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Christian Calcatelli is currently known by hundreds of fans worldwide
for his captivating, cinematic and inspirational solo piano music, his original
compositions and his solo improvisations.
Born in the USA by an American mother and Italian father, Christian lived in the
USA for the first few years of his life and then relocated to Rome, Italy where
he currently resides with his lifetime friend, wife, and main source of
inspiration, Susie.
His initial interest in music began by discovering the soundtracks that gave
life to golden age cartoons from Disney and MGM which often consisted of
adaptations from the classics. Triggered by curiosity, he taught himself how to
read music, plunk the first notes on the piano and play around with harmonies
which eventually led to his formal studies at the "S. Cecilia" music
conservatory in Rome, Italy.
In September 2004, Christian performed at 'The Calx Project', an original
fund-raising event that spread awareness on problems children are facing by
merging music and technology. Christian grabbed the attention of an audience of
nearly 30,000 as he improvised at the piano for 60 hours and one minute
live over the internet which led to being awarded an Official Guinness World
Record as the world's "Longest solo music internet broadcast".
Some of Christian's improvisations from this event - defined by the media as
'breath-taking, simply captivating' - were collected in two eCDs ironically
entitled "A Broken Record"! You can listen to some clips from this event on the
MYSPACE stereo and even more on the Christian's official website,
www.calcatelli.com.
Today, at 26, Christian has treasured all the teachings received through time
and made them his own, developing a personal, intimate style of piano playing.
Particularly fascinated by distant cultures, Christian has created an original
palette of colors on the piano that suggest sounds and melodies of instruments
coming from other lands and times in a modern and unique way.
While promoting his music as an independent musician, Christian's goal is to
work in the music business as a movie and multimedia composer.
MUST SEE LINKS:
1) Register to my free newsletter to be receive music downloads and
the latest on new releases, concerts and discounts! Just email me at
christian@calcatelli.com or
click here
2) Guinness World Records 60 hour concert - See the exclusive pictures,
audio clips and videos.
Click here!
3) Listen - Free! There's lots of musicc on my
website radio! (Top right corner)
Ciao!
Christian
christian@calcatelli.com
http://www.calcatelli.com
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