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Nato a Pisa nel 1986, Riccardo Gnudi ha completato gli studi in organo e composizione organistica presso il Conservatorio di Musica "Luigi Cherubini" di Firenze (diploma Vecchio Ordinamento), il Royal College of Organists di Londra (ARCO Diploma), il Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra di Roma-Vaticano (Post-Gradum in repertorio organistico del Novecento) e l'Accademia di Musica "Artisten" dell'Università di Göteborg (Master of Fine Arts in organo e tastiere storiche nella classe di Hans Davidsson e Joel Speerstra con una tesi-concerto sulla fantasia corale nella Germania del Nord).
Ha frequentato corsi tenuti da organisti di fama internazionale tra cui J. Scott, L. Lohmann, H. Fagius, D. Roth a Roma, Firenze, Parigi, Göteborg, Londra e presso importanti istituzioni come le Università di Cambridge e di Oxford.
Attivo sia come concertista che come compositore, ha suonato in tutta Europa e le sue composizioni sono state eseguite in Danimarca, Svezia, Germania, Inghilterra, Canada e USA. Ha il titolo di Haus- und Hofkomponist presso il coro tedesco Vocapella Colonia, per il quale compone su commissione.
Già organista titolare e direttore musicale della Chiesa Nazionale di S. Stefano dei Cavalieri (2009-2015, organista "ad perpetuam" dal 2015) e secondo organista della Cattedrale di Pisa (2010-2015), nel 2015 si è trasferito in Svezia, dove ha svolto l'attività di organista presso varie parrocchie di Göteborg. Nel luglio 2017 ha vinto il concorso per il ruolo full-time di maestro di cappella e organista della chiesa luterana di Karlskoga (dal 1 gennaio 2025 parrocchia di Karlskoga-Degerfors-Nysund), dove ha fondato e dirige la Cappella Musicale formata da strumentisti e cantori professionisti. Fondatore e direttore artistico dell'Accademia d'Organo di Karlskoga (Karlskoga Orgelakademi), tiene regolarmente corsi d'interpretazione di musica antica italiana all'organo napoletano, unico esempio di organo barocco italiano in Svezia. Per l'Accademia ha registrato una vasta porzione del repertorio italiano antico, tra cui le opere complete di Bianciardi, M.A. Cavazzoni, G. Cavazzoni, Palestrina, Fasolo, Salvatore, Cima, Cirri, Pallavicino, le messe di Claudio Merulo ed i Fiori Musicali di Girolamo Frescobaldi, così come monumenti del repertorio europeo tra cui i Flores de Musica di Manuel Rodrigues Coelho.
Ha ricevuto prestigiose borse di studio, conferite da The Cambridge Academy of Organ Studies (Cambridge, 2012), Vänersborg Söners Gille (Vänersborg, 2016), Pro Fide et Christianismo (Uppsala, 2021), Royal Swedish Academy of Music (Stoccolma, 2022) e Stiftelsen Längmanska (Stoccolma, 2023), grazie alle quali ha potuto completare progetti di studio/ricerca a Treviso e Övertorneå. Nel corso del 2023, Riccardo approfondisce anche lo studio del repertorio romantico svedese a Stoccolma con il prof. Ralph Gustafsson.
Dedito alla ricerca artistico-musicale, ha pubblicato vari articoli e libri di storia organaria: L'Organo in Svezia (in italiano, 2020), The Tuscan Organ (in inglese, 2021), Italiens Orgelhistoria (in svedese, 2022), M.E. Bossi in Svezia 1920-1922 (in italiano, 2022) tutti editi da Campano Edizioni, Pisa. Presso la stessa casa editrice, per la quale aveva già pubblicato composizioni originali, ha pubblicato una trascrizione organistica di Drottningholmsmusik di Johan Helmich Roman (2023) e le prime edizioni moderne della Sonata per Organo n.5 del compositore svedese Gustaf Mankell (2022) e di una cantata composta nel 1936 da Hjalmar Stenborg ad uso della chiesa di Karlskoga (2023).
Riccardo Gnudi, född 1986 i Pisa, har studerat orgel och komposition i Florens ("Luigi Cherubini" Musikkonservatoriet, Orgeldiplom/Master), London (Royal College of Organists, ARCO), Rom-Vatikanstaten (Påvliga Institutet för Sakral Musik, PgD) och slutligen i Göteborg (Högskolan för Scen och Musik, Master of Fine Arts), där han har avlagt en masterexamen efter studier för Hans Davidsson, Joel Speerstra och Karin Nelson.
