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JULY 17 – JULY 23
- PIANO: CRISTIANA PEGORARO
Cristiana Pegoraro Italy
- Pianist, Composer, Artistic Director Narnia Festival
President Narnia Arts Academy
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Acclaimed as one of the most gifted musicians of her generation, Italian-born pianist Cristiana Pegoraro has consistently entertained and enlightened audiences with her inspired performances and original programming. Her skills display great technical and interpretative abilities. She began her career in music as a piano prodigy receiving countless national and international awards, including the 1989 Prague Best of the Year for Classical Music Award “for her great personality, strong musical temperament, mastery of phrasing and expressive artistry.” The New York Times called her “an artist of the highest caliber” following her stunning 1996 debut at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.
Ms. Pegoraro has performed in some of the major venues in Europe, United States, South America, Asia and Australia, including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the United Nations, the Guggenheim Museum (New York); the Sydney Opera House; Festspielhaus (Salzburg); Musikverein (Vienna); Royal College of Music (London); Auditorium Parco della Musica, Casa del Jazz (Rome); Amici del Loggione del Teatro alla Scala, Serate Musicali (Milan); Centro Cultural de Belem (Lisbon); Theatro Municipal (São Paulo); Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro), the Opera House (Manaus), Budapest Spring Festival, Umbria Jazz Winter, Sorrento Jazz Festival, S. Petersburg Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Klavierfestival Ruhr (Germany), Shabyt Festival Astana (Kazakhstan), 2005 Aichi World Expo (Japan) and 2008 Saragoza World Expo (Spain), among others.
In December 2006 and November 2007 she toured the Gulf Countries, becoming the first Italian female pianist to perform classical concerts in Bahrain, Yemen and Oman. Presently, Cristiana Pegoraro is also the first Italian female pianist to perform all 32 Sonatas for piano by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Hailed by the critics as “among the best interpreters of Cuban and South American music”, Ms. Pegoraro has premiered to European audiences the works of Latin-American composers such as Astor Piazzolla, Joaquin Nin and Ernesto Lecuona. She also made her own piano transcriptions of some of their greatest works, including the most famous tangos of Astor Piazzolla, and composed a Fantasy on Cuban dances by Ernesto Lecuona.
Her piano artistry can be heard on 27 compact discs released by Decision Products, Dynamic, Nuova Era, Diva, Eden Editori and Da Vinci Classics. Gramophone Magazine heralded her second recording of Ernesto Lecuona’s piano music on Dynamic Records with glowing praise – “Cristiana Pegoraro plays not only with brilliance, but with a most engaging finesse.” Peter Burwasser of Fanfare Magazine has described her as “a multi-faceted artist who eagerly searches for passion and musical inspiration in her life and her performances.”
Her CD “Astor Piazzolla Tangos”, released in 2016, received the Gold Medal at the prestigious Global Music Awards in two categories: Album and Instrumental. Her latest release, “Gioacchino Rossini Overtures – Piano Transcriptions” featuring some of his most popular overtures transcribed for piano by Pegoraro herself, premiered worldwide in November 2017.She has been a featured artist on radio and television, on WQXR New York (USA), RAI, Mediaset, Radio Vaticana, Discoteca di Stato (Italy), BBC (Scotland), ARD (Germany), RTP (Portugal), Nine Network (Australia) and CBC (Japan). She has been a guest on the Italian TV shows: “Porta a Porta” with Bruno Vespa (RAI 1), “Sottovoce” with Gigi Marzullo (RAI 1), and “Vivere Meglio” with Fabrizio Trecca (Rete 4).
Over the years Cristiana has appeared in front of the highest world dignitaries. In November 2003, she performed for the President of Italy, Mr. Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. Later that same month, on the occasion of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, she appeared in her 8th sold out concert at Lincoln Center in the presence of the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations. In 2006, at the United Nations Headquarters, she performed for Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg. In 2008, she was the only European representative at the Spring Festival at the United Nations in New York, and performed in the hall of the General Assembly in front of ambassadors and dignitaries from 192 countries. In 2009, she played in Moscow in the presence of the Italian Minister of Economic Development. In 2010, in Rome, she performed for the President of the Austrian Senate.
In collaboration with Italian Embassies and Cultural Institutes, she is regularly invited by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to represent Italy and promote Italian music in the world.
She supports various international organizations such as UNICEF, Amnesty International, World Food Programme and Emergency in their humanitarian efforts. In 2005 at her 10th sold out concert at Lincoln Center, she received the World Peace Award from the Circolo Culturale Italiano of the United Nations “for her effort in advancing peace in the world”. In 2007, in Naples, Italy, along with other important artists including Maestro Claudio Abbado, she received the Sebetia Ter President of Italy Award “for her activity as a performer and composer”. That same year, at her concert at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, she was honored with the title of Ambassador of the Right to Music, a program under the tutelage of the Commission of Culture of Rome and the Commission for Youth Policies whose goal is to promote musical culture in all its aspects. In 2010, she was anointed as 2010 ILICA Woman of the Year by the Italian Language Intercultural Alliance in New York. In 2011, she was honored with the Rotary Umbria Prize “for her professionalism, social commitment and her constant promotion of Umbria throughout the world”. She also received the Messenger of the Territory Award from the Chamber of Commerce of Terni, and the Melvin Jones Fellow Award “for dedicated humanitarian services” from the Lions Clubs International Foundation. In 2013, she received from the hands of the Mayor of Rome the prestigious Premio Simpatia, awarded to performing artists, authors, ambassadors and sports figures who exemplify a commitment to Italy, and conceived in recognition “of individuals who enrich and exalt the essential values of life through their work”. Past recipients include directors Federico Fellini and Franco Zeffirelli, actress Sophia Loren and Mother Theresa. In 2016, Ms. Pegoraro received an inaugural “Premio Umbria in Rosa” award given to women “operating in the fields of knowledge and who are models for exemplary professional skills and positivity” by her home Italian region of Umbria, and the “Donne ad alta quota” Award with the suport of Regione Umbria and Fondazione Marisa Bellisario, dedicated to “women-testimonial that with their commitment promote the image of Umbria and Italy”.
Most recently, Cristiana has taken up the challenge of composition, releasing five highly acclaimed albums “A Musical Journey”, “Ithaka”, “La mia Umbria”, “Volo di note” and “Piano di volo”. Her compositions have been used for films and documentaries. She composed the soundtrack to the video “For Whom The Sirens Toll” produced by the United Nations Office of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict and presented at the United Nations on September 11th, 2004, in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack. She also composed the soundtrack of the short movie “La casa dell’orologio” by Italian director Gianni Torres. She is the author of a book of poems called “Ithaka” and a series of children’s books based on Italian operas.
Cristiana regularly presents master classes at The Juilliard School in New York and across the U.S., Canada, Europe, The Middle East, Asia and Australia.
She is a testimonial of Umbria’s tourism campaign throughout the world. Since 2011, she is the Artistic Director of Narnia Arts Academy (www.narniaartsacademy.com) and Narnia Festival (www.narniafestival.com). The Academy and Festival received the President of Italy gold medal.
Ms. Pegoraro graduated with highest honors from the Conservatory of Terni, Italy, at the age of sixteen. She continued her studies with Jörg Demus in Vienna and Hans Leygraf at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin. She later studied with Nina Svetlanova at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.
More information on cristianapegoraro.com
- Pianist, Composer, Artistic Director Narnia Festival
- PIANO, ORCHESTRA, CHAMBER MUSIC, SOLFEGE, HARMONY, MUSIC HISTORY AND ANALYSIS: LORENZO PORZIO
Lorenzo Porzio Italy
- Conductor, Composer, Pianist, Music Director Narnia Festival
- Direttore stabile Orchestra Filarmonica Città di Roma
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At the age of seven he began studying the piano and at eleven he began studying the organ under the organist and composer Lorenzo Ronci. He concluded his studies at Santa Cecilia with Maestro Federico del Sorto. Since 1996 he has been the principal organist at the Basilica del Sacro Cuore Immacolato di Maria ai Parioli (Rome).
From 1997 – 2011 he continued to perfect his piano studies under Biagio Andriulli, Andrea Sammartino, Giovanni Scaramuzza and Gino Nappo at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. He has performed as soloist and has accompanied polyphonic choirs in some of the most prestigious cathedrals and venues in Italy. He has worked with many important singers from the Santa Cecilia Academy and Teatro dell’Opera, the Coro Accademico Romano and the Coro Polifonico S. Martino, among others. In 2003 he held concerts in the Vatican (Sala Raffaello), in the Chiesa del Governatorato and in the Vatican Gardens for the re-opening of the Casina di Pio IV.
He studied composition with Marco Persichetti, graduating with the highest grades from the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome under Francesco Telli.
He began his career as Orchestra Conductor studying with Francesco Carotenuto and Marco Boemi, and participating in Piero Bellugi’s Masterclasses. Since 2004 he has written and performed music on the piano and organ for shows, documentaries and short TV movies on RAI 1, RAI 3, RAI International, Sky Sport, Roma Uno, and others. In November 2005, Radio Uno Rai broadcasted his “Rapsodia Orientale (Pensando a Pechino)” composed and played by him. In May 2006 he debuted as composer at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome (Sala Petrassi) during an event hosted by Pippo Baudo “Com’è Straordinaria la Vita”, and held a chamber music concert in the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano for the 400th anniversary of the opening of the Vatican Museums. During the Christmas festivities in 2006, he played the organ during the Mass in St. Peter’s Cathedral. In September 2009 and in December 2011, he was again organist at St. Peter’s for the celebration of Masses by Cardinal Comastri.
From 2009 to 2010 he was First Assistant Conductor of the elite orchestra of the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome. In 2010 he debuted as Conductor of the Orchestra Tiberina, conducting the orchestra again in 2011 for a concert at the Cathedral of the Santissimi Apostoli (Rome). Since 2010 he has been collaborating with the Accademia Santa Cecilia as pianist and conductor. Since 2011 he has been Principal Conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra “L’Armonica Temperanza”, with which he tours on a regular basis. With “L’Armonica Temperanza” he was invited to perform in the most prestigious halls and churches of Rome (Sala della Protomoteca del Campidoglio, Sala del Coro della Cappella Sistina, Biblioteca del Senato, Biblioteca Nazionale, Basilica di Santa Francesca Romana, San Quirico e Giulitta ai Fori Imperiali, San Bartolomeo all’Isola Tiberina, S.Lucia al Gonfalone, Chiesa degli Spagnoli ai Banchi Vecchi, San Clemente, Sant’Eugenio alle Belle Arti, San Paolo entro le mura). In 2012 he founded the Orchestra and Choir of Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome.
In 2013, within the Narnia Festival, he conducts at the prestigious Orvieto Cathedral and San Domenico Auditorium in Narni, Italy. Both concerts were recorded by RAI 1 and presented by famous actress Barbara De Rossi.
In January 2014 he debuts with Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma at the Auditorium Seraphicum in Rome and Teatro Magnani in Fidenza (Parma) with two sold out concerts.
On the basis of his merits, the President of the Republic of Italy, C.A.Ciampi, awarded him the title of “Cavaliere della Repubblica”.
More information on lorenzoporzio.it
- GUITAR: TALI ROTH (ONLINE)
Tali Roth United States
- The Juilliard School
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One of the world’s leading and most charismatic guitarists, Tali Roth has been hailed by Classical Guitar magazine as “an extraordinary solo and chamber musician” and by The New York Times as a “marvelous classical guitarist”. She recently was awarded a teaching excellence award by Carnegie Hall.
Her past engagements include performing on the soundtrack for Woody Allen’s 2010 film, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. Since her Carnegie Hall debut, Ms. Roth has performed as a soloist throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Japan and her native country of Israel, appearing in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall with violinist Midori, Alvin Ailey theatre with Douglas Dunn and Dancers in the 92nd St Y Harkness Dance festival, Rose Hall home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Caramoor Center with conductor Giovanni Reggioli, Tel Aviv Henry Crown Hall, Teatro Presidente in San Salvador with the El Salvador Philharmonic with conductor Sarmientos, TeatroSolis in Uruguay with Polly Ferman and Glamour Tango, Haiyuza Theatre in Tokyo with Flamenco Komatsubaraand Silvia Duran dance companies, the Susan Dellal Center with members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and at Lincoln Center with members of the New York Philharmonic.
Ms. Roth has performed on stage in the New York Off-Broadway musical production of Nobel Prize Laureate Derek Walcott’s The Odyssey and by invitation for the U.N. in Washington for dignitaries such as former Prime Minister Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and General Colin Powell. She has won Top Prize in all categories at the Twenty-Third Masterplayers Music and Conductors Competition in Switzerland and the New York Artist International Competition Award.
An avid new music promoter Ms. Roth has recorded Premiere works by composers such as Ami Maayani to the IMP label, Richardo Lorca, conductor and composer German Caceres, composer Mladen Milicevic and more. She has recorded extensively to TV and Radio worldwide and has featured on WQXR, Argentinian 96.7 national radio, Chicago Dame Myra Myra Hess Broadcasted Series, Canada National TV and Los Angeles Hollywood TV to name a few.
Ms. Roth is a graduate of the Jerusalem Rubin Academy (B.M) and The Juilliard School (M.M.) She has led the NYU Guitar Department from 2007-2011, has presented master classes throughout the world and has been a fellowship assistant at the Aspen Music Festival.
Tali Roth has been the head of the guitar program at Juilliard Pre-College since 2005 and the Narnia Festival in Italy since 2012.
Her upcoming DVD with Grammy flutist Carol Wincenc will be released by the Cinevu Label this year.
Ms. Roth plays a Stephan Connor guitar and is a Savarez Artist.
More information on taliroth.com
- VIOLIN: KHULLIP JEUNG
Khullip Jeung United States
- The Juilliard School, Mannes College of Music
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Violinist, Khullip Jeung has performed and taught throughout the US, Europe, and Asia as soloist, chamber musician, and sought after violin pedagogist. Mr. Jeung started playing the violin at the age of 5 in South Korea and soon after immigrated to Hawaii. He had his solo debut with the Honolulu Symphony at the age of 9, playing the Khachaturian Concerto and soon after the Lalo Symphonie Espagnole to great acclaim. At the age of 15, Mr. Jeung moved to New York, after being accepted to the Juilliard Pre-College to study with Dorothy DeLay on scholarship. He received the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at Juilliard studying with Sally Thomas with the C.V. Starr Scholarship, Teplitsky Memorial Scholarship, and the Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship to name a few. Mr. Jeung has been awarded the Grand Prize in the Korea Times Music Competition (LA), American String Teachers Association Competition (HI), and the youngest recipient of the Morning Music Scholarship to name a few. Television and radio broadcasts include, The Saturday Morning Show, Saturday AM, Superkids, MBC Arts Theater and much more. He was also featured in the String and Bow music magazine of the October 2006 publication. His two, live-recorded, unedited inspirational CDs have had enormous popularity both here in the US and abroad and is currently working on the third album. Most recently, he also recorded the only instrumental numbers for the new upcoming Broadway, “Gatsby”. Mr. Jeung has also been invited to judge many competitions such as the New York International Music Competition and National Young Musicians Showcase Competition. He is also the founder and chairperson of the International Virtuoso Competition. Mr. Jeung is on the faculty of The Juilliard School Pre-College, Mannes Pre-College, and JCC Thurnauer School of Music. Since 2005, he has also been the music director of the highly acclaimed Good Neighbor Ensemble based in New Jersey. During the summers, he has taught at the Maui Summer Music Festival and the Waterville Valley Chamber Music Festival. Mr. Jeung is also the founder and director of the 4Strings Music Festival in New York.
