Roberto Scarcella Perino's music has been commissioned, performed, and recorded by excellent ensembles and soloists throughout Europe, Asia, and The United States. His works include 2 piano concertos, piano, choral and chamber music.

Roberto wrote 6 operas:
A Caval Donato - Verdi, Merli and Cucù - Blackout - Furiosus - A Sweet Silence in Cremona - and Enrico IV.

He is a faculty member at the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, a Clinical Associate Professor at the NYU Italian Department, and the Composer in Residence at the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò.

Roberto studied with the Slovenian pianist Sonja Pahor, to whom he dedicated the first of his five Piano Sonatas. He holds degrees in Piano from the Conservatory Corelli in Messina, in Composition from the Conservatory Martini in Bologna, and in Musicology from the University of Bologna. He studied Music Composition at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome and the Accademia Petrassi in Milan and Parma with the composer Azio Corghi. Additionally, he studied Conducting at the Juilliard School of Music.