Gabriella Cecchi

Gabriella Cecchi (born 3 November 1944) is an Italian pianist, music educator and composer. Cecchi taught music at the Italian State School and performed in a piano duo. She also worked as a music critic for the daily newspaper La Nazione and contributed to monthly magazines. Cicchi's music has been performed internationally and has been broadcast on Radio RaiTre. Cecchi was awarded the Athena prize in 1988. Cecchi is a co-founder of the Italian Composers Foundation.