About Me
Musical training1980: starts as an autodidactic piano-player;
1992-1995: attends electric bass courses and workshops of ensemble music by the study centre ..Associazione Musica Insieme.. and courses of the Popular School of Music of the ..Brass Group.. directed by Mr M. Cafiero;
1993, 1994, 1995: attends jazz music workshops during the ..San Vito Jazz Festival.. and by the Berklee College of Music of Boston; attends the ..European Course for Conductors and Instrumentalists.. directed by Mr Gunther Schuller in Palermo by the ..BrassGroup..;
1995-1996: lives in Rome where attends courses at the University of Music;
!997: gets the sol-fa and theory of music certificate by the ..V. Bellini.. Conservatoire of Palermo; starts playing the acoustic bass with Mr G. Costa and in the meanwhile studies musical composition with Mr S. Bonafede;
1999-2000: is in Copenhagen several times to study with Mr Niels Hening Oersted Pedersen and works together with some local musicians;
2001-2005: lives in Holland where becomes Bachelor of Musicat the North Netherlands Conservatoire (Jazz Department).Concert experiences1996 onwards: takes part in the Polyphonic Choir ..Accademia Cantori Nuovi.. directed by Mr N. Buogo and plays in several concerts during the ..Festa della Musica.., Palermo June 1998 and during the Concert Season of the Ente Autonomo ..Teatro Massimo.., 1997;
1997 onwards: is part of the ..Easy Jazz Ensemble.. directed by Mr V. Giordano and plays in several concerts; takes part into the First Festival of Pop Music in Palermo with the orchestra directed by Mr Colajanni; works in collaboration with G. Moschella in the theatre performance ..Encantador..;
1998 onwards: accompanies the guitar ensemble of the Conservatoire of Palermo directed by Mr M. Cappelli performing several concerts in Palermo and in Naples; records the CD ..Fantasia per Ensemble.., freely inspired by Estudios Sencillos by Leo Brouwer;
1999: performs in Durham in North Carolina with a group of Italian musicians made up of M. Cafiero, G. Casati, R. Zegna, F. Guaiana with the partecipation of Paul Jeffrey; is on tour in Germany together with the ..Tammorra.. group of Popular Music; perfoms at the Jazz Festival in Foggia with S. Bonafede and M. Cafiero; is on tour in Slovenia with Paul Jeffrey, M.Cafiero, M..Tomolo and R. Bertolino; performs at the ..Festival Dell..Unità .. in Bologna with Paul Jeffrey, M. Cafiero and A. Ciacca; performs in Caltanissetta with the guitar player P. Condorelli and with M. Cafiero;
2000: takes part into the ..Musica Insieme.. jazz festival where performs with different musicians included Paul Jeffrey, G. Casati, M. Cafiero and S. Bonafede; together with other young musicians sets up the sextet ..Madrugada.. and performs several concerts and records the CD ..face a face..; perfoms in Palermo in the Church S. Maria dello Spasimo during the festival ..Tutti for Louis.. with the trombon player M. Rosa, the trumpet player F. Bosso, the saxofon player S. Deidda, the drums player M. Cafiero, the piano player S. Bonafede; is part of the ..Open Jazz Orchestra.. directed by M. Cafiero performing concerts and live recording the Cd ..Open Jazz Orchestra Plays Sicilian Songs..;
2001-2005: performs in Holland with some american musicians included Conrad Herwig, Ralph Peterson, Brian Lynch, Craig Handy, Don Braden, David Berckman, Dena De Rose, Kurt Weiss, Valery Ponomarev, Miles Griffith, Steve Davis, Ron Jackson and with some dutch musicians included Francine Van Tuinen, Brenda Frans, Joost Swart, Thomas Hilibrandie, Tilmar Junis, Russell van den Berg; performs also with the NNC Symphonic Jazz Orchestra directed by Henk Meutgeert.Discography..face a face.. Madrugada OJR
..Fantasia per Ensemble.. Marco Cappelli Teatro Del Sole
..Open Jazz Orchestra Plays Sicilian Songs.. Mimmo Cafiero SPLASC(H) records
..Zagara e sale.. Fulvio Buccafusco SPLASC(H) records
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