Riccardo Tesi
Biography
Riccardo Tesi (Italian pronunciation: [rikˈkardo ˈteːzi]; born 1956 in Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy) is an Italian musician. He specializes in folk music. His instrument is the diatonic accordion or melodeon. He has founded or recorded with a number of groups, including Banditaliana and Ritmia. Tesi has released several solo albums and has also worked with such musicians as John Kirkpatrick, Elena Ledda, Piero Pelu, Ivano Fossati, Ornella Vanoni, Patrick Vaillant and Fabrizio De André, among others.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
118 releases · 28 albums · active 1979–2025
- Performance · 206
- Other credits · 62
- Production · 9
- Engineering · 5
Studios: ProgettoPortatileStudio · La Rolanderia · Nautilus Studio, Milano · Funambulo Studio
Frequent collaborators
- Elena Ledda
- Various
- Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana
- Lucilla Galeazzi
- Gianmaria Testa
- Alberto Balia
- Giorgio Gaber
- Piero Pelù