Giorgio Pacchioni

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Giorgio Pacchioni (b. July 16, 1947) is an Italian performer, professor, and composer.

He is chair of recorder at Martini Conservatory in Bologna, Italy. Pacchioni is a musicologist specializing in the revival of Baroque composition in the modern era and has gained a following over the Internet for his Neo-Baroque compositions and fugues. His work is often cited together with that of Americans Michael Starke, Mark Moya and Grant Colburn as the foremost example of modern-day composition in the Baroque style.

He is a champion of the music of Francesco Antonio Vallotti, both as a performer and composer.

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