Roberto Pregadio

Roberto Pregadio (1928-2010) was an Italian pianist, arranger, conductor and composer, born in Catania. A staff pianist of the RAI light-music orchestra from 1960, he scored many Italian genre films from the late 1960s, among them westerns and comedies. He became widely known as the conductor of the variety show La Corrida on radio and television. Pregadio earned his piano diploma at the Naples conservatory.