- VIOLIN: JISUN KANG
Jisun Kang United States
- Mannes College of Music
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Violinist Jisun Kang has performed throughout the US, Europe, and Asia as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral musician. She is a founding member of the BeneSori String Quartet where she actively performs in New York and New Jersey. She has also performed as a section violinist of Naples Philharmonic in Florida and concertmistress of Nova Philharmonic in New York. She is currently the concertmistress of the Ureuk Symphony Orchestra in New York, and one of the founding core leaders of the Sonata da Chiesa, a chamber group based in the Tri-State area. Ms. Kang also performs with the New York Classical Players which features world renowned soloists.
Ms. Kang first started the piano in Korea, and after moving to England, she started the violin at the age of 9. Soon after, she won her first competition after only 6 months of studying the violin. She had her first solo debut with the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 13 performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. She has won numerous competitions such as the Watford Music Festival Competition, Busan Music Association Competition, Busan MBC Music Competition, and the Music Journal Competition in Korea.
Jisun Kang received her bachelor’s degree at the Seoul National University, and earned her master’s degree from The Juilliard School studying with Stephen Clapp, where she was awarded the Carabo-Cone Scholarship and Dorothy Starling Scholarship. She continued her studies at the Manhattan School of Music with Glenn Dicterow, Lisa Kim, and Yoko Takebe where she received the Professional Studies degree in Orchestral Performance as a scholarship recipient of the Stamas Fund from the New York Philharmonic. She has participated in many music festivals such as Mozarteum International Summer Academy in Salzburg, Che-ju International Music Festival, and Meadowmount School of Music, to name a few.
Beginning of 2014, Ms.Kang has been appointed the position of associate music director of Love Violin, USA. During the summers, she has taught and performed at the Waterville Valley Music Festival in New Hampshire, Maui Summer Music Festival, and Narnia Music Festival in Italy. In 2013, she co-founded the 4Strings Music Festival in New York.
- VIOLIN: PAOLO PIOMBONI
Paolo Piomboni Italy
- Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
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Dopo essersi diplomato brillantemente presso il Conservatorio “L. Cherubini” di Firenze sotto la guida del M° Cristiano Rossi, ha vinto il concorso internazionale bandito dall’ Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, della cui orchestra sinfonica
fa parte in qualità di primo violino di fila dal 1990.
Artista dai molteplici interessi, si dedica alla filologia barocca: ha fondato con Paolo Pollastri (primo oboe solista dell’orchestra dell’Accademia) L’ Accademia Barocca di Santa Cecilia, orchestra da camera che suona su strumenti originali, con la quale, in qualità di primo violino solista, ruolo che ricopre sin dalla fondazione
dell’ensemble, ha eseguito le Quattro Stagioni di A. Vivaldi in occasione del Trentennale della fondazione della Banca d’Italia, concerto del quale è stato prodotto CD e DVD. Con L’Accademia Barocca si è anche esibito in diretta televisiva Rai nel Concerto di Natale 2007 dal Senato della Repubblica Italiana, ed ha effettuato attività in Italia e all’estero (significativa la tournée con concerti a Montréal e a Ottawa per il Senato Canadese).
Si interessa anche di teatro, essendo stato protagonista di vari spettacoli nei quali passa dall’ esecuzione al violino alla recitazione: “Una città chiamata orchestra”, “Dissonanze”, “Camera per quattro”, su testi di Daniele Ciccolini, sono stati rappresentati all’Auditorium Parco della Musica di Roma, al MART di Rovereto e al Teatro Comunale di Piacenza.
Si dedica con passione all’insegnamento, con particolare attenzione ai più giovani (molti suoi allievi sono stati premiati in concorsi nazionali e internazionali), e cura la preparazione tecnica degli archi della Juniorchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia sin dalla sua fondazione. Con la Juniorchestra ha curato inoltre in veste di solista e concertatore le Quattro Stagioni, eseguite per i bambini in quattro Ospedali Pediatrici italiani (Meyer di Firenze, Bambino Gesù di Roma, Sant’Orsola di Bologna, Pausilipon di Napoli) in collaborazione con Telecom, sul cui sito è tuttora possibile visionare gli spettacoli.
Suona un violino M. Capicchioni del 1954 e un violino originale A. Jais del 1793.
- VIOLIN: ZENEBA BOWERS
Zeneba Bowers United States
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Violinist Zeneba Bowers received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Eastman School of Music in the US. After serving as a concertmaster in the New World Symphony and in several European festivals (including the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy), Zeneba played for 20 years as the Assistant Principal Second Violin in the Nashville Symphony. She is also a Grammy-nominated producer in her role as founder and Artistic Director of Alias Chamber Ensemble, which commissioned dozens of new works and recorded four industry-acclaimed CDs. She has performed countless times on live national radio and TV throughout the US.
In 2019 Zeneba quit her various jobs and moved to Italy with her husband (cellist Matt Walker), where the two organize and perform concerts and cultural events. During the coronavirus lockdown in Spring 2020, they performed a series of 62 concerts from their balcony which were broadcast on Facebook and into the town square. This “Buonasera Soriano” series presented a different piece each night, in diverse styles from Baroque Italian to modern blues and jazz. The duo and their concert series were featured in prominent newspaper and TV outlets in the US and in Italy, including CBS Sunday Morning and Il Messaggero. Later in 2020 they created the ensemble “Cari Musici”, performing in several locations throughout central Italy. The two also performed in several events at the Narnia Festival, including two featured concerts – a program of early Italian Baroque pieces, and a set of American country-blues music. - CELLO: MATT WALKER
Matt Walker United States
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Cellist Matt Walker currently lives in Italy with his wife (violinist Zeneba Bowers), where the two have created a new life as concert performers/organizers, and also as travel writers and consultants through their business, Little Roads Europe.
Prior to moving to Italy, Matt enjoyed 28 years of full-time orchestra work (with symphony orchestras in Nashville, Charleston, Jacksonville and others), chamber music performances (including the Grammy-nominated Alias Chamber Ensemble), composing and arranging, and playing on countless classical and pop recordings, including Chet Atkins, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, and Miley Cyrus to name just a few.
Matt enjoyed 28 years of full-time orchestra work, chamber music performances, composing and arranging, and playing on countless classical and pop recordings, including Chet Atkins, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, and Miley Cyrus to name just a few.
Matt and his wife played a series of 62 concerts from their balcony in Italy’s spring lockdown, a series that was featured in news media in Italy and the US, and on TV in “CBS Sunday Morning” in the US. When restrictions were lifted, he performed concerts in Umbria (including the Narnia Festival) and in Lazio with his newly formed group “Cari Musici”.
Matt is also a guitarist, singer/songwriter, jazz bassist, a Grammy-nominated producer and performer, and a composer whose works have been recorded and performed across the US, in Italy and the UK, including by the famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma. His playing and his composing fuse classical training and form with “non-standard” jazz and blues styles. - DOUBLE BASS: MAYRA PEDROSA
Mayra Pedrosa Italy
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Nasce il 12/04/1980 a Curitiba (Brasile), ha studiato Contrabbasso con i Maestri Maria Salomão, Thibault Delor e Pedro Gadelha. Si è diplomata in Pedagogia in Musica nella Scuola di Musica e Belle Arti del Paraná (Brasile). Ha seguito i corsi post-laurea in Musica con Enfasi in Analise Musicale e Musica da Camara nella Scuola di Musica e Belle Arti del Paraná e posteriormente il master in Lettura, Ascolto e Interpretazione (Contrabbasso) nell’Università Federale del Paraná.
Nel 1999 è risultata Idonea nell’Orchestra Sinfonica dello Stato del Paraná con il ruolo di Contrabbasso di Fila e nel 2004 è risultata Idonea nella stessa Orchestra come Concertino dei Contrabbassi con l’obbligo del Primo, ricoprendo questo ruolo fino al 2009. Dal 2001 al 2009 è stata primo contrabbasso nell’Orchestra da Camera della PUC/PR (Pontificia Università Cattolica dello Stato del Paraná).
Nel 2013 si Laurea in Contrabbasso presso il Conservatorio Santa Cecilia di Roma ”Biennio Specialistico di Secondo Livello in Contrabbasso“ con il M° Massimo Giorgi. Nel 2016 è stata ammessa nel Dottorato di Ricerca presso L’Università Federale del Paraná (Metodologia ed Interpretazione del Contrabbasso) in cotutela con l’Università di Tor Vergata a Roma.
In Italia, collabora in qualità di Contrabbassista con: “Istituzione Sinfonica Abruzzese”, “I Solisti Aquilani”, “Orchestra Filarmonica Città di Roma”, “Ente Concerti Marialisa di Carolis – Teatro Sassari, “Fondazione Tito Schipa – Orchestra Sinfonica di Lecce”, “Orchestra Sinfonica Ottorino Respighi del Conservatorio di Latina”, “Orchestra del Corso di Direzione del Conservatorio Santa Cecilia”, Orchestra Femminile del Mediterraneo”, “Orchestra di Roma” e “Orchestra Barocca di Roma”. Come Contrabbassista da Camara e Solista, ha realizzato dei concerti con: “Archimisti Ensemble”, “Archi Accademia Nuova”, “Luogo Arte Ensemble”.
Docente di Contrabbasso nel XII Campus Orchestrale Internazionale per Giovani Musicisti di Orte, insegnante preso I.S.S Liceo Musicale Santa Rosa di Viterbo in Esecuzione ed Interpretazione Contrabbasso I e II nell’A/A 2014/2015, Accademia Italiana Musica e Arte negli A/A 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20 e nel Liceo Scientifico, Linguistico e Musicale Galileo Galilei a Civitavecchia nell’A/A 2020/2021.
Nel 2003 è risultata idonea nella Youth Orchestra of the Americas – YOA, effettuando una serie di concerti in Argentina, Brasile, Uruguai, Costa Rica, Panama, Equador, Messico e Peru. Nel 2005 ha suonato a New York con Paquito D’Riveria, Yo-Yo Ma presso il Carnegie Hall e Apollo Theater come primo contrabbasso della YOA, ha inoltre partecipato all’ Opera “Democracy” a Washington. Nel 2006 è risultata idonea nella “Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra – JMWO“, effettuando tournée in Spagna; in Holanda: Muziekgebouw (Amsterdam), Drachten, Den Haag, Kurzaal; ed in Germania presso la Philharmonie di Essen e Berliner Philharmonie; Cipro ed in Cina nel 2009/2010.
- DOUBLE BASS: PIERPAOLO MASTROLEO
Pierpaolo Mastroleo Italy
- I.I.S.S. Liceo Musicale Santa Rosa di Viterbo
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Pierpaolo Mastroleo si diploma in Contrabbasso sotto la guida del M° Vincenzo Calamita presso il Conservatorio Statale di Musica “Tito Schipa di Lecce” il 09/09/1998 con votazione 09,50/10.
Ha frequentato e conseguito con borsa di studio per merito i seguenti corsi:
– Nel 2000 il Corso di Alta Specializzazione per Professori d’Orchestra con Ruolo di Prima parte e Fila d’Orchestra Archi Scuri del Teatro alla Scala, con i Maestri G. Ettorre e E. Pederzani conseguendo una Borsa di Studio per Merito;
– Nel 2001 e 2002 il Corso di Alto Perfezionamento per Professori d’Orchestra città di Saluzzo, in collaborazione con l’Orchestra Sinfonica Rai di Torino con i Maestri S. Albesiano e M. Taddei, conseguendo una Borsa di Studio per merito;
Nel 2001 e 2002 l’Accademia di Perfezionamento per Professori d’Orchestra MYTHOS, con il Maestro DORIN MARC, in collaborazione con l’Orchestra Arturo Toscanini di Parma.
Dal 2001 al 2004 ha frequentato l’Accademia di alto Perfezionamento “WALTER STAUFFER” di Cremona, sotto la guida del Maestro “F. PETRACCHI”.
Ha collaborato in qualità di Contrabbassista con le Seguenti Orchestre/Enti: Teatro alla Scala, Orchestra dell’ Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Teatro Regio di Torino, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Rai di Torino, “OFT” Orchestra Filarmonica Torinese, Orchestra “Arturo Toscanini di Parma”, Fondazione Orchestra Sinfonica di Lecce, Orchestra della Magna Grecia di Taranto, Fondazione Pistoiese ProMusica, Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini, Orchestra di Roma, Orchestra del Cinema Italiano, Orchestra La Barocca di Milano, Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, ISA Orchestra Istituzione Sinfonica Abruzzese; Filarmonici di Roma; Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma.
E’ stato dal 2002 al 2014 stabile presso l’Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma (Auditorium Conciliazione Roma) con Ruolo di Secondo Contrabbasso/ Fila e Primo, con la quale ha inciso oltre all’Integrale delle Sinfonie di Beethoven per Sony Classica, anche N. 27 CD’S di Autori Italiani per le case discografiche Brilliants e Naxos.
Stagioni Sinfoniche Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma:
2002/03 Teatro Argentina Roma; 2003/04 Teatro Argentina Roma; 2004/05 Teatro Il Sistina Roma; 2005/06 Auditorium Conciliazione di Roma; 2006/07 Auditorium Conciliazione di Roma; 2007/08 Auditorium Conciliazione di Roma; 2008/09 Auditorium Conciliazione di Roma; 2009/10 Auditorium Conciliazione di Roma; 2010/11 Auditorium Conciliazione di Roma; 2011/12 Auditorium Conciliazione di Roma; 2012/13 Auditorium di Conciliazione Roma; 2013/14 Auditorium Conciliazione di Roma.
ATTIVITA’ DIDATTICHE SVOLTE:
Negli Anni Scolastici 2013/2014 e 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 è stato ed è Docente di Esecuzione ed Interpretazione Contrabbasso 1° e 2° Strumento nel Liceo Musicale I.I.S.S. “E. Giannelli” di Parabita (Le) e negli anni 2014/15 e 2015/2016 contestualmente nel Liceo Musicale I.I.S.S. Liceo Musicale “Archita” di Taranto e 2016/2017 e 2017/2018 con l’I.I.S.S. “G. Palmieri” di Lecce; 2018/2019 I.I.S.S. Liceo Musicale “Giannelli” Parabita; 2019/2020 I.I.S.S. Liceo Musicale “Giannelli” Parabita; 2020/2021 I.I.S.S. Liceo Musicale Santa Rosa di Viterbo.
