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Umberto Petrin
Umberto Petrin (born 1960) is an Italian jazz pianist, composer and poet. He devoted himself to the study of the piano at the age of 12. After studying Chemistry, he graduated in Piano at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, where he is now Professor of Jazz Piano. From the age of 18 he took an active interest in contemporary poetry and began a long collaboration with literary magazines, winning several prizes and being a finalist in numerous poetry competitions. Life and career In 1984 he began his jazz career with his own trio. Starting from 1986 he intensified his musical activity, forming a quartet and occasionally performed with the ''Big Band'' of the RAI in Milan. In 1989 he is called into the group of Tiziana Ghiglioni and forms a duo with the trumpeter Guido Mazzon. He tackles free jazz and works on a fusion project between improvised music and poetry through the collaboration with one of the greatest Italian sound poets: Luigi Pasotelli. He attends the most current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk (, October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including " 'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", " Straight, No Chaser", "Ruby, My Dear", "In Walked Bud", and "Well, You Needn't". Monk is the second-most-recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington. Monk's compositions and improvisations feature dissonances and angular melodic twists and are consistent with his unorthodox approach to the piano, which combined a highly percussive attack with abrupt, dramatic use of switched key releases, silences, and hesitations. Monk's distinct look included suits, hats, and sunglasses. He also had an idiosyncratic habit during performances: while other musicians continued playing, Monk would stop, stand up, and dance for a few moments before returning to the piano. Monk is one of five jazz musicians to have been featured on the cover of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugo Dighero
Ugo is the Italian form of Hugh, a widely used name of Germanic origin. Its diminutive form is Ugolino. It is also a Nigerian Igbo first name. It may refer to: People * Vgo (stonemason), medieval stonemason * Ugo Bassi, a Roman Catholic priest and Italian nationalist * Ugo Betti, Italian judge and author * Ugo Boncompagni, birth name of Pope Gregory XIII * Ugo Correani, Italian/German fashion designer * Ugo da Carpi, Italian printmaker * Ugo Ehiogu, English football player * Ugo Fano, Italian physicist * Ugo Gabrieli, Italian footballer * Ugo Giachery, Italian Bahá'í * Ugo Humbert, French tennis player * Ugo La Malfa, an Italian politician * Ugo Mattei, professor of international and comparative law at UC Hastings * Ugo Monye, English international rugby union player * Ugo Mulas, Italian photographer * Ugo Rondinone, Swiss-born artist * Ugo Sansonetti, Italian businessman and athlete * Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor * Ugo Zagato, Italian automobile designer Other * Ugo, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neri Marcorè
Neri Marcorè (born 31 July 1966) is an Italian actor, voice actor, impressionist, television presenter and singer. He has appeared in 22 films and television shows since 1994. He starred in the film ''Incantato'', which was entered into the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Incantato'' (2003) * ''La seconda notte di nozze'' (2005) * ''Pope John Paul I: The Smile of God'' (2006) * ''Lessons in Chocolate'' (2007) * ''I mostri oggi'' (2009) * ''The Friends at the Margherita Cafe'' (2009) * ''The Tourist (2010 film), The Tourist'' (2010) * ''Tous les soleils'' (2011) * ''Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia'' (2012) * ''I Can Quit Whenever I Want'' (2014) * ''A Holy Venetian Family'' (2015) * ''I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Ad Honorem'' (2017) References External links *''Neri Marcorè website'' 1966 births Living people Italian male film actors Italian male voice actors Italian male singers Italian impressionists (entertainers) Nastro d'Argento winners 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurizio Crozza
Maurizio Crozza (; born 5 December 1959) is an Italian comedian, mimic, actor and television presenter. Biography Crozza was born in Genoa. He attended an acting school in the same city, where he graduated in 1980. He has worked for many years with the Gialappa's Band trio on Mediaset and in the Sunday show '' Quelli che... il Calcio'' on Rai. Crozza has also starred in a number of films, including the 1995 movie '' Peggio di così si muore'' by Marcello Cesena. Over his career, he has received both praise and criticism from Italian commentators: he was notably criticised over his satire on Pope Benedict XVI in 2006 and about Silvio Berlusconi at the 2013 Sanremo Music Festival. After hosting his own show on the network channel La7 for many years, in 2017 he moved the same show to Nove Nove is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza in the region of Veneto, north-eastern Italy, with just over 5,000 inhabitants. It is located on the Brenta river, near Marostica and B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lella Costa
Lella is a given name and a surname. Given name * Lella Cuberli (born 1945), American soprano * Lella A. Dillard (1863–1935), American temperance leader * Lella Fabrizi (1915–1993), Italian stage, television and film actress * Lella Secor Florence (1887–1966), American writer, journalist, pacifist, feminist and pioneer of birth control * Lella Kmar (1862–1942), queen consort of Tunisia * Lella Lombardi (1941–1992), Italian racing driver * Lella Ricci (1850–1871), Italian opera singer * Lella Vignelli (1934–2016), Italian architect, designer, and entrepreneur * Lella Warren (1899–1982), American novelist and short story writer Surname * Gustavo Di Lella (born 1973), Argentinian footballer * Luigi Di Lella (born 1937), Italian experimental particle physicist * Penèlope di Lella (born 1974), Dutch short track speed skater * Jan Lella (born 1989), Belgian football midfielder * Nunzio Lella Nunzio Lella (born 28 July 2000) is an Italian footballer who plays as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ECM Records
