Teresa Procaccini

Teresa Procaccini (born 23 March 1934 in Cerignola) is an Italian composer and music educator. She taught composition at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Procaccini has won a number of prizes, including the Viotti competition, the Casella Prize and the International String Quartet Competition of San Francisco. Biography Teresa Procaccini was born in Cerignola in 1934. She studied organ with Fernando Germani and composition with Virgilio Mortari at the Foggia Conservatory. Between 1971 and 1972, she directed the Conservatory of Foggia, and until 2001 taught composition at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. In 1972 she became the artistic director of the Friends of Music Association of Foggia. Procaccini has won national and international prizes, including the Viotti competition, the Casella Prize and the International String Quartet Competition of San Francisco. She has given master classes at the Festival of Città di Castello, the Academy “Respighi” of Assisi, the “Internationalen Meisterkursen” of Duren (Germany) and the Summer Music Frentana Lanciano. Her works have been performed internationally in Australia, Europe, Canada and North and South America, and have been