Han har spelat konserter i hela Europa och har arbetat som organist bl.a. i Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri kyrka i Pisa (2009-15, organist "ad perpetuam" sedan 2015) och varit organist i katedralen i samma stad (2010-15) innan han flyttade till Sverige 2015.
Han har fått flera stipendier: Vänersborg Söners Gille (Vänersborg, 2016), Pro Fide et Christianismo (Uppsala, 2021), Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien (Stockholm, 2022) och Stiftelsen Längmanska kulturfonden (Stockholm, 2023). Tack vare dessa stipendier fick han fördjupa sig i den venetianska orgelrepertoaren i Treviso och i den 1600-tals svenska orgelrepertoaren i Övertorneå. Under 2023 har han fördjupat sig i den svenska romantiska orgelrepertoaren för prof. Ralph Gustafsson i Stockholm.
Efter avslutade studier i Göteborg, blev han 2017 organist i Karlskoga församling (sedan 1 januari 2025 Södra Bergslagens pastorat). Till Karlskoga har han införskaffat Sveriges första historiska italienska barockorgel. Kring detta instrument har han grundat "Karlskoga Orgelakademi" med ett program som omfattar regelbundna mästerkurser, utgivning av böcker och skrifter om italiensk och svensk orgelkultur, samt produktion av inspelningar med i första hand italiensk orgelmusik bl.a. det kompletta orgelverket av Palestrina, Cima, Bianciardi, M.A. Cavazzoni, G. Cavazzoni, Fasolo, Salvatore, Cirri, Pallavicino, Frescobaldis Fiori Musicali och Capricci, Merulos Mässor och Coelhos Flores de Musica.
Han uppträder regelbundet tillsammans med sin fru Stina Gray i deras duo Cantus Fabulae där dem erbjuder musik- och berättarföreställningar.
Active both as a concert performer and composer, he has performed throughout Europe (Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, England, Scandinavia, Poland, France) and his compositions have been performed in Scandinavia, Germany, England, Canada and the USA. He has the title of “Haus- und Hofkomponist” at the German choir Vocapella Köln, for which he composes on commission. He has been awarded some music scholarships: The Cambridge Academy of Organ Studies (Cambridge, 2012), Vänersborg Söners Gille (Vänersborg, 2016), Pro Fide et Christianismo (Uppsala, 2021), the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (Stockholm, 2022) and Stiftelsen Längmanska (Stockholm, 2023). Thanks to these scholarships, he has completed research projects in Treviso and Övertorneå. During 2023 Riccardo is taking private tuitions with prof. Ralph Gustafsson in Stockholm in ordet to deepen his knowledge in Swedish Romantic organ music.
Formerly Titular Organist and Musical Director of the National Church of S. Stefano dei Cavalieri (organist "ad perpetuam" since 2015) and Second Organist at Pisa Cathedral, he moved to Sweden in 2015, where he worked as an organist in various parishes in Gothenburg. In July 2017, he gained the full-time Director of Music and Organist position at Karlskoga church (since 1 January 2025 Karlskoga-Degerfors-Nysund parish, Southern Bergslagen region), where he founded and directs the Cappella Musicale made up of professional singers and musicians. Founder and artistic director of the Karlskoga Organ Academy (Karlskoga Orgelakademi), he regularly holds interpretation courses of Italian early music at the Neapolitan baroque organ on which repertoire he is an expert. He has recorded the complete organ works by Bianciardi, M.A. Cavazzoni, G. Cavazzoni, Palestrina, Fasolo, Salvatore, Cima, Cirri, Pallavicino, Coelho, Claudio Merulo's Masses and Girolamo Frescobaldi's Fiori Musicali and Capricci.
Dedicated to artistic research in Music, he has published various articles and books on organ history: L'Organo in Svezia (October 2020, in Italian), The Tuscan Organ (January 2021, in English), Italiens Orgelhistoria (February 2022, in Swedish), M.E. Bossi in Svezia (June 2022, in Italian) all published by Campano Edizioni, Pisa. With the same publisher, he has edited an organ arrangement of J.H. Roman's Drottningholmsmusik (March 2023) and the first modern Urtext editions of Gustaf Mankell's Organ Sonata nr. 5 (June 2022) and Hjalmar Stenborg's cantata for Karlskoga church (March 2023).
He performs together with his wife Stina Gray in their music and storytelling duo Cantus Fabulae.
St. Bride's Fleet Street, London
ACADEMIC STUDIES
Högskolan för Scen och Musik ''Artisten'', Göteborgs Universitet, Göteborg, 2015-17
Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg
Master of Fine Arts in Organ and related keyboard instruments [MFA]
Master’s Thesis: Dieterich Buxtehude and the North German chorale-fantasia.
