EMILIANO BEGNI

www.myspaceeditor.itI was born in 1979. Only eight years in a century can do this: I was 18 when the last two figures of the year were in reverse order, i.e. in 1997. Only every eleven years this may happen... those borne in 2002 will be 18 in 2020!And so on... 2013-2031... 2024-2042... ok, let's stop- I was born in 1979 and I'm quite crazy. But only craziness would have convinced me to dive into the fantastic world of music. It was 1987, just ten years before...ok, stop-- I began studying piano under MARGARITA EVA FERNANDEZ's guide and then kept on all by myself till the end of secondary school (in 1997... when I was 18... only every elev..STOP!) when I encountered a great musician and splendid person named PIERPAOLO PRINCIPATO. He filled all the gaps and revealed me all the beautiful secrets of jazz: now I can teach to my disciples what he has taught me all over these years! ALBERTO CAMINITO and CLAUDIA AGOSTINI helped me with classical piano and preparing exams at the Conservatory, yet my passion remained modern soul, jazz and blues music. I attended the Berklee School of Music masterclasses in Perugia during "Umbria Jazz" Festival 2002. In the meanwhile I improved my styles playing in various groups and in a Gospel Choir called "Phonema" developing my skill to arrange for four voices. Since 2001 I'm the pianist/singer/arranger/composer of a five-voices group called "SOUND BAZAR", which I perform all over the country and recorded a first CD in 2002 with. I'm the co-author of the band's original songs together with Alessandro Marino (singer and actor). In the same year I began playing keyboards in a famous roman group known as LATTE E I SUOI DERIVATI (held by the two comic singers/actors Lillo&Greg). I'm the pianist for SAT&B, a pop-gospel choir conducted by MARIA GRAZIA FONTANA. I work as an accompanier in several singing masterclasses (Rossana Casale, Maria Laura Baccarini, Faye Nepon). I work as well in theatre (with Giovanni Nardoni, Rossella Rocchi in the comic show "L'amico di Giovanni", Daniela Morozzi, Progettoratto Improvisation Company, La compagnia dei Masnadieri) performing live and composing soundtracks. I was on stage all over Italy with AISHA and VINCENZO CERAMI for the piéce "Made in Italy" and played keyboards in the ROMA SINFONIETTA ORCHESTRA conducted by M° NICOLA PIOVANI (summer 2006 "La cantata dei cent'anni"). At the moment I'm on stage with ROSSANA CASALE "Circo Immaginario" 2007-2008 tour all over Italy. In march 2008 I performed with Rossana Casale's quintet in Palermo (Massimo Theatre) in a ballet show called "I Have A Dream" featuring CARLA FRACCI, LUCIANA SAVIGNANO, ROSSELLA BRESCIA, SABRINA BRAZZO, ALESSIO CARBONE, GIUSEPPE PICONE, and the Massimo Theatre Orchestra and Ballet. In april 2008 I formed with Alessandro Marino, Valentina Tramacere and Ilaria D'Amore "QUINTA GIUSTA", which was selected among hundreds of vocal groups to perform in the tv-show X-FACTOR.