– Nell’anno Scolastico 2015/2016 ha assunto una collaborazione in qualità di supporto all’attività didattica per la classe di musica d’insieme presso il Conservatorio “O. Respighi” di Latina per la realizzazione dell’Histoire du Soldat di I. Stravinsky;
– Contestualmente negli anni accademici 2015/2016 e 2016/2017 ha svolto Didattica presso il Conservatorio “Istituto Superiore di Musicali Conservatorio G. Paisiello” di Taranto.
- FLUTE: ANDREA SALVI
Andrea Salvi Italy
- Scuola di musica comunale “Iseo Ilari” di Monte Porzio Catone (Roma)
×Andrea Salvi
Andrea Salvi obtained his diplomas in Flute and Chamber music under the guidance of Leonardo Angeloni and Roberto Galletto at the Conservatory of music “Santa Cecilia” of Rome. He specialized in the Netherlands with Rien de Reede und Thies Roorda. He got, magna cum laude, his master degree at the Conservatory of music “Nicola Sala” of Benevento under the guidance of Giuseppe Pelura. Additionally he deepened his studies with numerous master classes in Flute (Mario Caroli, János Bálint), Chamber music (Giuliano Balestra, Bernard Fauchet, Adèle Auriol e Marialena Fernandes), “modern” languages and popular music (Daniel Binelli, Polly Ferman, Trio Bosion, Guinga, Gianni Iorio, Tato Finocchi e Alejandro Rodriguez, etc.).
Andrea Salvi is working actively in concert as a soloist, chamber and orchestra musician (Tuscia Opera Festival Symphony Orchestra, Freon Ensemble, Metadiapason Ensemble, ecc.), with particular attention to contemporary music. His activities led him beyond the borders of Italy to countries like USA, Sri Lanka, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland and as well to national broadcasts for TV and radio.
He won awards at the following competitions of chamber music (“Dinu Lipatti” international competitions, “Anemos” international competition, “Ferdinando Carulli” national competitions”). He had the honor to perform in a private concert for H. H. Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican Radio. He has been teaching for years, in state secondary schools and in the municipal
School of music “Iseo Ilari” of Monte Porzio Catone (near Rome). - CLARINET: MARCO CORSALINI
Marco Corsalini Italy
×Marco Corsalini
Clarinettista della Banda Musicale della Polizia di Stato, inizia a sette anni lo studio del clarinetto diplomandosi, sotto la guida di Paolo Venturi, presso l’Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali “G. Briccialdi” di Terni (2004), dove ha conseguito anche il Diploma Accademico di secondo livello con la votazione di 110 e lode.
Ha integrato i propri studi musicali frequentando corsi di perfezionamento di clarinetto con Alessandro Carbonare, Ciro Scarponi, Calogero Palermo e Ricardo Morales e di musica da camera con Dario De Rosa, Dalton Baldwin, Erik Battaglia e Valentina Valente.
Nel 2007 è risultato vincitore della selezione per Professore d’Orchestra presso il Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto ‘A. Belli’ con il quale ha svolto tournè in 14 città del Giappone (Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Fukuoka, etc.), in Italia e in Qatar diretto da illustri maestri quali Marco Angius, Vito Clemente e Carlo Palleschi.
Nel 2008, previa selezione nazionale, è entrato a far parte dell’Orchestra Giovanile Italiana con la quale si è esibito per rassegne musicali di notevole importanza (Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte di Montepulciano, Ravenna Festival, Estate Fiesolana, Tempo d’Orchestra Città di Mantova, etc…) sotto la guida di celebri direttori come Gabriele Ferro, Riccardo Muti, Nicola Paszkowski e Jeffrey Tate.
Nello stesso anno partecipa alle selezioni internazionali per la European Union Youth Orchestra risultando tra i finalisti.
Attualmente svolge un’intensa attività concertistica come solista e come camerista che lo ha portato ad esibirsi per numerose associazioni e festival quali, Ass. ‘Amici dell’Istituto Mascagni’ (Livorno), Festival ‘Villa Solomei’ (Solomeo), Ass. Filarmonica Umbra, ‘Todinotte’, Ass. ‘Quartospazio’ (Rieti), Fabrica Festival etc.
Ha collaborato con l’Orchestra “I Solisti di Pavia” diretta da Enrico Dindo, con l’Orchestra dell’Accademia di S. Cecilia diretta da Antonio Pappano, con l’Orchestra Sinfonica di Terni, con l’Orchestra del Teatro Verdi di Terni, con l’Orchestra Lirica di Roma e con prestigiosi gruppi cameristici come “InDivenire Ensemble” e “Wind Projekt Ensemble” con il quale ha anche inciso un CD per l’etichetta discografica “Stradivarius” di Milano.
Dal 2009 ricopre il ruolo di clarinetto di fila nella Banda Musicale della Polizia di Stato, con la quale ha calcato palcoscenici di rilievo internazionale (Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Teatro “Massimo” di Catania, Teatro “Petruzzelli” di Bari, Auditorium della Conciliazione di Roma, Auditorium Parco della Musica di Roma, Teatro “San Carlo” di Napoli, Teatro Romano di Spoleto, Castello di Schonbrun di Vienna, Teatro “Verdi” di Trieste, Teatro “La Fenice” di Venezia, Teatro romano di Aosta etc..) esibendosi per importanti associazioni musicali (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Festival di Stresa, Festival dei Due Mondi di Spoleto, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, etc..).
Nel 2016 intraprende lo studio della Direzione d’orchestra con Dario Lucantoni presso il Conservatorio Santa Cecilia di Roma proseguendo poi con Fabio Maestri e Federico Longo all’Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali “G. Briccialdi” di Terni, dove ha recentemente conseguito il Diploma Accademico di II livello con il massimo dei voti e la lode.
- FRENCH HORN: GIOVANNI HOFFER
Giovanni Hoffer Italy
- Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Conservatorio di Rovigo, Solista Jazz
×Giovanni Hoffer
Già membro stabile dell’Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano e attualmente in forze al Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Giovanni Hoffer è considerato un punto di riferimento in tutti i linguaggi musicali contemporanei, alternando con grande duttilità l’attività di cornista classico a quella in ambito jazzistico.
Dopo il diploma in corno presso Conservatorio “Giuseppe Verdi” di Milano, Giovanni Hoffer inizia un’intensa attività come professore d’orchestra collaborando con le principali istituzioni musicali italiane, tra cui l’Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, l’Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, l’Orchestra Sinfonica RAI di Torino, diretto da maestri del calibro di Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim e Daniele Gatti, e partecipando a numerose tournée internazionali. In qualità di musicista di scena, collabora anche con il Piccolo Teatro di Milano lavorando a stretto contatto con Giorgio Strehler. Inoltre, si esibisce di frequente in importanti rassegne di musica contemporanea, assieme ad alcuni dei più rilevanti ensemble italiani (Sentieri Selvaggi, Divertimento Ensemble) e accanto ad autori quali Franco Donatoni, Michael Nyman e Ludovico Einaudi.
La sua grande duttilità musicale lo porta ben presto ad esplorare il repertorio jazzistico, imponendosi subito come punto di riferimento in Italia per il corno jazz. In questo ambito è regolarmente invitato ad esibirsi in rassegne quali Umbria Jazz, Roma Jazz Festival, Ancona Jazz e a collaborare con artisti del livello di Quincy Jones, Wayne Shorter, Paolo Fresu, Terenche Blanchard, Kenny Wheeler, Francesco Cafiso, Ethan Iverson, Lewis Nash, Maynard Ferguson, Paolo Silvestri e Xavier Girotto. Nel 2006 fonda il gruppo “Hofferquattro”, primo gruppo jazz italiano ad avere come leader il corno francese, con il quale pubblica l’album “LatINside” per l’etichetta jazz Daily. Nel 2018 vengono pubblicati altri due dischi: “Echi” (Gamma Musica) con brani per corno solista e quintetto d’archi su arrangiamenti e musiche originali di Giuseppe Ricotta; e “I Loves you Porgy” (Notami jazz), album dedicato a George Gershwin, inciso in duo con il pianista Alessandro Altarocca.
Accanto all’attività concertistica, Giovanni Hoffer è impegnato anche in un’intensa attività didattica a livello internazionale, regolarmente invitato a tenere masterclass a Barcellona e Valencia (in collaborazione con il Berklee College of Music di Boston.), all’Italian Brass Week di Santa Fiora, al Festival Cornistico dell’Etna.
Tra i recenti e prossimi impegni, una lunga tournée italiana con Francesco Cafiso, la partecipazione ad un seminario sull’improvvisazione presso il Conservatorio di Milano, un concerto al Monteverdi Tuscany con Alessandro Altarocca e diverse esibizioni in rassegne jazz italiane.
JULY 24 – JULY 30
- PIANO CRISTIANA PEGORARO
Cristiana Pegoraro Italy
- Pianist, Composer, Artistic Director Narnia Festival
President Narnia Arts Academy
×Cristiana Pegoraro
Acclaimed as one of the most gifted musicians of her generation, Italian-born pianist Cristiana Pegoraro has consistently entertained and enlightened audiences with her inspired performances and original programming. Her skills display great technical and interpretative abilities. She began her career in music as a piano prodigy receiving countless national and international awards, including the 1989 Prague Best of the Year for Classical Music Award “for her great personality, strong musical temperament, mastery of phrasing and expressive artistry.” The New York Times called her “an artist of the highest caliber” following her stunning 1996 debut at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.
Ms. Pegoraro has performed in some of the major venues in Europe, United States, South America, Asia and Australia, including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the United Nations, the Guggenheim Museum (New York); the Sydney Opera House; Festspielhaus (Salzburg); Musikverein (Vienna); Royal College of Music (London); Auditorium Parco della Musica, Casa del Jazz (Rome); Amici del Loggione del Teatro alla Scala, Serate Musicali (Milan); Centro Cultural de Belem (Lisbon); Theatro Municipal (São Paulo); Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro), the Opera House (Manaus), Budapest Spring Festival, Umbria Jazz Winter, Sorrento Jazz Festival, S. Petersburg Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Klavierfestival Ruhr (Germany), Shabyt Festival Astana (Kazakhstan), 2005 Aichi World Expo (Japan) and 2008 Saragoza World Expo (Spain), among others.
In December 2006 and November 2007 she toured the Gulf Countries, becoming the first Italian female pianist to perform classical concerts in Bahrain, Yemen and Oman. Presently, Cristiana Pegoraro is also the first Italian female pianist to perform all 32 Sonatas for piano by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Hailed by the critics as “among the best interpreters of Cuban and South American music”, Ms. Pegoraro has premiered to European audiences the works of Latin-American composers such as Astor Piazzolla, Joaquin Nin and Ernesto Lecuona. She also made her own piano transcriptions of some of their greatest works, including the most famous tangos of Astor Piazzolla, and composed a Fantasy on Cuban dances by Ernesto Lecuona.
Her piano artistry can be heard on 27 compact discs released by Decision Products, Dynamic, Nuova Era, Diva, Eden Editori and Da Vinci Classics. Gramophone Magazine heralded her second recording of Ernesto Lecuona’s piano music on Dynamic Records with glowing praise – “Cristiana Pegoraro plays not only with brilliance, but with a most engaging finesse.” Peter Burwasser of Fanfare Magazine has described her as “a multi-faceted artist who eagerly searches for passion and musical inspiration in her life and her performances.”
Her CD “Astor Piazzolla Tangos”, released in 2016, received the Gold Medal at the prestigious Global Music Awards in two categories: Album and Instrumental. Her latest release, “Gioacchino Rossini Overtures – Piano Transcriptions” featuring some of his most popular overtures transcribed for piano by Pegoraro herself, premiered worldwide in November 2017.She has been a featured artist on radio and television, on WQXR New York (USA), RAI, Mediaset, Radio Vaticana, Discoteca di Stato (Italy), BBC (Scotland), ARD (Germany), RTP (Portugal), Nine Network (Australia) and CBC (Japan). She has been a guest on the Italian TV shows: “Porta a Porta” with Bruno Vespa (RAI 1), “Sottovoce” with Gigi Marzullo (RAI 1), and “Vivere Meglio” with Fabrizio Trecca (Rete 4).
Over the years Cristiana has appeared in front of the highest world dignitaries. In November 2003, she performed for the President of Italy, Mr. Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. Later that same month, on the occasion of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, she appeared in her 8th sold out concert at Lincoln Center in the presence of the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations. In 2006, at the United Nations Headquarters, she performed for Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg. In 2008, she was the only European representative at the Spring Festival at the United Nations in New York, and performed in the hall of the General Assembly in front of ambassadors and dignitaries from 192 countries. In 2009, she played in Moscow in the presence of the Italian Minister of Economic Development. In 2010, in Rome, she performed for the President of the Austrian Senate.
In collaboration with Italian Embassies and Cultural Institutes, she is regularly invited by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to represent Italy and promote Italian music in the world.
She supports various international organizations such as UNICEF, Amnesty International, World Food Programme and Emergency in their humanitarian efforts. In 2005 at her 10th sold out concert at Lincoln Center, she received the World Peace Award from the Circolo Culturale Italiano of the United Nations “for her effort in advancing peace in the world”. In 2007, in Naples, Italy, along with other important artists including Maestro Claudio Abbado, she received the Sebetia Ter President of Italy Award “for her activity as a performer and composer”. That same year, at her concert at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, she was honored with the title of Ambassador of the Right to Music, a program under the tutelage of the Commission of Culture of Rome and the Commission for Youth Policies whose goal is to promote musical culture in all its aspects. In 2010, she was anointed as 2010 ILICA Woman of the Year by the Italian Language Intercultural Alliance in New York. In 2011, she was honored with the Rotary Umbria Prize “for her professionalism, social commitment and her constant promotion of Umbria throughout the world”. She also received the Messenger of the Territory Award from the Chamber of Commerce of Terni, and the Melvin Jones Fellow Award “for dedicated humanitarian services” from the Lions Clubs International Foundation. In 2013, she received from the hands of the Mayor of Rome the prestigious Premio Simpatia, awarded to performing artists, authors, ambassadors and sports figures who exemplify a commitment to Italy, and conceived in recognition “of individuals who enrich and exalt the essential values of life through their work”. Past recipients include directors Federico Fellini and Franco Zeffirelli, actress Sophia Loren and Mother Theresa. In 2016, Ms. Pegoraro received an inaugural “Premio Umbria in Rosa” award given to women “operating in the fields of knowledge and who are models for exemplary professional skills and positivity” by her home Italian region of Umbria, and the “Donne ad alta quota” Award with the suport of Regione Umbria and Fondazione Marisa Bellisario, dedicated to “women-testimonial that with their commitment promote the image of Umbria and Italy”.