Organ performance (2 years, prof. Hans Davidsson), Organ improvisation (2 years, prof. Karin Nelson and Mikael Fridén), Harpsichord and Clavichord (1 year, prof. Joel Speerstra), Fortepiano (1 year, prof. Ulrika Davidsson).
Scholarship: Vänersborgs Söners Gille Musik Stipendium 2016 (Best HSM organ student 2016).
Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra, Roma-Vaticano, 2013-4
Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Rome-Vatican
Post-gradum Diploma in 19th-20th century Organ repertoire (30/30) [PgD]
Prof. Roberto Marini.
The Royal College of Organists, London, January 2013
Diploma of Associate [ARCO]
Various courses on organ performance and choir direction in London, Oxford and Cambridge.
Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Luigi Cherubini", Firenze, 2003-13
"Luigi Cherubini" Conservatoire of Music, Florence
Graduated in Organ Performance and Organ Composition (9.5/10) [Organ Diploma/Master]
Organ performance and Organ history (10 years, prof. Giovanni Clavorà Braulin), Organ improvisation (3 years, Giovanni Clavorà Braulin), Piano (5 years, prof. Angela Massini), Harpsichord (3 years, prof. Alfonso Fedi), Harmony (7 years, prof. Gianni Ciabattini), Basso continuo (3 years, prof. Gianni Ciabattini), Counterpoint and Fugue (10 years, prof. Giovanni Clavorà Braulin), Vocal composition (5 years, prof. Lauro Graziosi), Score reading (2 years, prof. Giovanni del Vecchio), History of Music (2 years, prof. Luigi Spini), Choir singing (5 years, prof. Mario Pazzaglia. 1 year as Pianist to the Conservatoire Chamber Choir), Gregorian chant (2 years, prof. Giovanni Clavorà Braulin), Music theory (5 years, prof. Pietro Rossi).
EMPLOYMENTS
Södra Bergslagens pastorat, January 1st, 2025 - present
Karlskoga-Degerfors-Nysund parish, Lutheran Church of Sweden
Full-time Director of Music and Organist.
Director of Cappella Instrumentalis.
Founder and Artistic Director of Karlskoga Organ Academy.
Karlskoga församling, Karlskoga, September 2017 - December 31st, 2024
Karlskoga parish, Lutheran Church of Sweden
Full-time Director of Music and Organist.
Founder and Director of the Cappella Musicale.
Founder and Artistic Director of Karlskoga Organ Academy.
Scholarships: Pro Fide et Christianismo Church Music Bursary 2021 (Venetian repertoire in Treviso); Royal Swedish Academy of Music's Johannes Johansson's Donation for Church Musicians 2022 (Mankell's Sonata n.5); Stiftelsen Längmanska kulturfonden 2023 (Swedish repertoire in Övertorneå).
Kristus Konungens katolska kyrka, Göteborg, June 2015 - August 2017
Christ the King Roman Catholic Church, Gothenburg
Part-time Deputy/Assistant Organist.
St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Gothenburg, May 2016
Deputy Organist.
Tuve-Säve församling, Göteborg, October 2015 - August 2017
Tuve-Säve parish, Gothenburg, Lutheran Church of Sweden
Part-time Organist.
Lundby församling, Göteborg, July-August 2015
Lundby parish, Gothenburg, Lutheran Church of Sweden
Assistant Organist.
Collegio Musicale di San Ranieri Choir, Pisa, January-June 2015
Director of Music.
Cattedrale Metropolitana Primaziale di Santa Maria Assunta, Pisa, April 2010 - June 2015
Pisa Cathedral
Assistant Organist.
Chiesa Nazionale di Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri, Pisa, October 2009 - June 2015
National Church of Saint Stephen of the Knights, Pisa
Titular Organist and Director of Music. Organist "ad Perpetuam" (since June 2015).
"San Genesio" Choir, San Miniato (Pisa), 2006-11
Official Organist.
Assistant Organist at San Miniato Cathedral.
Chiesa Valdese, Firenze, 2006-10
Waldensian Temple - old Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Florence
Concert organist and Music Advisor.
Pieve di San Maurizio, Filettole (Pisa), June 2006 - April 2007
San Maurizio parish church, Filettole, Pisa
Director of Music and Organist.
Pieve di Santa Maria e San Giovanni Evangelista, Cascina (Pisa), 2001-5
Cascina parish church, Pisa
Organist.
Propositura di San Frediano a Settimo (Pisa), 1998-2011
San Frediano a Settimo parish church, Pisa
Organist and choir director.
