Emilio Arnaldo Pischedda was born in 1984 and studied cello, pedagogy and composition at the Cherubini Conservatory of Music in Florence. He attended courses with distinguished cellists such as Natalia Gutman, Franco Maggio Ormezowski, Miloš Mlejnik, Gary Hoffman and David Geringas, with the Quartetto di Fiesole for chamber music and Piero Bellugi for conducting. He played with many orchestras, among others the Cherubini Youth Orchestra, the RAI National Symphony Orchestra and the Cameristi of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino under the baton of Muti, De Billy, Campanella, Zukerman, Axelrod. He's very active as a chamber musician in groups ranging from duo with piano (First prize and special prize at the Alessandria Competition in 2007) to string octet. He works as a composer and he's the author of the book "The Cello – Technique and psychology of playing", published by Zecchini. He's cello professor at the Beato Angelico Institute in Florence and he plays as a soloist with a broad repertoire from baroque to contemporary.
The music of Emilio Pischedda is rooted in the XX century italian avant-garde with influences by Luigi Dallapiccola, Luciano Berio and strongly inspired by the music of Alfred Schnittke. His music mixes tonality, serialism and folk music in an original way. He writes music for solo instruments, chamber music (also with voices), music for orchestra and chorus.