Most recently, Cristiana has taken up the challenge of composition, releasing five highly acclaimed albums “A Musical Journey”, “Ithaka”, “La mia Umbria”, “Volo di note” and “Piano di volo”. Her compositions have been used for films and documentaries. She composed the soundtrack to the video “For Whom The Sirens Toll” produced by the United Nations Office of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict and presented at the United Nations on September 11th, 2004, in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack. She also composed the soundtrack of the short movie “La casa dell’orologio” by Italian director Gianni Torres. She is the author of a book of poems called “Ithaka” and a series of children’s books based on Italian operas.
Cristiana regularly presents master classes at The Juilliard School in New York and across the U.S., Canada, Europe, The Middle East, Asia and Australia.
She is a testimonial of Umbria’s tourism campaign throughout the world. Since 2011, she is the Artistic Director of Narnia Arts Academy (www.narniaartsacademy.com) and Narnia Festival (www.narniafestival.com). The Academy and Festival received the President of Italy gold medal.
Ms. Pegoraro graduated with highest honors from the Conservatory of Terni, Italy, at the age of sixteen. She continued her studies with Jörg Demus in Vienna and Hans Leygraf at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin. She later studied with Nina Svetlanova at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.
More information on cristianapegoraro.com
- Pianist, Composer, Artistic Director Narnia Festival
- PIANO, ORCHESTRA, CHAMBER MUSIC, SOLFEGE, HARMONY, MUSIC HISTORY: LORENZO PORZIO
Lorenzo Porzio Italy
- Conductor, Composer, Pianist, Music Director Narnia Festival
- Direttore stabile Orchestra Filarmonica Città di Roma
×Lorenzo Porzio
At the age of seven he began studying the piano and at eleven he began studying the organ under the organist and composer Lorenzo Ronci. He concluded his studies at Santa Cecilia with Maestro Federico del Sorto. Since 1996 he has been the principal organist at the Basilica del Sacro Cuore Immacolato di Maria ai Parioli (Rome).
From 1997 – 2011 he continued to perfect his piano studies under Biagio Andriulli, Andrea Sammartino, Giovanni Scaramuzza and Gino Nappo at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. He has performed as soloist and has accompanied polyphonic choirs in some of the most prestigious cathedrals and venues in Italy. He has worked with many important singers from the Santa Cecilia Academy and Teatro dell’Opera, the Coro Accademico Romano and the Coro Polifonico S. Martino, among others. In 2003 he held concerts in the Vatican (Sala Raffaello), in the Chiesa del Governatorato and in the Vatican Gardens for the re-opening of the Casina di Pio IV.
He studied composition with Marco Persichetti, graduating with the highest grades from the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome under Francesco Telli.
He began his career as Orchestra Conductor studying with Francesco Carotenuto and Marco Boemi, and participating in Piero Bellugi’s Masterclasses. Since 2004 he has written and performed music on the piano and organ for shows, documentaries and short TV movies on RAI 1, RAI 3, RAI International, Sky Sport, Roma Uno, and others. In November 2005, Radio Uno Rai broadcasted his “Rapsodia Orientale (Pensando a Pechino)” composed and played by him. In May 2006 he debuted as composer at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome (Sala Petrassi) during an event hosted by Pippo Baudo “Com’è Straordinaria la Vita”, and held a chamber music concert in the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano for the 400th anniversary of the opening of the Vatican Museums. During the Christmas festivities in 2006, he played the organ during the Mass in St. Peter’s Cathedral. In September 2009 and in December 2011, he was again organist at St. Peter’s for the celebration of Masses by Cardinal Comastri.
From 2009 to 2010 he was First Assistant Conductor of the elite orchestra of the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome. In 2010 he debuted as Conductor of the Orchestra Tiberina, conducting the orchestra again in 2011 for a concert at the Cathedral of the Santissimi Apostoli (Rome). Since 2010 he has been collaborating with the Accademia Santa Cecilia as pianist and conductor. Since 2011 he has been Principal Conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra “L’Armonica Temperanza”, with which he tours on a regular basis. With “L’Armonica Temperanza” he was invited to perform in the most prestigious halls and churches of Rome (Sala della Protomoteca del Campidoglio, Sala del Coro della Cappella Sistina, Biblioteca del Senato, Biblioteca Nazionale, Basilica di Santa Francesca Romana, San Quirico e Giulitta ai Fori Imperiali, San Bartolomeo all’Isola Tiberina, S.Lucia al Gonfalone, Chiesa degli Spagnoli ai Banchi Vecchi, San Clemente, Sant’Eugenio alle Belle Arti, San Paolo entro le mura). In 2012 he founded the Orchestra and Choir of Convitto Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome.
In 2013, within the Narnia Festival, he conducts at the prestigious Orvieto Cathedral and San Domenico Auditorium in Narni, Italy. Both concerts were recorded by RAI 1 and presented by famous actress Barbara De Rossi.
In January 2014 he debuts with Orchestra Filarmonica di Roma at the Auditorium Seraphicum in Rome and Teatro Magnani in Fidenza (Parma) with two sold out concerts.
On the basis of his merits, the President of the Republic of Italy, C.A.Ciampi, awarded him the title of “Cavaliere della Repubblica”.
More information on lorenzoporzio.it
- GUITAR: (CLASSICAL AND BRAZILIAN) GIANLUCA PERSICHETTI
Gianluca Persichetti Italy
- Conservatorio U. Giordano - Foggia; Accademia Romana di Musica
×Gianluca Persichetti
Gianluca Persichetti ha intrapreso giovanissimo lo studio della chitarra diplomandosi brillantemente presso il Conservatorio di S. Cecilia di Roma sotto la guida del M° C. Carfagna. Nello stesso anno consegue il diploma del corso di Strumenti a Percussioni sotto la guida del M° Leonida Torrebruno.
Segue successivamente un corso di perfezionamento con il M° Mario Gangi.
Svolge da subito una intensa attività concertistica esibendosi come solista ed in varie formazioni cameristiche per importanti rassegne musicali e manifestazioni teatrali. In Italia: “Festival di Benevento”; città S. Angelo nella “VI Estate Angolana; ”Associazione musicale Molisana” a Campobasso; a Roma nella “Rassegna Cameristica” presso la Chiesa Valdese e per l’ “Agimus” alla Sala Baldini; suona nel “Festival nazionale” di Ancona – Pescina”; al “Teatro Mancinelli” di Orvieto; al “Teatro Greco” di Siracusa; al “Teatro Goldoni” di Venezia; al “Teatro L. Pirandello” di Agrigento; all’ “Istituto degli Innocenti” di Firenze…
Fra le partecipazioni all’estero il “Centr d’Art Vivant du Belvedere” a Tunisi; il “Centre cultural de Gavà” a Barcellona; in Cecoslovacchia..Insieme ai chitarristi Massimo Aureli e Massimo delle Cese forma il “Trio Chitarristico S. Cecilia”, con il quale si esibisce in tutto il mondo riscuotendo ovunque vivi consensi di pubblico e di critica in Italia ed all’estero.
Il trio si esibisce a Roma nell’ambito della rassegna “Le serenate in chiostro”, all’ “Auditorium discoteca di stato”, all’ “Auditorium Pontificio musica sacra”, al “Teatro Ghione” ed alla “Sala Baldini”; a Tivoli nella “Sala Spallanzani”; suonano al “Festival barocco” di Viterbo; a Frascati al “Festival delle ville Tuscolane”; nella “Filarmonica Laudamo” di Messina; nell’ “Associazione musicale etnea” di Catania; al “IV festival internazionale della chitarra” di Siracusa; a Spoleto al “Teatro Caio Melisso”; a Firenze all’ “Istituto francese” e nell’ “Associazione amici della musica” di Milazzo e S. Severo.
All’estero il trio si esibisce ad Instambul al “Gran teatro” , al “Konser Salonu ed al “Centro de exposiciones y congresos” di Zaragosas”; a Singapore nel “Lute Guitar Virtuosos of Italy DBS Auditorium” – (Shenton Way); nell’ “Italian Embassy” di Malaysia; a Liverpool nell’ “Eurovwirral International Guitar Festival of Great Britain”; nella “Societat Guitarristica de Catalunya” di Valencia; all’ “Istituto italiano” di Madrid, di Salonicco, Stoccolma, Atene e Algeri ed all’ “Ambasciata di Praga” )Con il trio pubblica il CD “Mutation”, ricevendo entusiastiche recensioni sulle più importanti riviste internazionali di settore (Soundboard – USA , Classical Guitar -UK , Les cahiers de la guitarre – Francia, Il Fronimo, Guitar, Chitarre, Musicalia – Italia).
Fortemente attratto dalla musica etnica e profondo conoscitore di musica brasiliana, fin da giovanissimo si dedica a questo genere diventandone uno dei maggiori esecutori italiani e collaborando con alcuni dei più rappresentativi musicisti brasiliani in Italia.
Costituisce insieme al percussionista Stefano Rossini, il trio “Itinerario Brasile”. Insieme realizzano i CD “Esperanto” (1998) ed “ Itinerario Brasile” (2005,) che sono una libera e personale interpretazione della musica sudamericana, e specificamente di quella brasiliana.
Numerose le partecipazioni in Italia ed all’estero del trio: a Roma nell’ambito della Rassegna “JAZZ&IMAGE” a Villa Celimontana (1999; 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009); all’Alexander Platz – live Jazz club (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009), nella Manifestazione “Enzimi 2000”, al Museo degli strumenti musicali nell’ambito della rassegna “Accademia in concerto” (2006, 2007), in “Roma Hot Summit” presso il Cineporto (2006), ed al “Christmas Village”, con il Patrocinio della Regione Lazio e del Comune di Roma e dell’Assessorato alla Cultura, Manifestazione per il Natale, (2003); a Orvieto suonano in “Lotta contro l’A.I.D.S.” al Teatro Mancinelli, al San Francesco Jazz Club nell’ambito della “Rassegna Jazz” (2004); a Rimini in “Concerti in Fiera (1999) ”; a Teramo il trio partecipa alla rassegna musicale “l’ Estate abruzzese” (2002); Città di Genzano al ” II° Festival Internazionale della Chitarra” (2005); alla “Rassegna Jazz al Bizzeffe” di Firenze (2004); ad Instambul al “Festival Ekim” al Reichenberg Guitar Masters Festival 2012.Il trio ha ospitato nei suoi concerti illustri nomi del repertorio musicale brasiliano ed italiano (Irio de Paula, Sergio Galvao, Guinga, Rosalia de Souza, Toninho Horta, Alfredo Paixao, Roberto
Bottermaio ed i jazzisti italiani Henry Cook, Maurizio Giammarco, Fabio Zeppetella, Giovanna Marinuzzi, Eddy Palermo, Nicola Stilo, Stefania Casini, Francesco Puglisi, Paolo Innarella .. )Con il chitarrista Massimo Aureli costituisce il duo “Corde Brasiliane” che conduce il pubblico, attraverso l’uso di tutti gli strumenti a corda tipici della cultura popolare brasiliana, alla scoperta dei molteplici e meravigliosi ambiti, anche i più sconosciuti, di questa vastissima espressione musicale ed artistica.
Hanno suonato in duo tra l’altro all’Ambasciata Brasiliana di Roma il 17 Dicembre 2015, nell’ambito della presentazione delle olimpiadi di Rio.Intensa anche la sua partecipazione televisiva e radiofonica; lavora costantemente come turnista, ha registrato per Morricone, Piovani, Bacalov, Mazzocchetti, Guerra, Di Pofi e come esecutore ed arrangiatore ha prestato la propria collaborazione musicale a varie attività teatrali:
Suona in “Indugio compiuto” al Teatro Duni di Matera, in “Il Mandarino meraviglioso” a Benevento, in “Rosa Futura” al teatro Pirandello di Agrigento, in “Del mondo in mezzo ai turbini” al teatro Goldoni di Venezia, in “Italy in Houston” a Houston, nel “Il classico di una vita un libro letto e mai dimenticato” alla Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Lucina a Roma (2006), dove ha eseguito un commento musicale al Cantico dei Cantici letto dal Mons. Gianfranco Ravasi ed alle Poesie d’amore di Nazim Hikmet lette da Ozpetek.Nel 2007 inizia la sua collaborazione con Lina Sastri ed è chitarrista solista nello spettacolo “Corpo Celeste” di e con Lina Sastri, al teatro Quirino di Roma ed al teatro La Pergola di Firenze.
Nel 2010, costituisce insieme a Stefano Rossini e Carlo Biancalana, la “Choro Orchestra”, che è un orchestra di circa 20 elementi che si dedica interamente allo Choro Brasiliano. Ha realizzato con questa orchestra, di cui è direttore ed arrangiatore il CD “Choro Orchestra”, la grande musica popolare brasiliana.
Con l’Orchestra ha partecipato a numerosi Festival e manifestazioni musicali tra cui Alexanderplatz Jazz Club – 23 Gennaio 2015 – Roma, XVIII edizione della rassegna di “Musica nelle corti di Capitanata” – 16 Luglio 2014 – Foggia, Festival Internazionale di Chitarra – 8 Settembre 2013 – Manfredonia, Festival “MaraRio” – 22 Agosto 2013 – Maratea, Festival “Villa Celimontana jazz” 19 Luglio 2013 – Roma, XVII edizione della rassegna di “Musica nelle corti di Capitanata” 12 Luglio 2013 – Monte S.Angelo, Festival di Peschici – 11 Luglio 2013 – Peschici, Festa Patronale – 19 Settembre 2012 – San Marco in Lamis, Festival “Stornara in Movimento” – 19 Agosto 2012 – Stornara, XVI edizione della rassegna di “Musica nelle corti di Capitanata” – 6 Luglio 2012 – Foggia, Concerti della stagione estiva – 5 Luglio 2012 – Torre Maggiore, Amici della Musica – 30 Giugno 2012 – S.Giovanni Rotondo, “Amendola – circolo ufficiali” – 07 Giugno 2012 Foggia, 5° Stagione concertistica “Ostuni in musica” – 30 Aprile 2012 – Ostuni, 2° Festival Chitarristico Citta’ di Celano – 31 Marzo 2012 – Celano, Teatro comunale “Luigi Rossi” – 11 Gennaio 2012 – Torremaggiore, XV edizione della rassegna di “Musica nelle corti di Capitanata” – 11 Luglio 2011 – Foggia, Roma Villa Celimontana jazz Festival- Luglio 2013, Teatro Giordano di Foggia – settembre 2015Si dedica inoltre all’attività didattica a Roma presso l’ Accademia Romana di Musica, della quale è presidente.
Da anni è docente, insieme al M° Stefano Rossini, del “Seminario di Musica Brasiliana”, corso di perfezionamento e aggiornamento professionale che è stato riconosciuto dal ministero della pubblica istruzione, nonchè di Seminari estivi ed invernali a cui partecipano alunni provenienti da tutta Italia.
E’ vincitore del Concorso a Cattedra nei Conservatori ed è titolare della cattedra di Chitarra Classica al Conservatorio U.Giordano di Foggia.More information on http://www.accademiaromanadimusica.c...
