POTITO PEDARRA RESPIGHI ARCHIVE CURATOR

Mr. Potito Pedarra, Honorary Board Member of the Chamber Orchestra of New York "Ottorino Respighi", is archive curator of the Respighi family archive.

Mr. Pedarra was the principal curator and leading scholar of Respighi’s published manuscripts at Casa Ricordi in Milan and the original manuscripts at the Respighi Foundation in Venice. He also maintains the official website and catalog of Ottorino Respighi: www.ottorinorespighi.it

Above: Mr. Pedarra with Maestro Di Vittorio in Milan, January 2009. Mr. Pedarra entrusts the Maestro with manuscripts of Respighi's first unfinished Concerto per Violino.

Below: Mr. Pedarra with Maestro Di Vittorio in Milan, September 2009. Mr. Pedarra entrusts the Maestro with manuscripts of Respighi's last unfinished orchestral works.