Roland Romanelli is a French synthesist and composer. During his career, he worked with Barbara Brodi, Rusty Egan, and other notable figures in popular music. He was an early adopter of the Fairlight system.

Romanelli was born May 21, 1946 in Algiers. He moved to Paris in 1966. He was a session player on accordion and keyboards for Barbara Brodi. He soon worked for other musicians including Charles Aznavour. In the late 1970s, he worked in the French space disco scene. He took up synthesizers, which helped his career grow in the 1980s. His 1982 album Connecting Flight was also released in the US on PolyGram Records. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.