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Raffaele Sargenti was born in Perugia. He obtained a diploma in music at the "G.B. Martini" Conservatory in Bologna, graduating with honours in guitar and first class honours in music teaching. As a guitarist he has studied under L. Canu, G. Ponce de Leon and M. Nalbandian and has participated in the master classes of numerous international interpreters such as R. Dyens, M. Colonna, E. Catemario and O. Ghiglia as well as in the courses at the Nuertingen Gitarrefestspiele with D. Russel, R. Boucher and A. York.

Sargenti has performed in a number of concerts both as a soloist and in chamber groups. He did an arts degree (Art, Music and Performance Studies) at the University of Bologna, writing a thesis on music theatre – in particular, on Adriano Guarnirei’s video opera Medea – and graduating with honours. He studied composition at the Bologna conservatory under Gian Paolo Lupi and attended the Darmstadt Ferienkurse in 2006. He is currently pursuing further studies in composition at the Istituto "O. Vecchi" in Modena under Antonio Giacometti.

As a composer he has received wide recognition and a number of awards:

• Finalist in the “R. Toscano” in Pescara (2004);
• 1^st prize in the 4^th Competition for Composition for Solo Instrument in Povoletto (2005);
• 1^st prize in the two editions of “Il teatro dei balocchi” (“The Toy Theatre”, a competition for the composition of a music theatre work for children instituted by the music school “Il Diapason” in Trento);
• special mention at the composition competition “Il Garda in Coro” in Malcesine (2006);
• 3^rd prize in the competition “Missa Pueri Cantores” in Pordenone (2008).

Sargenti sings in the following choirs in Bologna: the Schola Gregoriana Benedetto XVI, the chamber choir Eclectica and the choir Felsina.

In April 2009 the composer’s opera Lupus in fabula won the Opera Junior competition, the European-wide competition for a contemporary opera for children. The opera, on an original libretto by Andrea Avantaggiato.