- GUITAR: CARLO BIANCALANA
Carlo Biancalana Italy
- Conservatorio U. Giordano - Foggia; Accademia Romana di Musica
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Carlo Biancalana si è diplomato in chitarra classica con il massimo dei voti al Conservatorio “S. Cecilia” di Roma sotto la guida del Maestro Carlo Carfagna. In seguito ha seguito corsi di perfezionamento con i maestri Mario Gangi, Angelo Giardino, Eliot Fisk, Leo Brouwer, e Alvaro Pierri.
Ha svolto prevalentemente attività concertistica in ambito cameristico, con diverse formazioni – duo, trio, quartetto e ottetto chitarristico, flauto e chitarra, clarinetto e chitarra, voce e chitarra tenendo concerti in Italia e all’estero. Attualmente fa parte del “Trio Chitarristico di Roma” con i maestri Fabio Renato d’Ettorre e Fernando Lepri.Ha partecipato a diversi festival e concorsi nazionali ed internazionali ottenendo prestigiosi riconoscimenti prevalentemente nella formazione del duo chitarristico con il M°Stefano Mingo e come solista nel “Festival di Chitarra di Loreto”, al “Concorso Chitarristico Pasquale Taraffo di Genova”, al “Concorso di Musica Città di Stresa”, al “Concorso di Chitarra G.B.Ansaldi di Mondovì”, al “Concorso di Chitarra Città di Gaeta”, al “Concorso di Chitarra Mauro Giuliani di Bari” e al “Concorso di Chitarra Città di Parma”. Sempre con il M° Stefano Mingo nella formazione del duo chitarristico ha inciso per l’edizioni Phoenix Classics. Nel 2010 in collaborazione con i Maestri Gianluca Persichetti e Stefano Rossini ha fondato la “ChorOrchestra” del Conservatorio Umberto Giordano di Foggia. È Direttore Artistico del Concorso Chitarristico Internazionale “Corrado Alba” organizzato dall’Associazione Musicabile-Onlus.
Come didatta ha frequentato le metodologie d’insegnamento della musica Dalcroze e Orff-Schulwerk. È stato docente di Chitarra dal 1988 al 2008 presso la Scuola Media ad Indirizzo Musicale. Dal 2009 è docente di chitarra in conservatorio attualmente presso il Conservatorio di musica “U.Giordano” di Foggia.
- GUITAR: TALI ROTH (ONLINE)
Tali Roth United States
- The Juilliard School
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One of the world’s leading and most charismatic guitarists, Tali Roth has been hailed by Classical Guitar magazine as “an extraordinary solo and chamber musician” and by The New York Times as a “marvelous classical guitarist”. She recently was awarded a teaching excellence award by Carnegie Hall.
Her past engagements include performing on the soundtrack for Woody Allen’s 2010 film, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. Since her Carnegie Hall debut, Ms. Roth has performed as a soloist throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Japan and her native country of Israel, appearing in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall with violinist Midori, Alvin Ailey theatre with Douglas Dunn and Dancers in the 92nd St Y Harkness Dance festival, Rose Hall home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Caramoor Center with conductor Giovanni Reggioli, Tel Aviv Henry Crown Hall, Teatro Presidente in San Salvador with the El Salvador Philharmonic with conductor Sarmientos, TeatroSolis in Uruguay with Polly Ferman and Glamour Tango, Haiyuza Theatre in Tokyo with Flamenco Komatsubaraand Silvia Duran dance companies, the Susan Dellal Center with members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and at Lincoln Center with members of the New York Philharmonic.
Ms. Roth has performed on stage in the New York Off-Broadway musical production of Nobel Prize Laureate Derek Walcott’s The Odyssey and by invitation for the U.N. in Washington for dignitaries such as former Prime Minister Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and General Colin Powell. She has won Top Prize in all categories at the Twenty-Third Masterplayers Music and Conductors Competition in Switzerland and the New York Artist International Competition Award.
An avid new music promoter Ms. Roth has recorded Premiere works by composers such as Ami Maayani to the IMP label, Richardo Lorca, conductor and composer German Caceres, composer Mladen Milicevic and more. She has recorded extensively to TV and Radio worldwide and has featured on WQXR, Argentinian 96.7 national radio, Chicago Dame Myra Myra Hess Broadcasted Series, Canada National TV and Los Angeles Hollywood TV to name a few.
Ms. Roth is a graduate of the Jerusalem Rubin Academy (B.M) and The Juilliard School (M.M.) She has led the NYU Guitar Department from 2007-2011, has presented master classes throughout the world and has been a fellowship assistant at the Aspen Music Festival.
Tali Roth has been the head of the guitar program at Juilliard Pre-College since 2005 and the Narnia Festival in Italy since 2012.
Her upcoming DVD with Grammy flutist Carol Wincenc will be released by the Cinevu Label this year.
Ms. Roth plays a Stephan Connor guitar and is a Savarez Artist.
More information on taliroth.com
- VIOLIN: KHULLIP JEUNG (ONLINE)
Khullip Jeung United States
- The Juilliard School, Mannes College of Music
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Violinist, Khullip Jeung has performed and taught throughout the US, Europe, and Asia as soloist, chamber musician, and sought after violin pedagogist. Mr. Jeung started playing the violin at the age of 5 in South Korea and soon after immigrated to Hawaii. He had his solo debut with the Honolulu Symphony at the age of 9, playing the Khachaturian Concerto and soon after the Lalo Symphonie Espagnole to great acclaim. At the age of 15, Mr. Jeung moved to New York, after being accepted to the Juilliard Pre-College to study with Dorothy DeLay on scholarship. He received the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at Juilliard studying with Sally Thomas with the C.V. Starr Scholarship, Teplitsky Memorial Scholarship, and the Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship to name a few. Mr. Jeung has been awarded the Grand Prize in the Korea Times Music Competition (LA), American String Teachers Association Competition (HI), and the youngest recipient of the Morning Music Scholarship to name a few. Television and radio broadcasts include, The Saturday Morning Show, Saturday AM, Superkids, MBC Arts Theater and much more. He was also featured in the String and Bow music magazine of the October 2006 publication. His two, live-recorded, unedited inspirational CDs have had enormous popularity both here in the US and abroad and is currently working on the third album. Most recently, he also recorded the only instrumental numbers for the new upcoming Broadway, “Gatsby”. Mr. Jeung has also been invited to judge many competitions such as the New York International Music Competition and National Young Musicians Showcase Competition. He is also the founder and chairperson of the International Virtuoso Competition. Mr. Jeung is on the faculty of The Juilliard School Pre-College, Mannes Pre-College, and JCC Thurnauer School of Music. Since 2005, he has also been the music director of the highly acclaimed Good Neighbor Ensemble based in New Jersey. During the summers, he has taught at the Maui Summer Music Festival and the Waterville Valley Chamber Music Festival. Mr. Jeung is also the founder and director of the 4Strings Music Festival in New York.
- VIOLIN: JISUN KANG (ONLINE)
Jisun Kang United States
- Mannes College of Music
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Violinist Jisun Kang has performed throughout the US, Europe, and Asia as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral musician. She is a founding member of the BeneSori String Quartet where she actively performs in New York and New Jersey. She has also performed as a section violinist of Naples Philharmonic in Florida and concertmistress of Nova Philharmonic in New York. She is currently the concertmistress of the Ureuk Symphony Orchestra in New York, and one of the founding core leaders of the Sonata da Chiesa, a chamber group based in the Tri-State area. Ms. Kang also performs with the New York Classical Players which features world renowned soloists.
Ms. Kang first started the piano in Korea, and after moving to England, she started the violin at the age of 9. Soon after, she won her first competition after only 6 months of studying the violin. She had her first solo debut with the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 13 performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto. She has won numerous competitions such as the Watford Music Festival Competition, Busan Music Association Competition, Busan MBC Music Competition, and the Music Journal Competition in Korea.
Jisun Kang received her bachelor’s degree at the Seoul National University, and earned her master’s degree from The Juilliard School studying with Stephen Clapp, where she was awarded the Carabo-Cone Scholarship and Dorothy Starling Scholarship. She continued her studies at the Manhattan School of Music with Glenn Dicterow, Lisa Kim, and Yoko Takebe where she received the Professional Studies degree in Orchestral Performance as a scholarship recipient of the Stamas Fund from the New York Philharmonic. She has participated in many music festivals such as Mozarteum International Summer Academy in Salzburg, Che-ju International Music Festival, and Meadowmount School of Music, to name a few.
Beginning of 2014, Ms.Kang has been appointed the position of associate music director of Love Violin, USA. During the summers, she has taught and performed at the Waterville Valley Music Festival in New Hampshire, Maui Summer Music Festival, and Narnia Music Festival in Italy. In 2013, she co-founded the 4Strings Music Festival in New York.
- VIOLIN: ZENEBA BOWERS
Zeneba Bowers United States
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Violinist Zeneba Bowers received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Eastman School of Music in the US. After serving as a concertmaster in the New World Symphony and in several European festivals (including the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy), Zeneba played for 20 years as the Assistant Principal Second Violin in the Nashville Symphony. She is also a Grammy-nominated producer in her role as founder and Artistic Director of Alias Chamber Ensemble, which commissioned dozens of new works and recorded four industry-acclaimed CDs. She has performed countless times on live national radio and TV throughout the US.
In 2019 Zeneba quit her various jobs and moved to Italy with her husband (cellist Matt Walker), where the two organize and perform concerts and cultural events. During the coronavirus lockdown in Spring 2020, they performed a series of 62 concerts from their balcony which were broadcast on Facebook and into the town square. This “Buonasera Soriano” series presented a different piece each night, in diverse styles from Baroque Italian to modern blues and jazz. The duo and their concert series were featured in prominent newspaper and TV outlets in the US and in Italy, including CBS Sunday Morning and Il Messaggero. Later in 2020 they created the ensemble “Cari Musici”, performing in several locations throughout central Italy. The two also performed in several events at the Narnia Festival, including two featured concerts – a program of early Italian Baroque pieces, and a set of American country-blues music. - VIOLIN & VIOLA: ELEONORA BISACCIONI
Eleonora Bisaccioni Italy
- Scuola di musica "Concertino" di Narni
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Inizia lo studio del violino presso la scuola musicale comunale a 7 anni e a 9 anni ottiene l’ammissione nell’Istituto “G. Briccialdi” di Terni nella classe del M°. Rodolfo Bonucci, con il quale studia fino al compimento inferiore (v.o.). Scopre in seguito la passione per la viola e ne inizia la pratica come autodidatta per poi fare nuovamente l’ammissione nell’Istituto “Briccialdi”, nella classe del M° Paola Emanuele, con la quale, nel 2007, consegue la Laurea specifica in Alta Formazione Artistico Musicale. Durante il corso di studi e successivamente al conseguimento del diploma in viola, ha frequentato lo stage di formazione orchestrale nei corsi estivi di ARPA (Associazione Regionale Per l’Educazione Musicale) svoltisi a Fontecchio; il corso di perfezionamento musicale in musica da camera con il M° Francesco Pepicelli e il M° Angelo Pepicelli. Ha inoltre partecipato al IV Corso Internazionale di Musica Medievale, indirizzo di danza, tenuto dal M° Veronique Daniels.
Negli anni successivi ha collaborato con l’Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Istituto “Briccialdi” e con l’ensamble barocco dell’Istituto, l’Orchestra Sinfonica Narni Open Air, l’orchestra da camera di Viterbo “Le Metamorfosi Musicali” e la formazione “Belcanto Chamber Orchestra”. Collabora con l’Orchestra Sinfonica di Civitavecchia, l’orchestra “Talenti d’arte” e con vari gruppi di musica tradizionale locale. Durante gli anni di studio ha partecipato a diverse edizioni del Festival Transeuropéennes di Rouen (Francia), con la formazione da camera dell’Istituto Briccialdi, nel ruolo di prima viola. Insieme al Rieti Ensemble, ha registrato un disco con i brani dell’autore Marconicchio sotto il patrocinio della Regione Lazio e dell’Accademia Reatina dell’Arte. Nel 2016 ha suonato per “Piazza classica”, anteprima del festival delle nazioni di Città di Castello. Svolge attività di musicista, sia con il violino che con la viola, con varie formazioni da camera, dal duetto al quartetto. Subito dopo aver conseguito il diploma, nel 2007, fonda insieme al trombettista Fabrizio Antonelli e al pianista Andrea Francescangeli, il “trio Petillant” con il quale ha eseguito numerosi concerti e si è esibita anche al Festival Debussy 2013 a Joigny (Francia). Con la stessa formazione ha partecipato alla serata di apertura de “Le vie del cinema” di Narni (edizione 2017) accompagnando, con l’esecuzione dal vivo, il primo cortometraggio muto della storia del film italiano (“La presa di Roma” di Filoteo Alberini). Partecipazione che è proseguita anche negli anni successivi nei quali, sempre con il “trio Petillant”, è stata invitata ad aprire tutte le serate del festival. Ha fondato l’ensamble di musica antica e medievale “Obsequium” e la compagnia “Nova Carmina” con i quali si esibisce in costume storico e con strumenti antichi.
Accanto all’attività professionale, ha sempre svolto attività didattica come insegnante di musica e di strumento in diverse realtà, statali e private. Nel 2013 ha fondato la scuola di musica “Concertino” nella quale, oltre a tenere corsi di strumento, segue anche la preparazione orchestrale dei ragazzi che si esibiscono in numerosi concerti durante l’anno. - CELLO: MATT WALKER
Matt Walker United States
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Cellist Matt Walker currently lives in Italy with his wife (violinist Zeneba Bowers), where the two have created a new life as concert performers/organizers, and also as travel writers and consultants through their business, Little Roads Europe.
Prior to moving to Italy, Matt enjoyed 28 years of full-time orchestra work (with symphony orchestras in Nashville, Charleston, Jacksonville and others), chamber music performances (including the Grammy-nominated Alias Chamber Ensemble), composing and arranging, and playing on countless classical and pop recordings, including Chet Atkins, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, and Miley Cyrus to name just a few.
Matt enjoyed 28 years of full-time orchestra work, chamber music performances, composing and arranging, and playing on countless classical and pop recordings, including Chet Atkins, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, and Miley Cyrus to name just a few.
Matt and his wife played a series of 62 concerts from their balcony in Italy’s spring lockdown, a series that was featured in news media in Italy and the US, and on TV in “CBS Sunday Morning” in the US. When restrictions were lifted, he performed concerts in Umbria (including the Narnia Festival) and in Lazio with his newly formed group “Cari Musici”.
Matt is also a guitarist, singer/songwriter, jazz bassist, a Grammy-nominated producer and performer, and a composer whose works have been recorded and performed across the US, in Italy and the UK, including by the famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma. His playing and his composing fuse classical training and form with “non-standard” jazz and blues styles. - FLUTE: CALOGERO GIALLANZA
Calogero Giallanza Italy
- Accademia Romana di Musica
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Calogero Giallanza was born in Naso (Messina – Italy).
