th, 2010 - Roberto Iovino

... The first edition of Music in Tour/Spoleto 2010 closed in loud applauses; this event was three days long and animated the local scene holding the best interpreters of international classic music. The most important protagonist in the show of Caio Melisso Theatre, yesterday evening, was Andrea Bacchetti, who performed a Prelude composed by Calvani, the Toccata in E minor BWV 914 by Bach and the Goldberg Variations BWV 988. His routine astonished the audience so much that there were five encores, which the artist gladly performed ...

Audience in raptures at Caio Melisso theatre about Maestro Bacchetti

www.tuttoggi.info - May 30^th, 2010

... The new score by Andrea Bacchetti deserves five stars for the interpretative maturity shown by this pianist - born in 1977 - who previously essayed the Bach keyboard universe with a former record for Dynamic (a record that obtained many positive reports by specialized critic). The sound - that is quite interesting and far from easier fascinations and emulations of a cymbal - gives pure poetry in slow movements as in the faster ones. A good Bach score, without doubts recommended to all Kantor's fans.

Reviews & interviews from world of disc

CD Classico - June, 2010

The magic touch, the elegance and the richness of his interpretations are the natural and spontaneous expression of an innate gift, an absolute love for music. The Genoese Andrea Bacchetti is one of the greatest Italian pianists, well-known in all the world. He started when he was only a child, exciting the Milanese public with Mozart. Being considered one of most important interpreters of Bach - with also his recent score Dynamic dedicated to Bach's Toccatas - Bacchetti now essay the Venetian Benedetto Marcello, with a CD dedicated to the inedited "Sonatas for keyboard" ...

Beauty of Sound

In Genoa & Liguria magazine - October, 2010

... Splendid performer in this CD, Bacchetti - a restless and unpredictable talent - interprets these pages with seriousness and verve, showing musicality and touch sensibilty.

Six sonatas for "cimbalo"

L'Eco di Bergamo - October 12^th, 2010

... a concert all dedicated to night by the violinist Domenico Nordio with the pianist Andrea Bacchetti ... if the violin was mostly directed to the virtuosic writing, in his prevalent role of "accompanist" the pianist Bacchetti had also the great merit of giving an executive vest of notable refinement to parts that often tend to be unjustly neglected.

The bright darkness of Nordio and Bacchetti

L'Adige - October 25^th, 2010