MARCO CASTELLI
Saxophonist- Composer
Marco Castelli, is one of the most talented italian sax players,
with a briliant and prolific carrer with a broad artistic activity.
In his long career he has travelled without prejudice across many different
musical languages, highlighting the qualities present in each form
of expression and always pursuing a very personal sound, free of clichés
but rich in emotions and atmospheres.
Beside writing and performing jazz music, he's a conductor of orchestra
and a composer for theatre and modern ballet, and, as a sound
designer, he has creatively interacted with various media: poetry,
video art, visual arts.
He has partecipated in international jazz festivals like Singapore
Art Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Boemia Jazz Festival, Copenhagen
Jazz Festival, Atene Jazz, San Sebastian collaborating with a lot
of prestigious artists like Lee Konitz, Markus Stockhausen, Philip
Catherine and many others.
Marco Castelli has brought his music all over the world: Singapore
, Canada , Venezuela , Jamaica , Mexico , Argentina, Perù , Uruguay ,
Israel , Jordan , Danmarc, Estonia , Greece , Portugal , Lithuania , Germany
, France , Spain , Austria , Hungary , Croazia , Slovenia, Romania, Ceck
Republic.
Projects::
Marco Castelli Quartet, toghether with Ermanno Signorelli (guit.)
Raffaelo Pareti (cb) and Mauro Beggio (drums). The Marco Castelli quartet
finds its natural collocation between the best European jazz tradition
and the Mediterranean music influence.
info: www.myspace.com/marcocastelliquartet
DMA, which has appeared in numerous important international jazz
festivals. The DMA's music uniquely blends jazz, hip-hop, funk and
word music.
info: www.dmaurbanjazzfunk.com
BandOrkestra.55, is a "Modern Popular Band" gathering 18 musicians
playing a repertoire that moves freely between latin, swing, boogie, ska
and ethnic music, with both original compositions and standards.
info: www.myspace.com/bandorkestra
Marco Castelli Small Ensemble flexibly ranges from solo to numerous
ensembles, according to the nature of its performances. It takes part
to theatre and dance performances, music ambiences, music for video
art, multimedia events and sax solo+live electronics concerts. Especially
important is the collaboration with the Company 'Il Posto' with the great
success of the performance of Vertical Dance 'Proteo'.
info: www.myspace.com/danzaverticale
Furthermore, he has worked toghether and performed with:
Philip Catherine, Lee Konitz, Pietro Tonolo, Luis Agudo, Marcus Stockhausen,
Enrico Rava, Ares Tavolazzi, Rudy Linka, Mark Abrams, The Traditional
Jazz Studio of Prague, Gianluca Mosole, Paolo Birro, The Keptorchestra,
Ines Reiger, Frantisek Uhlir, Rudy Engel, Marco Lakner, Florian Brambock,
Darko Jurkovic, Lojze Krajcan, Michael Erian,Cheryl Porter, Peter Lipa,
Massimo Manzi, Tolo Marton, Sandro Gibellini, Marco Tamburini, Roberto
Rossi, Mauro Beggio, Giovanni Maier, The Europlane Orchestra, Orchestra
Il Suono Improvviso, Pietro Condorelli, Marcello Tonolo, Francesco Bearzatti,
Robert Bonisolo, Mauro Negri, U.T. Gandhi, Lello Pareti, Ermanno Signorelli,
Gianni Cazzola, David Boato, Luigi Tessarollo, Gabriele Centis, Davide
Ragazzoni, Bebo Baldan, Edu Hebling, Jazz Prints, Achim Goettert, Danilo
Moccia, ed others…
International Performances:
- Boemia Jazz Festival 2008 Ceck Republic
- Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2008 Danmarc
- Bucarest Jazzfest 2008 Romania
- Singapore Art Festival 2007 Singapore
- Corpi Urbani Genova 2007 Italy
- Novigrad Music Night 2006 Croazia
- Jazzinity Abomna Festival 2006 Slovenia
- Al Hussein Cultural Center 2005 Jordan
- Vo'Arte 2005 Portugal
- Athens Jazz Festival 2004 Greece
- Corinto Jazz Festival 2004 Greece
- Mar Del Plata Jazz Festival 2003 Argentina
- Lima Jazz Festival 2003 Perù
- Jazz Tour Montevideo 2003 Uruguay
- Gorizia Jazz Festival Italy 2002
- Kaunas Jazz Festival 2002 Lithuania
- Gostenhofer Jazztages Norimberga 2002 Germany
- Montreal, Toronto e Halifax Jazz Festival Canada 2001
- Half Note Athens 2001Greece
- Ocho Rios Jazz Festival 2000 Jamaica
- Festival Jazz San Sebastian 2000 Spain
- Festival del Mediterraneo Bari 2000 Italy
- Cervantes en Todas Partes 1997 e 1999 Mexico
- Festival di Merida 1999 Mexico
- Curacao Jazz Festival 1999 Dutch Carribean
- Jazzkaar 1999 Tallinn Estonia
- Corinto 1998 Greece
- Jena 1997 Germany
- Festival Cervantino 1997 Mexico
- International Festival Metepec 1997 Mexico
- Halle 1996 Germany
- International Moritzburg Jazz Festival Halle 1996 Germany
- Jazz Time Rijeka 1994, 1995 e 1996 Croatia
- Raab 1994 Austria
- Festival di Zagabria 1993
- Jazz Festival Wurzburg 1992 Germany
- Lange Jazz Nacht Lindau 1990 e 1991 Germany
- Jazz Ost/West Nuernberg 1990 Germany
- Jazz in Zentrum Bremen 1990 Germany
- Festival Jazz St. Cugat del Vales 1990 Spain
- Pannonton Jazz Napok Budapest 1989 Hungaria
- Prerov Jazz Days 1988 Czechoslovakia
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