Roberto Ruscitti (December 12, 1941, Cansano, L'Aquila, Italia)) is composer, soloist and pianist; Nationally and internationally recognized Venezuelan for his compositions and interpretation of folkloric music. As a matter of fact, one can still regularly hear his Tango in Paradise in Japan. LAquila, 42°21 13°24E, at 710 m (2329 feet) above sea-level, is a city and comune of central Italy, on the Aterno river, with 69,131 inhabitants according to 2003 census figures. ...

He studied under the masters Vicente Emilio Sojo and Moises Moleiro at the Escuela Nacional de Música de Caracas, Venezuela, and graduated as Soloist and Composer of music for piano. Under tutelage of master Cristóbal Gornés he graduated as Teacher of Musical Pedagogy at the Escuela de música Nacional "Sebastián Echeverría Lozano" in Valencia, Venezuela. Vicente Emilio Sojo (December 8, 1887-August 11, 1974) was a Venezuelan musicologist, educator and composer, born in Guatire (Miranda state) to a family closely related to the musical world, since both his great-grandfathers were Chapel Masters. ...

Ruscitti decided not to be boxed in in one musical style causing the enrichment of the field of music with the tango and the tarantella, as well as with the joropo, merengue, and salsa. Clips of some of his compositions and renderings may be heard at his website. He directed several orchestras and for several years produced his own radio program, in which he played requests from the listeners. Tango may refer to: Tango (dance) Tango music Tangos, a type of flamenco Tango Province, an old province of Japan. ... The tarantella (tarentule, tarentella, tarantel) is a traditional dance 6/8 or 4/4 time characterised by the rapid whirling of couples. ... Venezuelan Joropo. ... Merengue can mean either: A style of music originating in the Dominican Republic; see merengue (music) A related style of dance; see merengue (dance) A style of vallenato music from Colombia See also meringue, a type of dessert (which is called merengue in Spanish). ... Rock Music article is a good example of actual music history ! Gives credit where deserved, Not biased oriented views on music !!! This article contradicts another Wikipedia article at this link under salsa !!! http://en. ...

He founded the Academia Venezolana de Música Smith, as well as the Orquesta Juvenil Venezolana de acordeonistas. Many of his students work profesionally.

He developed projects for the diffusion of Venezuelan music in London (with London Symphony Orchestra and the National Philharmonic director Frank Barber), Madrid, Rome, the United States and Canada. Venezuelan music has been largely overshadowed on the international scene by its neighbors, especially Brazil, Trinidad and Colombia. ...

He has given many concerts with national and international artists like tenors Carlos Almenar Otero, Roberto Aranguren and accordion players Pietro Deiro, Domingo Doglio

Over the years, Roberto Ruscitti obtained: 1st Prize at the Certamen Nacional de Música clásica on accordion (1962), 1st Premio at the Certamen Nacional de Música clásica on accordion (1964), Gold Medal as Best Interpreter on accordion (1964), Silver and Bronze Medals at the World Championship of accordion in Toronto, Canada (1964), Premio Nacional de la música (1985)- as Director of the Orquesta Juvenil de Venezuela, Copa Presidente de la República Dr. Raúl Leoni (1964, 1965, 1966)- Best interpreter and artist on the accordion, National Order Andrés Bello (1989) - In recognition of his valuable labor promoting Venezuelan popular music and culture. El Sol dorado (1989)- In recognition of his valuable labor promoting Venezuelan popular music and culture. A 24-bass piano accordion An accordion is a musical instrument of the handheld bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as squeezeboxes. ...