He is a graduate of the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy. Mr. Giallanza is very active as a performing flautist and composer in Italy and abroad, his repertoire ranges from baroque to contemporary music both as solist and in chamber ensembles (Todi Festival 95, Teatro Vittorio Emanuele in Noto 99/2000, Teatro & TD Zagabria [Croazia] 99/2001, Palermo di Scena Festival 97/ 2000, Italian Embassy in Abu-Dhabi [United Arab Emirates] 2001, “Lisinski”Auditorium, Zagabria[Croazia] 2003, Italian Cultural Institute, Los Angeles [U.S.A.] 2003, Arizona State University, Scottsdale Phoenix [U.S.A.] 2003, Ortigia Festival 2003, Italian State Recording Archives 2006, Opere Festival 2006/07, Melbourne Italian Festival 2007[Australia], IV Rioharp Festival 2009/2010 Rio de Janeiro [ Brazil ], 46° Festival Nuova Consonanza ’09, Auditorium M.A.S.P. Sao Paulo 2010 [Brazil], “Genus Musicae” Myth Circuit 2011, Italian Cultural Institute Malta 2012, Taormina Arte 2013 ( Ancient Theater), N.D.U. University Louaize Beirut 2015 (Lebanon), El Mouggar Concert Hall Algeri and Festival Costantine 2015 ( Algeria).
His cd recording credits include: Mediterranea (1999) produced and distributed by Ed.Mus. Cantoberon with guitarist and composer Luca Mereu with whom he founded the Duo Nesos, Thalassa (2001) in which he is both solo flautist and composer. Highly appreciated by Ennio Morricone, the cd was produced by “ Ostinati Music Workshop” and sponsored by private and public institutions. “Due fauni, arco e pizzicato” ( 2005) with the Ensemble Colosseum in which he plays as first solo flautist. In 2007, he recorded the CD “Al muhda ilayy” (pieces for solo flute and flute and harp by various composers dedicated to Calogero Giallanza), produced by “Ostinati Music Workshop” with the contribution of IMAIE. In 2011, he recorded his CD “Shulùq”-Sounds and Rhythms from the Mediterranean (pieces for flute, harp and drums ), produced by ENPALS under the patronage of National and International Universities, Embassies and Organizations. He recorded original compositions of A. Murzi for an Aurelio Grimaldi video for “ Lisbon Expo 1998”. He has recorded for Domani Musica label as well.
He has made recordings for RAI 2 Television, Vatican Radio, Libanese Television and Algerian Television. His performances are regularly aired on Radio – RAI Filodiffusione, and Rai International. In his capacity as a performer and a composer, he has appeared as guest on the prestigious radio programme “Notturno Italiano” produced by Radio Rai Italia. He is the Artistic Director of the ‘Ostinati’ Music Workshop which carries out research and experiments on the relationship between music and word. In 2009 the show “Nzula”, by Francesco Randazzo, with original compositions, performed live, by M.° Giallanza won the First Prize as best show of the 2nd National Festival “Schegge d’Autore” from the National Union of Dramatic Authors and the Audience Award for the show of Magna Graecia Institution- Battipaglia Prize.
In 2004, he played the main character in the documentary film “Favola del Vento e del Mare” directed by Pierpaolo Gandini, for which he also composed and perfomed the soundtrack. This documentary, which was produced by SD cinematografica for Italian and International Television, has been aired on RAI 3 Italian TV in the programme “ Geo & amp; Geo” and on Swiss Television – RTSI.
In 2009, he won First Prize of the 3rd edition of the IMAIE competition, contemporary classical music section, with the CD “Al muhda ilayy”. In 2010 he was aawarded the VI edition of the “Antonello da Messina”National Prize .
In 2012 he was presented a Medal by the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano for his work as Artistic Director of the Nebroideo Organ Festival “Annibale Lo Bianco”
On December 27th 2013 he was appointed Knight of the Italian Republic for Merit, again by the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano, after a nomination from the Prime Minister.
More information on http://www.calogerogiallanza.net/
- SAX: PATRIZIO DESTRIERE
Patrizio Destriere Italy
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Patrizio Destriere completed his studies under the guidance of Maestro Fulvio Falleri, graduating in saxophone with honors (10/10) on July 4, 1997, from the “F.Morlacchi” State Music Conservatory in Perugia. He then completed the two-year internship course, again in the class taught by Maestro Falleri. He obtained a technical and commercial diploma from the I.T.C. “S.Francesco d’Assisi” in Casoria (Province of Naples) with a final grade of 75/100 on July 16, 2001.
He graduated with a diploma in Jazz under the guidance of Maestro Ettore Fioravanti with highest honors (10/10), on July 8, 2002 from the State Music Conservatory in Benevento.
He obtained the diploma of the Is Jazz Ensemble biennial training course (2002/2003) organized by Istituto Nazionale per lo Sviluppo Musicale del Mezzogiorno, held by Maestro Francesco D’Errico.
In 2005 he was the winner of the competition organized by the
Italian Ministry of Defense as orchestral instrumentalist of the Italian Navy Band in the roles of 2nd soprano saxophone and 2nd contralto saxophone, as well as achieving final qualification for the roles of 1st tenor saxophone (classified 2nd), 2nd alto saxophone
(classified 3rd) and 2nd tenor saxophone (classified 4th).
He graduated from the two-year Course of Advanced Specialization in solo saxophone, of the State Music Conservatory of Perugia, on April 4, 2008 with a final grade of 110/110.
He took part in the Competition for 26 performers of the Band of the Italian Financial Police for 2nd Tenor Saxophone, obtaining 3rd place in the final ranking of February 10, 2008.
He earned a diploma in Electronic Music, from the State Music Conservatory of Latina under the guidance of Maestro Luigi Ceccarelli on March 18, 2016 with a final grade of 8.5/10.
He has participated in various workshops held by world famous musicians such as: Jean Marie Londeix (saxophone), Eugene Rosseau (saxophone), Paolo Fresu (jazz), Claudio Rufa (Ancient Music), Bruno Pedros (Flamenco), Bruno Tommaso (jazz arrangement), Marco Sannini (big band), Enrico Renna (contemporary music), Stefano Battaglia (jazz workshop), Mario Corvini (big band), Francis Dhomont (electronic music), Patrizio Fariselli (improvisation), Francesco Bearzatti (improvisation), Marco Siniscalco, Bruno Chevillon and Giancarlo Gazzani (arrangement), etc.
He has participated in numerous competitions achieving good positions including: 1st Prize “City of Barletta” International Chamber Music Competition, 1st Prize “City of Melito” National Competition, 2nd Prize “City of Naples” National Competition of Chamber Music, finalist at the “Luigi Nono” International Competition of 20th Century Chamber Music, Venaria Reale (Province of Turin), finalist at the “Barga Jazz Festival” jazz performance competition in Barga (Province of Lucca) and finalist at the “D. Caravita” Competition in Ravenna.
He has performed in over 500 concerts in Italy and abroad, in various Italian and foreign cities including Naples, Benevento, Perugia, Macerata, Rome, Venice, Orvieto, Chioggia, Parma, Verona, Avellino, Caserta, Rovereto (Province of Trento, Valencia (Spain), New York, Milan, Brindisi, Taranto, Assisi, Palermo, Ystadt (Sweden), Madrid, Mons (Belgium), Ancona, Arezzo, Menton (France), Adria, and in various Italian theaters and concert halls: Teatro dell’Opera of Rome, Teatro “San Carlo” of Naples, Teatro la Fenice of Venice, Teatro Regio of Parma, Teatro “V.Bellini” in Naples, Teatro “F.Morlacchi” and Teatro Pavone in Perugia, Teatro “R.De Simone” and Teatro “Vittorio Emanuele” in Benevento, “Auditorium Parco della Musica” in Rome, in the Sale S.Cecilia, Sala Petrassi and Sala Sinopoli, “Teatro dal Verme” Milan, “Teatro della Biennale di Venezia,”“Auditorium della Conciliazione” Rome, Teatro “G.Verdi” in Brindisi, “Teatro delle Muse” Ancona, “Auditorium N. Paganini” Parma, Palazzo Cà Rezzonico and Palazzo Grassi in Venice, the Quirinale Palace Gardens, Teatro Comunale of Adria, Auditorium of Chioggia, Sala Accademica Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome, Auditorium Maxxi in Rome, Casa del Jazz in Rome, as well as holding concerts in major Italian Jazz Clubs such as Gregory’s Jazz Club, Elegance Cafè Jazz Club, Cotton Club, Round Midnight, Caffe Bugatti etc., performing in groups ranging from duos with piano, duos, trios, quartets, quintets and saxophone ensembles, big bands, “grande banda” (with 120 musicians) and symphonic orchestras both as an orchestral instrumentalist and as soloist.
He has appeared in various television programs for Rai and Mediaset (Festival di Napoli, Speciale “Benevento Città Spettacolo”, Rai Educational, “La vita in diretta” etc.).) and many of his concerts have been reviewed by critics in Italian newspapers; he has participated in festivals including: the “11th World Saxophone Congress” Valencia (Spain), “Benevento Città Spettacolo” (1992/93/94/95/96 editions, under the guidance of Maurizio Costanzo), “Festival di Primavera” Perugia, “Vinestate” Torrecuso (Province of Benevento), “Musica al Castello” Lauro di Nola (Province of Avellino), “Tre notti…e più di luna piena” Ceppaloni (Province of Benevento), “Napoli strit Festival” Naples, “Lo Sguardo Giramondo del Viaggiatore” Rome, “Festival di Martinafranca” Martinafranca (Province of Taranto), “Rovereto Festival” Rovereto (Province of Treviso), “Pertosa Jazz” Pertosa (Province of Salerno), “Penombre 0506” Foligno (Province of Perugia), “Festival verdiano” Parma, Ravenna Festival, Festival di Novi Ligure, Segnali 2014 Perugia, Gaeta Jazz Festival 10, Percorsi Jazz Festival in the 2017, 2018 and 2019 editions and many others.
A musician active in both classical and jazz contexts, he has collaborated with groups such as “Orchestra ‘900” conducted by Maestro C. Ciampa, the big band conducted by Maestro M.Sannini (where he performed as 1st Alto Saxophone), the Ensemble of Marco Zurzolo, the “G.Pierné” saxophone quartet (where he performed as soprano saxophone), the “J.J.Quintet” jazz quintet, the “Is jazz Ensemble” conducted by Maestro F. D’Errico; he has also performed with big names such as: Jean Marie Londeix, Dave Liebmann, Mike Lee, Dick Halligan, Marco Grisanti, Claudio Rufa, Carla Marcotulli, Joel Frahm, Paolo Fresu, Stefano Battaglia, Ettore Fioravanti, Fulvio Sigurtà, Marco Siniscalco, Mike Aspinali, Rosario Giuliani, Stefano Cantarano, Paolo Damiani, Emanuele Urso, Pierpaolo Principato, Fabio Mariani, Giancarlo Gazzani, Marco Sannini, Elvio Ghigliordini, Paolo Bonolis, Antonio Esposito etc.
He has worked in recording studios both as an instrumentalist and as an arranger and has published “Intimation of immortality” for the Energeia label, ” Cappuccetto Rosso – Is Jazz Ensemble” for the Advar label and DVDs of the concerts held in 2005 and 2010 for the International Festival of Military Bands, the DVD of the Ystad International Military Tattoo 2011 (Sweden), the “The Italian Merchant Navy Anthem” CD edited by the Italian Shipping Academy and the “Mozart” and “Banda all’Opera” CDs published by Edizioni Eufonia with the Italian Navy band.
He is active both as a composer and an arranger; several of his creations have been used for various works (theater, musicals, etc..). He also collaborates with the magazine “I Fiati” where he has published several of his essays.
He has been a saxophone teacher with the “L. van Beethoven” Academy of Pozzuoli (Province of Naples), with the association “Pro Arte” Piedimonte Matese (Province of Caserta), as a teacher for the “Progetto Arcobaleno” promoted and organized by the Municipality of Naples, as well as a saxophone teacher for the experimental courses held at the Circolo Didattico of Pietrelcina (Province of Benevento) and the Olgiata Music University of Rome directed by Fabio Mariani.
He founded and currently directs the Patrizio Destriere BoProject jazz quartet with the collaboration of Ettore Fioravanti on drums.
Currently he not only collaborates in duo with pianist Luigi Maio, but also performs as soprano saxophone in the Xas Saxophone Quartet, in the big band conducted by Mario Corvini, theMoonlight Big Band, La Mambo Puente Orquestra conducted by Elvio Ghigliordini, with the Italian swing group “Conosci Mia Cugina.” He mainly performs as an orchestral instrumentalist of the Italian Navy Band in the role of soprano saxophone and contralto saxophone.
- TRUMPET: ANDREA TOFANELLI
Andrea Tofanelli Italy
- ISSM Vecchi-Tonelli, Modena
×Andrea Tofanelli
Andrea Tofanelli, trombettista, nasce a Viareggio (LU) il 26 Luglio del 1965. Menzionato su Wikipedia in numerose lingue e in numerosi altri libri ed enciclopedie di musica, inizia a studiare musica e tromba nella banda di Torre del Lago Puccini nel 1975, guidato dal padre Dino, dal maestro Marino Peruzzi e da alcuni musicisti jazz amatoriali vicini a Dean Benedetti, il famoso sassofonista jazz italo-americano menzionato in tutte le biografie di Charlie Parker. Già nel 1979, all’età di soli 14 anni, Andrea viene notato dal noto arrangiatore e direttore d’orchestra Luciano Maraviglia e inizia ad essere chiamato a suonare come prima tromba con molte big band professionali della Versilia. Nello stesso anno inizia a fare le prime esperienze lavorative anche nel campo della musica classica e nel 1981 entra a studiare tromba all’Istituto Musicale Pareggiato “L . Boccherini” di Lucca, dove nel 1987 si diploma con il massimo dei voti, 10 e lode. Nello stesso anno si perfeziona con Armando Ghitalla (tromba solista della Boston Symphony Orchestra e docente presso l’Università del Michigan) e approfondisce gli studi jazzistici con Oscar Valdambrini e Sergio Fanni (trombe soliste dell’Orchestra di Musica Leggera della Rai di Roma e di Milano).
