Peter Piccini was born in Sydney in 1936 and began to learn the accordion from his father Peter Piccini Senior, who has sometimes been referred to as the daddy of the accordion in Australia and was the first to introduce the piano keyboard to Australia. In 1955 and 1963 he went to Europe and England to broadcast for the BBC, appearing in television shows, radio, films, stage shows and recordings. After that he became musical director for Channel 9 Television Network and also broadcasting for the ABC in Australia. In 1968 he toured the Far East and Vietnam with an all Australian concert party, entertaining the Australian and American forces. In 1972 he did another tour of Europe and visited USA. He was then back in Australia and became very busy broadcasting once again recordings with his large orchestra and composing music for the accordion. As all the tunes on this CD are composed by Peter, he presents himself not only as a very talented composer but also as a very fine and experienced performer and entertainer. Peter offers a great variety of styles. The tunes follow each other in a very pleasant, smooth way, making an impression that whole CD is one whole musical story. With an incredibly warm tone, pleasant performing manner together with technical superiority make Peter, in my opinion, an entertainer with real class. He would be one of those rare entertainers capable of making his instrument "talk". Although the main portion of the CD is for the solo accordion, in Peter's hands his accordion sounds so full, rich and self contained that you don't notice it is! A great piece of entertainment and fun! |
