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, concerts and
television/radio broadcasts 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 , Estonia , Greece , Portugal , Lithuania , Germany ,
France , Spain , Austria , Hungary , Croazia , Slovenia.
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,
E. Rava, 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:
- 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
- Abano Danza 2006 Italy
- Bolzano Danza 2006 Italy
- Red Festival Reggio Emilia 2006 Italy
- Vo'Arte 2005 Portugal
- Athens Jazz Festival 2004 Greece
- Corinto Jazz Festival 2004 Greece
- Corpi Urbani Genova 2004 Italy
- 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
- Eurofestival Torino 2001 Italy
- 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
- Trieste Jazz 1999 Italy
- Corinto 1998 Greece
- Jena 1997 Germany
- Festival Cervantino 1997 Mexico
- International Festival Metepec 1997 Mexico
- Vicenza Jazz Italy1997
- Halle 1996 Germany
- Jazz Italia Verona Italy 1996
- Nord Est Jazz Fest Mestre1996 Italy
- International Moritzburg Jazz Festival Halle 1996 Germany
- Jazz Time Rijeka 1994, 1995 e 1996 Croatia
- Raab 1994 Austria
- Festival di Zagabria 1993
- Estate Jazz Gorizia 1993 Italy
- Jazz Time S. Donà Venezia 1993 Italy
- Jazz Festival Wurzburg 1992 Germany
- Ancona Jazz 1992 Italy
- 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
- Eurojazz Festival di Ivrea 1990 Italy
- Pannonton Jazz Napok Budapest 1989 Hungaria
- Messina Jazz Meeting 1989 Italy
- Prerov Jazz Days 1988 Czechoslovakia
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