The Team Behind Acquerello italiano Audio Magazine

Lao Petrilli
The host of each edition of Acquerello italiano is Lao Petrilli, known to millions of Italian's as a news anchor on Radio Dimensiono, one of Italy's largest commercial networks.

Frances Kennedy
Acquerello italiano is produced by Frances Kennedy, a long-time BBC correspondent in Rome who is also familiar to American audiences as a result of her work for National Public Radio and Marketplace.

Anthony Oldcorn
Anthony Oldcorn is Professor Emeritus of Italian Studies at Brown University. He is the author of a number of books and articles on Italian subjects and has published translations from Italian into English and from English into Italian.

Simon Richardson
Simon Richardson was born in London in 1956. He graduated with a BA in French from the University of Kent at Canterbury and transferred to Italy in 1981, working in the private language school sector. He currently teaches at the Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, in the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy.