Italian pianist Roberto Poli has appeared as a soloist, harpsichordist, chamber musician and conductor around the world in cities such as Boston, Brussels, Paris, San Salvador, Calgary, Dublin, New York, Rome, Tokyo, Vilnius, Zurich, and Seoul. In Italy, Mr. Poli studied with Giorgio Vianello at the Venice Conservatory, and with Boris Petrushansky at the Accademia Pianistica in Imola. After moving to the United States in 1998, he received a Master’s Degree and Artist Diploma from New England Conservatory of Music under the guidance of Russell Sherman.

The music of Chopin, which Mr. Poli has studied through manuscripts and original editions, is the center of his interest as a pianist and scholar, from the recording of the composer’s complete works to the organization of the Chopin Symposia to the publication of his first book on interpretation, "The Secret Life of Musical Notation (Amadeus Press, 2010, now published by Rowan & Littlefield). His second book, "It's about Time: traveling diary of an itinerant pianist" (Pianopolis, 2018) is intended as a sequel to his first book: concepts such as time, rubato, rhythmic values, pulse, meter, timekeeping, musicality, and interpretation are analyzed through the eyes of both the historical musician/listener and its modern counterpart.

Roberto Poli's debut CD "Shall We Dance..." was released on Americus Records in 2002. An all-Liszt album was presented in 2012 by Onclassical, a European label which also releases his recording of the complete works of Chopin, now at its sixth volume. In addition to his recording activity, Roberto Poli is an enthusiastic sought-after teacher and lecturer. He holds positions at New England Conservatory and Boston Conservatory at Berklee. From 1999 to 2016, he was Artist in Residence and Chair of the Piano Department at The Rivers School Conservatory in Weston, Massachusetts. Additionally, Mr. Poli enjoys a busy schedule of master classes, and has been a guest lecturer and keynote speaker for the National Music Teachers Association and at institutions such as Cornell University, Dartmouth College, New England Conservatory of Music, University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, and the University of Virginia.