ECM (Edition of Contemporary Music) is an independent record label founded by Karl Egger, Manfred Eicher and Manfred Scheffner in Munich in 1969. While ECM is best known for jazz music, the label has released a variety of recordings, and ECM's artists often refuse to acknowledge boundaries between genres. ECM's motto is "the most beautiful sound next to silence", taken from a 1971 review of ECM releases in ''Coda'', a Canadian jazz magazine. ECM has been distributed in the U.S. by Warner Bros. Records, PolyGram Records, BMG, and, since 1999, Universal Music, the successor of PolyGram, worldwide. Its album covers were profiled in two books: ''Sleeves of Desire'' and ''Windfall Light'', both published by Lars Müller. History The first ECM release produced by Manfred Scheffner was pianist Mal Waldron's 1969 recording '' Free at Last''. The label went on to release recordings by many prominent jazz musicians, including Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Pat Metheny, Gary Burton, Chick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Beuys
Joseph Heinrich Beuys ( , ; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism, sociology, and anthroposophy. He was a founder of a provocative art movement known as Fluxus and was a key figure in the development of Happenings. Beuys is known for his "extended definition of art" in which the ideas of social sculpture could potentially reshape society and politics. He frequently held open public debates on a wide range of subjects, including political, environmental, social, and long-term cultural issues. Biography Childhood and early life in the Third Reich (1921–1941) Joseph Beuys was born in Krefeld, Germany, on 12 May 1921, to Josef Jakob Beuys (1888–1958), a merchant, and Johanna Maria Margarete Beuys née Hülsermann (1889–1974). Soon after his birth, the family moved from Krefeld to Kleve, an industrial town in Germany's Lower Rhine region, close to the Dutch border. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucrezia De Domizio
Lucrezia or Lucrecia may refer to: *Lucrezia (given name): an Italian name, feminine of the Roman name Lucretius. The etymological origin of the name is debatable, but is thought to come from the Latin ''lucrum'', meaning "profit, wealth". Other sources believe it may be of Etruscan origin, though its original meaning has been lost. People *Lucrezia (singer), Italian singer *Lucrecia (singer), Cuban singer *Lucrezia Aguiari, Italian coloratura soprano *Lucrezia Borgia (1480–1519), the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia, who became Pope Alexander VI *Lucrezia Bori, Spanish opera singer *Lucrezia d'Alagno (1430–1479), close acquaintance of Alfonso V of Aragon *Several women named Lucrezia de' Medici *Lucrezia Galletta (1520s - 1580), Italian courtesan and banker * Lucrécia Jardim (born 1971), Portuguese athlete *Lucrecia Kasilag (1917–2008), Filipino composer * Lucrecia Martel (born 1966), Argentinian film director *Lucrezia Millarini, British TV news anchor *Lucrezia Tornabuoni, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Taylor
Cecil Percival Taylor (March 25, 1929April 5, 2018) was an American pianist and poet. Taylor was classically trained and was one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an energetic, physical approach, resulting in complex improvisation often involving tone clusters and intricate polyrhythms. His technique has been compared to percussion. Referring to the number of keys on a standard piano, Val Wilmer used the phrase "eighty-eight tuned drums" to describe Taylor's style. He has been referred to as being "like Art Tatum with contemporary-classical leanings". Early life and education Cecil Percival Taylor was born on March 25, 1929, in Long Island City, Queens, and raised in Corona, Queens. Ratliff, Ben (May 3, 2012)"Lessons From the Dean of the School of Improv" ''The New York Times''. Retrieved December 9, 2017: "I recently spoke with the 83-year-old improvising pianist Cecil Taylor for about five hours over two days. One day was at his three-story home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianluigi Trovesi
Gianluigi Trovesi (born 1944) is an Italian jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He has won various Italian jazz awards. He also teaches in Italy. Early life Trovesi was born in Nembro near Bergamo in Lombardy in 1944. He studied harmony and counterpoint under Vittorio Fellegara. Later life and career In 1978 Trovesi won the "RAI TV National Competition for Saxophone and Clarinet" in 1978, and the Critics' National Prize for his debut album, ''Baghet''. He won Best Italian Disc for the albums ''Dances'' (1985), ''From G to'' G (1992) and ''Les Hommes Armés'' (1996). Trovesi has toured, recorded and performed with Anthony Braxton, Misha Mengelberg, Horace Tapscott, Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Kenny Wheeler, Mark Dresser, Han Bennink, Tony Oxley and Günter Sommer. Trovesi is a member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra and performs in a duo with accordionist Gianni Coscia. He teaches in Italy. Discography As leader * * * * * * * * w/ Gianni Coscia * * * w/ Gianni Coscia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Borghetti
Renato Borghetti (born July 23, 1963 in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian folk musician and composer. He works in many genres including traditional styles from his home state of Rio Grande do Sul, other styles of Brazilian music like samba, and international genres like jazz and European classical music. His main instrument is the diatonic button accordion (gaita). He won a Latin Grammy Awards of 2005, Latin Grammy in 2005 for Best Brazilian Roots/Regional Album, for his album Gaita Ponto Com. In 2009 he performed at the Womex festival. Discography *1984 - ''Gaita Ponto'' - RNS Discos *1985 - ''Renato Borghetti'' - Som Livre *1987 - ''Renato Borghetti'' - RCA Victor *1988 - ''Esse tal de Borghettinho'' - RCA/BMG-Ariola *1989 - ''Renato Borghetti'' - Chantecler/Continental *1990 - ''O Melhor de Renato Borghetti'' - Som Livre *1991 - ''Borghetti'' - Continental *1992 - ''Pensa que Berimbau é Gaita?'' - RBS Discos *1993 - ''Renato Borghetti'' - RGE *1993 - ''Instrumental no CCBB (wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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