"highly absorbing improvisational routes"
Chris Parker
"7-string guitarist Stefano Kalonaris is a special delight"
Chris May
"warm tone and steady flow of eastern Mediterranean ideas"
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I was born in Florence and,after graduating at the National Conservatoire P. Mascagni in Livorno, I continued my studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, where I obtained my Master's Degree in Music Performance and won the 2003 Carlton Granberry Award. During my studies in Ethnomusicology at the University of Bologna, the results of my research on Tarantismo (traditional trance music of South Italy) were published in 'Intense Emozioni in Musica' (1993). Naturally curious, I expanded my knowledge of world music by travelling extensively in Central and South America, where I studied Afro-Cuban and Brazilian percussion and string instruments such as tres, cavaquinho and 7 string guitar. I recently returned from a field trip to The Gambia and Senegal where I was looking into the Wolof drum tradition. Currently studying konakol with mridangam master Sri M Balachandar.
These are some of my past/recent/current projects and bands
BES
Free improvisation and originals, bassless power trio, visit
www.myspace.com/bestrio
THIRD I
M-base inspired original project
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
Experimental duo with vocalist Fumi Okiji, songs in their essence not their forms, visit
www.myspace.com/themanlaughs
CLUB DO CHORO
Brazilian chorinho classics, I play 7 string here, visit
www.myspace.com/clubdochoro
CUBA!!!
I do like to play "tres" and research Afro-Cuban traditions
SK TRIO
Ahh...the good ol' jazz trio format...innit
CALLE LIMON
Own takes of Afro-Peruvian classics and other stuff in a Afro-Peruvian key, visit
www.myspace.com/callelimon
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