Roberto "Lobbe" Procaccini is an Italian keyboard player, composer and record producer.
Education
He studied piano (classical and jazz) privately, and then at the University of Music in Rome. In 1995 he moved to Boston, United States of America, where he attended the Berklee college of music, winning two scholarships (Best and Arif Mardin Scholarship) and graduated Summa cum laude in Contemporary Writing and Production. He followed workshops in composition and conducting with Maestro Mauro Bacherini and Peppe Vessicchio.
Career
As a composer divides his time between recordings, film, television and theater. In Italy he worked in various roles (arranger, producer, author, keyboardist) for many artists: Marina Rei, Zero Assoluto, Marco Mengoni, The Niro, Nathalie, Anansi, Otto Ohm, Bandabardò, Patty Pravo, Chiara Civello, Spagna, Ron, Damian Draghici, Claudio Mattone, Tony Renis, Peppe Vessicchio, Max Calò, Mark Armani, Syria, Barbara Eramo, Madame Lingerie, Red Desert, Stefano Palatresi, Enrico Sognato and Luna among others 3 Moschettieri e 1/2 (1997), directed by Claudio Insegno.
Diana e la Tuda (1999/2000), Anphitryon Toujours (2000), Colpevole Innocenza (2001/2002), Pluto (2002), all directed by Arnoldo Foà.
Louisiana Patrizia (2004), with Fabio Concato, directed by Roberto Innocente. Sign of Sound (2005), multimedia spectacle of music, dance and painting, in collaboration with the musicians Antonio Sanchez and Grégoire Maret (Pat Metheny Group).
Sul lago dorato, (2006/07) directed by Maurizio Panici. In punta di cuore (2010), directed by Lorenzo degl"Innocenti, scritto da Ugo Chiti.
Louisiana ragazza di Bube (2012), directed by Paolo Biribò and Marco Toloni (from the novel of Carlo Cassola).
A quattro mani, film-interview at Carlo Lucarelli and Andrea Camilleri for RaiTre, and Memorie di Adriano – Louisiana voce dell’imperatore with Giorgio Albertazzi, both directed by Matteo Raffaelli (2007). Almeno io Fo.à (dedicated to Arnoldo Foà) (2008), directed by Alan Bacchelli and Lorenzo degl"Innocenti - Imaie prize. The African Game (2009) directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini.
Trappola d’autore (2009) directed by Franco Salvia (Warner Chappell soundtrack).
Sharm-el-Sheik (2010) directed by Ugo Fabrizio Giordani (collaboration with his original track). Io sono il teatro (2011) directed by Cosimo Damiano Damato (collaboration with his original track).
Forte dei Marmi - All’origine del mito (2011) directed by Matteo Raffaelli.