Rocco Parisi, born in San Pietro a Maida, Italy, studied in Holland, where he gained brilliantely which is the Getuigschrift diploma in bass clarinet and in Italy gained “cum laude” the clarinet master degree at the Conservatorio ” Ghedini” of Cuneo.

Recognized as a talent interpreter of contemporary music and as an innovator of new techniques for the bass clarinet, many original compositions have been dedicated to Parisi from composers like L.Berio. E. Morricone, A. Gottschalk, A. Marquez and many other. He gave the world premiere of “Sequenza IX c” for bass clarinet and the Italian premiere of “Chemins II c” for bass clarinet and orchestra both by Luciano Berio and “Come un’onda” by Ennio Morricone.

He gave concerts at the ICA convention in New Orleams Stockholm, Salt Lake City, Austin . Assisi, Baton Rouge, Ostende (Belgium), Reno – Nevada.Parisi has recorded CDs for labels Taukay, Stradivarius, DDT, Nuova Era, AOC Classic –Edizioni Leonardi, Concerto Music-Media, Amadeus, Brilliart.

He is sponsorized by : Silverstein Works, Royal Global clarinets