Italian Carabinieri Bands

These bands which serve at the Carabinieri's headquarters in the capital of Rome are among the most famous musical groups in Europe.

The prestige of the band grew very quickly in Italy and abroad, with its first tour since its inception being to Paris in 1916, performing with the French Republican Guard Band at monuments and memorials for veterans and wounded active servicemen of the First World War.

Beginning in 1947, which was two years after the end of the Second World War and one year after the establishment of the Italian Republic, the band took part in a world tour which included 25 countries in the newly liberated European continent, Brazil, Japan, and 35 cities in the United States.

In 2001 the band performed for Pope John Paul II during the first official visit of a pontiff to the Chamber of Deputies.

Today the bands of the corps account for 102 professional musicians, who play a vast repertory varying from original pieces composed specially for the band, to famous military marches and modern music, performing in concert halls, theaters, on radio or television.