Nell’ambito del jazz, si é esibito come ospite solista e/o come prima tromba con Maynard Ferguson e la sua Big Bop Nouveau Band (USA) in Italia, Inghilterra e Stati Uniti, Peter Erskine, Randy Brecker, Gino Vannelli, Eric Marienthal, Claudio Roditi, Kenny Wheeler, Tom Harrell, Paul Jeffrey, Dave Liebman, Brad Leali, Butch Miles, Carmen Bradford, Dusko Gojkovich, Steve Swallow, Frank Foster, New York Voices, Till Brönner, Valery Ponomarev, Carl Anderson, Lee Konitz, John Taylor, Palle Daniellson, Denis DiBlasio, Lew Soloff e con gli italiani Enrico Rava, Gianni Basso, Paolo Fresu, Massimo Nunzi, Bruno Tommaso, Stefano Bollani, Giorgio Gaslini, Gianluigi Trovesi, Henghel Gualdi, Mauro Grossi, ecc…
Si è inoltre esibito come solista con gli Atlanta Seventeen Big Band, Joe Gransden Big Band, Rowan University Big Band, New England Jazz Ensemble, San Diego State University Jazz Band, RCC Wind Ensemble Honor Band, Upland HS Jazz Band, Deer Valley HS Jazz Band (USA), Radio Big Band RTS Belgrade (Serbia), Sandvika Storband (Norvegia), Yuzo Kataoka All-Star Big Band (Giappone), Ralph Pyl’s All-Star Big Band (Australia), Luxembourg Jazz Orchestra, Opus78 Big Band, Harmonie Bascharage (Lussemburgo), Dani Felber Big Band, SMZ Big Band, ZHdK Big Band (Svizzera), Jazzorchester Karlsruhe (Germania) e Dizzy Boyz Brass Band (Polonia), Paradiso Big Band (Francia).Il 20 Settembre 2006 è stato invitato come solista al “Maynard Ferguson Tribute”, concerto ufficiale per la commemorazione di Maynard Ferguson organizzato al Touhill Performing Arts Center di St. Louis (USA), dal quale è stato realizzato il dvd ufficiale per la commemorazione del grande trombettista canadese (2007) e dal 2009 fa parte ufficialmente del gruppo Yamaha European Trumpet All Star col quale esegue il “Bill Chase Tribute” in tutto il mondo.
Nel 2014 è stato chiamato a far parte dell’autorevole “Board of Directors” dell’International Trumpet Guild americano, primo trombettista italiano nella storia, ed è stato ufficialmente eletto in carica dai membri dell’ITG fino al 2019, con successiva riconferma per il 2020/21 in veste di consigliere. Si è esibito come solista nelle Conferenze ITG del 2008 (Banff Center, Canada), 2010 (Sidney, Australia), 2012 (Columbus, Georgia, USA), 2015 (Columbus, Ohio, USA) e 2019 (Miami, USA). Dal 2018 fa parte del team di artisti/clinicians della “World & European Brass Association” e dell’ensemble “Ten of the Best”, fondati da Otto Sauter, con sede in Germania e concerti in tutto il mondo.Nel 2008 ha ottenuto come riconoscimento dal Governo degli Stati Uniti d’America il permesso di lavoro Visa O-1 per straordinaria abilità nelle arti.
Ha collaborato come 1° tromba e solista con l’orchestra americana di Paul Anka, col quale ha effettuato i Tours Europei 2007 e 2008 e molti altri concerti sia negli Stati Uniti che in Europa, e ha fatto parte della band di Gino Vannelli per i suoi Tours Italiani 2012 e 2016.Negli ultimi 25 anni ha partecipato anche a moltissimi show televisivi per RAI, MEDIASET, LA7, e SKY (attualmente circa 100, tra le quali il “Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo”, “Fiorello-Stasera pago io Revolution”, “Francamente me ne infischio”, “125 milioni di caz…e” e “RockPolitik” con Adriano Celentano, 2 anni di “Maurizio Costanzo Show” e “Buona Domenica” con Demo Morselli, “Panariello-Ma il cielo è sempre più blu”, “Disco per l’Estate”, “Pavarotti & Friends 2000 For Cambodia and Tibet”, “Mezzogiorno in Famiglia”, “La Notte Vola”, “Passaparola” ecc…) e come session man ha inciso innumerevoli colonne sonore per importanti films italiani, nelle più importanti sale di incisione, oltre a innumerevoli spot pubblicitari. Nel 2013 ha anche composto e inciso la colonna sonora del film “Il Segreto degli Alberi” (2012) insieme al pianista Riccardo Arrighini.
Nell’ambito della musica pop, ha fatto parte della band di Jovanotti nel Tour “L’Albero” 1997 ed ha avuto modo di esibirsi e/o incidere con Luciano Pavarotti, Fiorello, Adriano Celentano, Claudio Baglioni, Gianni Morandi, Renato Zero, Elio e le Storie Tese e Biba Band, Maurizio Crozza, Antonella Ruggiero, Toto Cutugno, YuYu, Irene Grandi, Fausto Leali, Articolo 31, Gino Paoli, Tullio De Piscopo, Francesco Baccini, Ivana Spagna, Andrea Mingardi, Rossana Casale, Demo Morselli Big Band Orchestra, Dirotta su Cuba e Jenny B. Ha fatto parte per 2 anni della Big Band di Demo Morselli ed ha accompagnato in esibizioni televisive live la stragrande maggioranza dei cantanti italiani, oltre ad artisti stranieri come George Michael, Burt Bacharach, Joe Cocker, Tom Jones, Michael Bublè, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gloria Gaynor, Amy Stewart, Donna Summer, Randy Crawford, Carl Anderson, Gibson Brothers, Matt Bianco, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Samantha Fox, Imagination, Patrick Hernandez, Tony Hadley, Paul Young e Petula Clark.
Dal jazz alla musica leggera e classica si è esibito negli Stati Uniti, Giappone, Canada, Australia, Germania, Norvegia, Inghilterra, Lussemburgo, Malta, Finlandia, Svezia, Francia, Russia, Liechtenstein, Austria, Svizzera, Olanda, Belgio, Scozia, Polonia, Grecia, Spagna, Romania, Armenia, Portogallo, Ungheria, Egitto, Serbia e Principato di Monaco.
Ha partecipato a importanti festival internazionali, tra i quali il “Japan Band Clinic” ad Hamamatsu, “North Sea Jazz Festival” a Rotterdam, “Pori Jazz Festival”, “Autostadt Jazz & Blues Festival” di Wolfsburg, “Oulu Jazz Festival”, “Escenica Festival” di Madrid, “Printemps Musical Festival, Luxembourg”, “Rowan Jazz Festival” a Philadelphia USA, “Musek Am Syrdall, Saison Musicale, Mensdorf”, “San Francisco Making Waves Festival”, “Luxemburg Blues’n Jazz Rallye Festival”, “Festival Internacional Jazz San Javier”, “Winterthur Out in the Green Festival”, “San Sebastian Jazz Festival”, “Lichtenstein Little Big One Festival”, “The Tower Music Festival” e “Four Seasons Festival” a Londra, “Malta Festival”, “Wien Festival” e “Festival di Edimburgo”, ”Umbria Jazz Festival”, “Torino Jazz Festival”, “Casa del Jazz” di Roma, “Herr Nilsen” Jazz Club a Oslo, “Villa Celimontana Jazz Festival” di Roma, “Mortara Jazz Festival”, “Albinea Jazz Festival”, “Vicenza Jazz Festival”, “Ascona Jazz Festival” Svizzera, “Western States Jazz Festival” USA, Scottish Festival of Trumpets, “Roma Jazz Festival”, “Woodstock der Blasmusik”, Blechbläsertag Schleswig-Holstein di Lubecca, “Musikprob Blas & Brassmusikfestival” di Pfullendorf, CIMVO Curs Internacional de Musica Vila de L’Olleria, Siddis Brass Festival di Stavanger e molti altri.
Si è esibito in prestigiosi teatri e sale da concerto come il “Teatro dell’Opera” di Vienna, “Concertgebow” di Amsterdam, “Radio France” e “Palais De Congrés” di Parigi, “Usher Hall” di Edimburgo, Blues Alley di Washington-USA, “Touhill Performing Arts Center” di St. Louis-USA, “Heineken Music Hall” di Amsterdam, “Queen Elizabeth Hall” di Anversa, “B1 Club” di Mosca, “Hartwell Arena” ad Helsinki, “Tempodrom” di Berlino, “Philipshalle” di Dusseldorf, “Mohegan Sun Arena” USA, “Hala Sportova”, “Belgrade Youth Center” e Radio di Belgrado, “Expo di Hannover”, “Banff Center” in Alberta-Canada, “Kongresshaus” di Zurigo, Teatro di Ludwigshafen, “Estoril Casinò” a Lisbona, “Herr Nilsen” Jazz Club di Oslo, Opole Philarmony, Szczecin Philarmony, Accademie Musicali di Poznań e Lodz e Radio Opole in Polonia, “Sporting Club” nel Principato di Monaco, “Auditorium”, “Casa del Jazz” e “Auditorium del Foro Italico” e “Auditorium Parco della Musica” a Roma e molti altri.Ad oggi, è apparso come trombettista nel film RAI “Le ragazze di San Frediano” (2007) ed ha suonato nei video “Maynard Ferguson Tribute Concert” di Saint Louis (USA, 2007), “Lorenzo, Raccolto 1997” (Polygram), “Pavarotti & Friends 2000, For Cambodia and Tibet” (Decca) e “Ti Adoro” di Pavarotti, 2003. Si è esibito come solista nel dvd “Jazz Istruzioni per L’Uso” della Laterza Edizioni (2008) e nella collana di 12 dvd “La Grande Storia del Jazz” (2009) allegata a Espresso-Repubblica, entrambi curati da Massimo Nunzi.
Nel 1999 ha inciso “Mattia’s Walk & Tribute To Maynard Ferguson”, il suo primo disco di jazz come solista, edito dalla Splasc(H) Records, e nel 2001 é uscito “Ricordo di…Napoli”, un omaggio alla musica napoletana edito da Fonotecnica. Durante il suo Tour 2005 negli Stati Uniti ha inciso per la ACM Records di Clermont (California) con gli Artisan Brass di Los Angeles la “Romantic Celebration” Suite per tromba solista jazz e quintetto di ottoni, dedicatagli dal compositore americano Grammy-Nominated Brent Pierce (Album “LEGACY”, 2018). Nel 2008, il compositore italiano Antonio Giacometti gli ha dedicato la parte di tromba solista nel poema sinfonico “Antarctica”. Nel 2010 è uscito il disco “Flamingo” prodotto dagli LMP Studios di Jim Linahon (Clermont, California) per l’etichetta ACM (American Creative Music, USA) e la “Earth Games 2012” suite (Summit Records, USA) con Joe Alessi, dedicatagli dal compositore Nicola Ferro. Nel 2020 esce il disco “OperiAmo” in duo col pianista Riccardo Arrighini con la rielaborazione in jazz delle arie di Giacomo Puccini.
Il disco “More Than Just Friends” registrato come prima tromba e solista con la Dani Felber Big Band ha vinto il prestigioso “Swiss Jazz Award” nel 2010, mentre il disco “Portrait of Dani” (2015) contenente la performance solistica di Andrea sul brano “This is For My Friend Andrea Tofanelli” ha vinto il Disco di Platino in Svizzera.
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Tra pop, jazz, musica latina e colonne sonore, Andrea ha inciso più di 500 dischi, molti dei quali hanno ottenuto Dischi d’Oro e di Platino in Italia e all’Estero, collaborando con i più prestigiosi artisti italiani e internazionali.Collabora come 1° tromba e solista con molte big bands italiane, tra cui: Demo Morselli Big Band (Roma), Torino Jazz Orchestra (TO), Barga Jazz Big Band (LU), Orchestra Operaia e Orchestra JIPU di Massimo Nunzi (Roma), Paolo Tomelleri, Big Band (MI), Antonella Ruggiero Big Band (PS), Big Band del Friuli-Venezia-Giulia (UD), Vincenzo Genovese Big Band (PT), Guacamaya Big Band (FI), Paolo Tomelleri Big Band (Mi), PMJO Parco della Musica Jazz Orchestra (Roma), PM Jazz Lab (Roma), Jazz Art Orchestra (RE), Orchestra Jazz della Sardegna (SS), C.B. Band (RE), Evolution Big Band (MI), Reunion Big Band (BO), Interart Band (VI), Millennium Bug Orchestra (FI), New Project Jazz Orchestra (TN), All Times Big Band (PG), New Sugar Kitty’s Big Band (PC), Village Big Band (BO), N.C.D.M. Big Band (MI), Band IT (CO), JAM Big Band (LI), New Forties Big Band (MI), Keever Big Band (NO), Dino Siani Big Band (LC), Di Gregorio Big Band (PS), Bansigu Big Band (GE), Onda Sonora Big Band (MS), Mai Dire Band (MI), Lino Quagliero Big Band (Roma), Biba Band (MI), Orchestra Nazionale Giovanile di Jazz (SI).
Nell’ambito della musica classica ha vinto i concorsi nazionali per l’Orchestra Giovanile Italiana di Fiesole (Tournée Europea e Italiana 1988) e per il Teatro Comunale del Giglio di Lucca, arrivando anche in finale a Roma nelle selezioni per l’ECYO (Orchestra Giovanile Europea). Nel 1989/90 ha svolto il servizio militare di leva suonando nella Banda dell’Aeronautica Italiana a Roma. A tutt’oggi ha collaborato anche con l’ORT Orchestra Regionale Toscana, l’Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, l’Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Emilia-Romagna “A. Toscanini”, l’Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro Regio di Torino, l’EUR Spettacoli e l’Orchestra da Camera Lucchese.
Per quanto riguarda l’insegnamento, dal 2004 è docente di Tromba presso l’Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali “O.Vecchi-A.Tonelli” di Modena e di Tromba e Ottoni Jazz alla Scuola di Musica di Fiesole. Come docente internazionale ha tenuto clinics negli Stati Uniti alla California State University Northridge di Los Angeles, San Diego State University (California), Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma Christian University (Oklahoma), Rowan University di Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Riverside City College, Fullerton College (California), International Trumpet Seminar alla Grand Valley State University (Michigan), First Baptist Church of Decatur di Atlanta (Georgia), Canton High School, Region 7 School District di Winsted, Southington High School, Manchester High School e Hall High School di West Harford (Connecticut), in Giappone al Japan Band Clinic, e in ambito europeo in Norvegia (Norges Musikkhøgskole-Norvegian Academy of Music), Lussemburgo (Musique Militaire Grand-Ducale Philarmonie), Germania (Musikhochschule di Lubecca, Amburgo, Schramberg e Offenburg, Eisenach-Wartburg), Spagna (Teror Festival de Trompeta Isole Canarie, CIMVO Curs Internacional de Musica Vila de L’Olleria), Polonia (Accademie Musicali di Poznań, Lodz e Szczecin, Zespół Szkół Muzycznych nr. 1 di Varsavia, Letnia Akademia-Summer Brass Academy di Opole) e Svizzera (Zurigo, Mennedorf, Ermatingen). Inoltre, ha tenuto master classes in Italia per molti anni alla Italian Brass Week, insieme alle prime parti della Chicago Symphony, Allen Vizzutti e Jens Lindemann, al Baceno Brass Festival e ai Corsi Internazionali di Bosa Antica. È stato l’unico trombettista italiano consultato per la stesura del libro didattico sull’impostazione trombettistica “Embouchure – The Pros Talk” (USA, 2002) di Clint Pops McLaughlin. Nel 2003 stato assistente al seminario tenuto da Maynard Ferguson al Vicenza Jazz Festival.
