He continued his studies in Organ with C. Stella (Spanish Music), H. Vogel (North German Music), P. Planyavsky, K. Schnorr, J. Van Oortmerssen, L. Ghielmi, L. Lohmann (J.S. Bach), R. Saorgin (French Music of the Classic period), M.C. Alain (C. Franck), L. Rogg (J.S. Bach, Romantic and Modern Organ Music), F. Delor (F. Couperin, P. Du Mage, J. Alain).

In September 1994 he was admitted to the Organ and Improvisation Class of Lionel Rogg at the Superior Conservatory of Music of Geneva where, in 1996, he won the prestigious "Premier Prix de Virtuosité". In 2001 he followed the courses of the Academy for Orchestral Professors of the Theatre "Alla Scala" in Milan.

In 1992 he won the XVIth Edition of the National Organ Competition in Noale (Venice). In 1997 he was the only Italian organist admitted (after an anonymous pre-selection round) at the 2nd Edition of the International Organ Competition "Ville de Paris". In 1998 he was finalist at the First Edition of the National Harpsichord Competition "G. Gambi" in Pesaro and in 2000 he was the only Italian organist admitted (again after a pre-selection round) to the International Organ Competition in Odense (Denmark).

He gives concerts as soloist and as accompanist to choirs, vocal and instrumental soloists (he plays with the Trumpetist Emanuele Casieri); he has played in Italy (Milano, Monza, Bergamo, Rome, Udine) and abroad (Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, United States) as well as for important Musical Associations (Ass. Organistica del Lazio, Gioventù Musicale d’Italia, S. Eustorgio Musica – Arcore, Orchestra "G. Cantelli" – Milano, Marktkirche – Wiesbaden, St. Roch – Paris, Odense Orgel Festival, Sommerkoncerter i Københavns Domkirke, Fundación Siglo para las Artes de Castilla y Léon, Les Dimanches Musicales de la Madeleine - Paris, Eglise Notre Dame d'Auteuil - Paris, Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtnis Kirche - Berlin, Dom zu Magdeburg, National City Christian Church - Washington DC...) and his recitals are unanimously praised by public and critics alike.

He has given first performances of the following pieces: Lionel Rogg’s "Passacaille pour le clavecin", "3 Gregorian Paraphrases" of the organist and composer Eugenio Maria Fagiani and (in Italy and Germany) Denis Bédard’s "Suite du Premier Ton".

He is teacher of Theory and Solfeggio and Organ at the Civica Scuola di Musica in Cinisello Balsamo (Milano).

From 1995 till 1998 he was titular organist of the Musical Chapel of Monza Cathedral. Since 1999 he has been titular organist at Basilica of S. Eufemia in Milano, where he plays a pneumatic organ built in 1909 by Balbiani.

Reviews

"Between Bach’s organ works (the artistic direction asked for all the Toccatas and Fugues, one every concert) the one played by Parolini (BWV 566) seemed to us the most weighty, especially with regard to the registrations: stout sonorities without compromising the intelligibility of the articulation, sternness and a great solemnity easily conjoined. The brilliant virtuosity of the young musician has been confirmed without doubts in the B.A.C.H. Prelude and Fugue by Liszt, played with attention to tempi and registrations, and above all showed with great virtuoso solutions, without falling into a noisy spectacularity…"
B. Zappa, in L’Eco di Bergamo, 2 September, 1998.

"The Organ recitals on the theme ‹‹The Italian School›› were concluded last Friday with a concert by the young and musical organist Giorgio Parolini…. In the first part of the concert, played on the organ by Zanin in the ancient church, G. Parolini brilliantly played with a high sense of form and fine care of execution a series of pieces from the 17th and 18th centuries…. In the second part he put through his paces the instrument built by Zanin in 1989 for the new church. He has played with much elegance Bach’s Fugue on a theme by Corelli and the Concert in A minor after Vivaldi…... Warm ovations were received by the skilful organist, who played as an encore the triumphant "Entrée Pontificale" by M.E. Bossi.
Renato della Torre, in Messaggero Veneto, 3 May 1999.

"….Giorgio Parolini’s ease and security were very noticeable, he started very well with Frescobaldi (above all the Canzona IV)…. Giorgio Parolini convinced the attentive and applauding public….".
B. Sburlino, in Il Gazzettino, 4 May 1999

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