Piccola Accademia Degli Specchi

Piccola Accademia degli Specchi (Little Academy of Mirrors) is a chamber ensemble in Rome, central Italy, specializing in the performance of contemporary classical music, with particular attention to the so-called minimalist and postminimalist experiences. The instrumentation of the ensemble is similar to the common Pierrot ensemble set up except that saxophone is used in place of the clarinet and often many of their works and arrangements involve piano four hands. The ensemble performs frequently at music festivals throughout Italy. Their music has been featured on Echoes (the syndicated NPR show) and New Sounds on WNYC in the U.S., and on Concertzender in the Netherlands.

The ensemble's repertoire includes composers like Steve Reich, Louis Andriessen, Michael Nyman, Wim Mertens, Philip Glass, Yann Tiersen, Michael Gordon, Terry Riley, Morton Feldman, John Cage, and Simon Jeffes. Furthermore, they have standing collaborations with many international composers, who wrote or arranged music for them, such as William Susman, Matthias Kadar, Douwe Eisenga, Bruno Letort, Demetrius Spaneas, Ulli Goette, and Pavel Karmanov.

Piccola Accademia degli Specchi's mission also aims to diffuse the music of contemporary and living Italian composers such as Giovanni Sollima, Francesco Di Fiore, Irma Ravinale, Matteo Sommacal, Franco Antonio Mirenzi, Ada Gentile, Michele Biki Panitti, Paolo Carlomè, Giacomo Cuticchio.