Dal 2000 al 2010 è stato anche direttore artistico del “Dean Benedetti Jazz Festival” di Torre del Lago Puccini (LU).
Dal 2003 Andrea Tofanelli é un artista e clinician internazionale YAMAHA.
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Fabrizio Antonelli Italy
- A.C.Concertino
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Fabrizio Antonelli graduated in trumpet in 2005 at the “G.Briccialdi” Conservatory in Terni under the guidance of M. Andrea DI Mario. From 2006 to 2011 he collaborated with the Roma Orchestra Sinfonietta directed by M. Ennio Morricone with whom he has performed on numerous Italian tours and in the role of first trumpet with the Roman Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2007 he won the audition for trumpet in the Italian Youth Orchestra with which he collaborated. In 2011, it was finalist for the first trumpet audition at the Milan Symphony Orchestra “LaVerdi” with the who collaborated in the role of first trumpet and trumpet in a row, playing under conductors such as Axelrod, Marshall, Gelmini, Zhang, Bignamini and international soloists including David Garrett. With the same orchestra in 2012 he performed live Rai in front of Pope Benedict XVI. Has also collaborated with Orchestra of the Teatro Regio di Parma (Festival Verdi), Symphony Orchestra National RAI of Turin (single collaboration), Rome Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Academy of St. Cecilia (single collaboration) playing under the direction of teachers Temirkanov, Jurowski, Valcuha. Collaborate in the role of first trumpet with Orchestra Nuova Roman Philharmonic, conducting the M. Lorenzo Porzio and the international soloist Cristiana Pegoraro. Also in the role of first trumpet he collaborated with Orchestra Nuova Klassica in Rome, Abruzzo Symphony Orchestra with which he performed in the realization of national and world premieres performing live rai Radio 3, playing under the direction of Quatrini, Buffalo, Baptist, Masters, and with soloists such as William Pellarin, Andrea Oliva. Collaborates with the Young Talesnts Orchestra EY in Rome conducted by M. Rizzari. It has also collaborated with the PMCE of Rome (Park of Contemporary Music Ensemble) and the Forum Music Village in Rome with which he recorded for authors such as Ennio Morricone, Nicola Piovani, Renato Zero, Marco Frisina. Has recorded two discs of sacred music “InCanto Serafico” under the direction of M. Gennaro Maria Beaks. In 2017 he recorded with lead Recordings in Rome, collaborating with the Leandro Piccioni. He has perfected himself with the masters Roberto Rossi, Marco Pierobon, Andrea Lucchi, Giuseppe Bodanza, Enzo Turriziani, Giuliano Sommerhalder, Antonio Ruggeri. Performs activities solo duo with pianist Andrea Francescangeli and with the trio “Petillant” with whom he performed in the 2013 at the Debussy Festival in Joigny, France. Since 2013 he has been Director of the Choir of Narni Cathedral and since 2014 President of the A.C.Concertino in which he is a teacher of trumpet and musical propedeutics. Since 2005 he has been active as a music teacher projects within public and private schools in the ternary, criminal and Roman. He is currently attending the Biennial of Choral Direction at Ist. G.Briccialdi of Terni under the guidance of Mr. Massimo Gualtieri.
- BRAZILIAN and POP VOCAL COURSE – THEMIS ROCHA
Themis Rocha Brazil
- Accademia Romana di Musica
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At 12 years old, she attends the city of Natal (Brazil) Music Conservatory and takes Classic Guitar as the main instrument.
At 14, she takes up singing studies as she continues her Conservatory academic plan.
Since the age of 15, she has participated in several MPB (Brazilian Popular Music) festivals as an interpreter and composer, having received various awards for both categories. Subsequently, she began her solo carrier.
She gained the status of “Permanent Popular Singer” after passing the Brazilian Musicians’ Order examination.
She has performed all over Brazil with Canto do Povo, a choir which has been awarded numerous national and international contests and represented Brazil in Europe on two different occasions – including the Vatican City with the attendance of the late Pope John Paul II.
Since the age of 21, Themis has lived both in Italy and Brazil. During all this time she has pursued her activities and conducted further art studies.
In Italy, where she currently carries out concert performances as a soloist along with jazz and classical musicians from all over the world, she has taken part in various jazz and Latin American music festivals, such as the Orvieto Jazz Winter Festival, Celimontana Jazz Festival, etc.
She has recorded studio albums and live concerts with Jim Porto, Eddy Palermo, Gianluca Persichetti, Eduardo Taufic, Marco Persichetti, Irio de Paula, Stefano Rossini, Alfredo Paixão, Michele Rabbia, Maurizio dei Lazzaretti, Harold Bradley, Walter Martino, Giorgio Rosciglione, Claudio Corvini, Toninho Horta, Francis Hime and many other international musicians. The original themes Sedução, Sonhando Ipanema e Ilusões, composed by the talented singer and pianist Jim Porto have been interpreted by Themis and have been broadcast by internationally famous radio networks.
Over the years Themis has been actively involved in the design and implementation of concert-lessons addressed to Umbria-based elementary and middle school children. As a result, she has obtained extremely positive feedbacks showing a high level of interaction and empathy with pupils, with whom she has used her voice, the guitar, and percussions as instruments. She has also worked as a teacher of Music in the Brazilian Public School system.
In the last few years spent in Brazil, she recorded the album Labirinto, containing her own compositions (lyrics and music) in Portuguese, Italian and English. This recording was presented simultaneously both in Brazil and in Italy – including Max De Tomassi’s RadioRai music show Brasil.
During the same period of time Themis conducted further Visual Art studies at the Brazilian Federal University and won the Rio do Grande do Norte state-sponsored contest to be part of the Camerata de Vozes do Rio Grande do Norte choir, directed by the internationally renowned maestro Monsignore Pedro Ferreira da Costa. She was an official member of this institution until February 2017.
Among her outstanding achievements, her performance at the Brazilian embassies in Rome and Belize, where she represented Brazil to an audience of ambassadors from all around the world, is worth mentioning.
Themis currently teaches singing at the Accademia Romana di Musica where she has carried out various MIUR-recognised MPB seminars and workshops, along with the professional musicians Gianluca Persichetti and Stefano Rossini. - DRUM SET & BRASILIAN PERCUSSION: STEFANO ROSSINI
Stefano Rossini Italy
- Accademia Romana di Musica, Istituto "Salvini Azzarita" di Roma
×Stefano Rossini
Ha conseguito gli studi musicali presso il Conservatorio “A. Casella” dell’Aquila.
Ha collaborato con artisti del calibro di Ray Mantilla, Lionel Hampton, Toquinho, Luis Agudo, Joao Donato, Toninho Horta, Guinga, Daniela Spielmann, Sergio Galvao, Irio De Paula, Robertinho de Paula, Robertinho Silva, Ornella Vanoni, Gino Paoli, Renato Carosone, Gianni Morandi, Fred Bongusto, Renzo Arbore, Grazia Di Michele, Peppino di Capri, Nini Rosso.
È docente presso l’Accademia Romana di Musica e l’istituto “Salvini Azzarita” di Roma.
È stato direttore della facoltà di percussione presso l’Università della Musica a Roma.
È stato docente per 7 anni a “Etnie”, stage internazionale sulle tradizioni popolari nel mondo.
Ha collaborato per quattro anni con la rivista Italiana specializzata “Percussioni”, curando le rubriche: “I principi fondamentali della percussione nella Musica Brasiliana” e “Storia e protagonisti della Musica Popolare Brasiliana”.
È membro dal 1998 del trio “Samba Jazz” di Irio De Paula, considerato all’unanimità il Maestro del genere “Brasilian Jazz” in Italia.
È fondatore e ideatore del gruppo “Batuque Percussion”, con il quale ha registrato 2 CD, nel 2004 e nel 2010, che hanno ottenuto riconoscimenti e consensi da parte della critica e del pubblico.
È co-leader insieme al chitarrista Gianluca Persichetti del trio “Itinerario Brasile”, con il quale ha registrato 2 CD, nel 1998 e nel 2004.
È stato docente ideatore del “Seminario di musica popolare brasiliana” presso l’Accademia Romana di Musica in Roma, riconosciuto dal Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione, per sette anni consecutivi con partecipazioni importanti, fra cui: Toninho Horta, Guinga, Pedro Ferreira, Rogerio Bottermaio, Joana Duah, Daniel Santiago, Irio De Paula, Luis Agudo, Themis Rocha.
È co-leader della “Choro Orchestra” la prima orchestra Italiana di choro nata con l’intento di divulgare e diffondere lo stile musicale dello choro Brasiliano.
Con l’Orchestra ha realizzato nel 2013 il CD: Choro Orchestra “la grande musica popolare brasiliana” con la partecipazione straordinaria di due grandi artisti brasiliani del genere: Reco do Bandolim e Daniela Spielmann.More information on http://www.stefanorossini.net/
- VOCAL PERFORMING ART – POP VOCAL COURSE – GIANNI NERI (July 24 – July 27)
Gianni Neri Italy
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Gianni Neri
interprete, compositore/autore, insegnante di canto Pop e Vocal Coach.Ha studiato presso la Jazz University diplomandosi in canto Jazz.
Si diploma in composizione per musica leggera al C.E.T. di Mogol sotto la guida di Mango, Mario Lavezzi, Gianni Bella, Oscar Prudente e lo stesso Mogol.
Ha frequentato il corso per il metodo Voicecraft con Elisa Turlà conseguendo un attestato per il 1° livello, 2° livello e Specialistico.
Ha frequentato corsi di Vocologia Artistica con il Prof. Franco Fussi.
Ha frequentato corsi di perfezionamento didattico dei metodi Speech Level e Vocal Power con Seth Rigs, ed Elisabeth Howard.
Da circa trenta anni svolge l’attività di insegnante di canto e Vocal Coach dedicandosi ai giovani, ed ha fondato la Vocal Master, accademia di canto, musica, recitazione e danza dove oltre alla tecnica vocale si approfondiranno argomenti di foniatria, logopedia, dizione, recitazione e presenza scenica.
Ha avuto collaborazioni in studio e nei live con vari artisti come il M. Pregadio, Nek, Ricchi e Poveri, Tullio De Piscopo, Mario Lavezzi, Francesco Salvi, Drupi, Mino Reitano, Ricky Gianco, Angela Melillo, Lighea, Sabina Stilo e Alex Damiani.
E’ responsabile artistico per i live di Virginio artista vincitore di AMICI 2011
Ha lavorato al fianco di Luciano Cannito in due produzioni live come direttore e responsabile musicale accompagnando artisti come Noemi e Diodato.
Vince due edizioni del Sanremo autori nel 1996 e ’97.
Ha scritto e prodotto un Musical sulla leggenda di San Valentino dal titolo “LE ROSE DI VALENTINO” del quale è anche uno dei protagonisti principali al fianco di Francesco Antimiani e Rosalia Misseri con la regia di Massimo Zannola.
Per quello che invece concerne l’attività artistica è impegnato in varie produzioni in qualità di front man: “IL NOSTRO CANTO LIBERO“, un concerto che ripercorre la carriera del più grande autore Italiano con lo stesso Mogol presente sul palco.
“Ci Vuole un Fiore“ Tributo a Sergio Endrigo, un Recital/Concerto che ripercorre la carriera del cantautore Istriano in versione acustica Chitarra e Fisarmonica il tutto riadattato a duetti Uomo/Donna con momenti recitati da un attore sui testi dei brani di Endrigo.
“Canzoni e Monologhi Tributo al Califfo” concerto dedicato alla vita artistica di Franco Califano.
Recentemente gli è stato conferito il premio Museo Michetti di Francavilla per meriti artistici. - VOCAL PERFORMING ART – POP VOCAL COURSE – ROSALIA MISSERI (July 24 – July 27)
Rosalia Misseri Italy
×Rosalia Misseri
Rosalia Misseri, conosciuta anche come MisRos è una cantante e attrice. Esordisce nel 2002 nel ruolo della zingara Esmeralda in “Notre Dame de Paris”, opera moderna di Riccardo Cocciante. Nell’ottobre del 2003 interpreta il ruolo di Tosca Floria nell’Opera moderna “Tosca – Amore Disperato” di Lucio Dalla. Rosalia è nota anche al pubblico televisivo che la vede partecipare in diverse trasmissioni targate Rai uno, tra le quali “Sabato Italiano” condotta da Pippo Baudo, “Volami nel cuore” , “50 Canzonissime”, “Nel nome del cuore”, “Tale e Quale Show” e “L’anno che verrà” condotte da Carlo Conti. Nel 2006 Andrea Bocelli la sceglie come Special pop guest nel suo tour Europeo. Nel 2011/2012 Rosalia veste i panni della Monaca di Monza ne “I promessi sposi – Opera Moderna”, scritta e prodotta da Michele Guardì. Nel 2013 Rosalia presta la sua voce a “Hip” personaggio protagonista de “I Croods”, film di animazione Dreamworks , distribuito dalla 20th Century Fox. Nel 2014 esce il suo primo album da solista dal titolo “Non è stato facile”, da lei scritto e prodotto. Nel luglio 2020 esce il suo Ep omaggio a Lucio Dalla dal titolo “Lucio dei miei occhi”.
- VOCAL PERFORMING ART – POP VOCAL COURSE – MASSIMO ZANNOLA (July 24 – July 27)
Massimo Zannola Italy
×Massimo Zannola
Massimo Zannola
Attore, autore e regista.
Fondatore e direttore del polo formativo Formazione Bartolomei Danza Teatro Musica di Roma.
Docente laboratorio teatrale per i danzatori del TAF (triennio di alta Formazione) e Produttore della compagnia giovanile di danza D.I.A. con i ragazzi del corso di Alta Formazione TAF.
Corresponsabile del settore danza per il Teatro di Villa Pamphilj del Comune di Roma all’interno del XVI MUNICIPIO. Preparazione artistica presso la scuola di recitazione laboratorio Teatroinsieme in Roma, protagonista per il noto autore regista drammaturgo Riccardo Reim per più edizioni del Todi Arte Festival e per numerosi altri spettacoli.
Con il noto regista Luciano Cannito interpreta: Fast Love, Travolti e Carmen con Rossella Brescia
Autore, regista e interprete delle piece teatrali: Happy Sex, Stiamo come Stiamo, Vocoder, Voci nella Notte, The Life Show e Le Rose di Valentino, Anna K. liberà di un amore, lavora inoltre con Giampiero Cicciò, Mario Lunetta, Roberto Biondi, David Osorio Lovera, Emanule Faina.
Coordinatore e Regia Concorso DanzaSi, collaboratore artistico dei concorsi coreografici: Coreograficamente, e Reset, coordinatore artistico del progetto Humus e di Movement Theater Project.
Responsabile settore Danza per il Teatro LoSpazio di Roma.
Collaboratore Redazione rivista DanzaSi.
