Gianluigi Trovesi (born 1944) is an Italian

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saxophonist, clarinetist, and

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. He has won various Italian jazz awards. He also teaches in Italy.

Early life

Trovesi was born in

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near

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in 1944. He studied

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and

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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

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, Steve Lacy,

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and

Günter Sommer Günter "Baby" Sommer (born 25 August 1943) is a German jazz drummer. Career Sommer was born in Dresden on 25 August 1943. His first instrument was the trumpet, which he studied at school. He started playing the drums aged 15 or 16. He studie ...

. Trovesi is a member of the

Italian Instabile Orchestra The Italian Instabile Orchestra (IIO) is an eighteen piece experimental big band that performs orchestral jazz and avant-garde jazz. Its members include Alberto Mandarini, Bruno Tommaso, Carlo Actis Dato, Daniele Cavallanti, Eugenio Colombo, Gi ...

and performs in a duo with accordionist

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. He teaches in Italy.

Discography

As leader

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Anat Fort Anat Fort ( he, ענת פורט; born March 8, 1970, near Tel Aviv) is an Israeli jazz pianist and composer who has recorded several acclaimed albums and performed across Europe and the United States. Fort studied music at William Paterson Univers ...

As contributor

* * * * * * * *Marche jazz orchestra, year =1989 "Dies Irae", Philology * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Filmography

* '' Il cortile della musica'' (''The Music Court''), (2010)

References

External links

Official siteThe Music Court
{{DEFAULTSORT:Trovesi Gianluigi 1944 births Living people Musicians from the Province of Bergamo Italian jazz saxophonists Male saxophonists Italian jazz clarinetists Folk jazz musicians Post-bop jazz musicians Free jazz musicians ECM Records artists 20th-century Italian musicians 21st-century Italian musicians 20th-century saxophonists 21st-century saxophonists 21st-century clarinetists 20th-century Italian male musicians 21st-century Italian male musicians Male jazz musicians Italian Instabile Orchestra members