miles davis, jim hall,charlie haden, john taylor, kenny wheleer, michael hedges,bill frisell,giya kancheli,pat metheny,wayne shorter, arvo part, nels cline, bartok, debussy, beethoven, mozart, chick corea, andy summers, tonihno horta, caetano veloso, joyce, joao gilberto, Jobim, robert fripp, king krimson, the cure, U2,fred frith, john zorn,egberto gismonti, igor stravinsky, italo calvino, derek bailey, ralph towner, kurt rosenwinkel, allan holdsworth, ella fitzgerald,jim black, keith jarrett, john coltrane, ravi shankar, antonio de curtis (toto'), alessandro bergonzoni, ornette coleman, shostakovich, prokofiev, schoenberg, milan kundera,evan parker, jon damian, kandinsky, louis armstrong, charlie parker, thelonoius monk, gil evans, bill evans, bjork, steve reich, Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, laura andel, tenores di bitti, jan garbarek, tom harrell, salvatore bonafede, cecil taylor, sting, chet baker, wayne krantz
Born in Palermo, Sicily, in 1973. He got interested in music at a very young age, playing piano and guitar. After high school he started jazz guitar, harmony, ear training and arranging while taking classical guitar lessons. Between 1992 and 1995 he attended the University of Literature in Palermo where he focused in Ethnomusicology and History. After attending many workshops such as San Vito Jazz 93-96, Umbria Jazz 1996, Siena Jazz 1997, he won a scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music and moved to Boston to study performance and composition. He has studied with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mick Goodrick, Jon Damian, Bret Wilmott, Vuk Kulenovic, John Bavicchi, Bruce Bartlett, Ted Peace and had the chance to perfom with Gary Burton, Paul Jeffrey, Bob Moses, Daniele Camarda, Ferenc Nemeth. While in Boston he has peformed in several Jazz clubs and was invited to play at “North Carolina Jazz Festival”in Raleigh Durham , “Dante Alighieri Society of Massachussets “ in Cambridge, “Tufts University”,“Berklee Performance Center”, “Mass Art University” in Boston. In 2001 he moved to New York and was also hired as staff member at Berklee College in Boston, working for Bob Stoloff, Kevin Mahogany, Donna Mc Elroy, Bill Pearce. From 2002 to 2004 he was also member of sicilian etno-band “Tammorra” playing in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy.After a couple of years spent between NY and Europe, he moved back to Italy where he is currently teaching and promoting his projects. Between 2006 and 2007 he performed at Werkstatt der Kulturen in Berlin as a member of Luca Lo Bianco band, won the first price for the best livesoundtrack composition at “ Strade del Cinema festival” in Aosta, Italy as a member of Hector Mann Music Crew and has written music for “ Controra Contemporary Dance Company” in Trento, Italy. He has been also invited to few artist in residence programs such as CESTA (czech republic), I AM YOU ARE (Italy) and had a chance to collaborate with audio and visual artists like Andrea Parkins, Julia Naskova, Matt Ostrowsky. In the spring of 2007 he has performed in New York City and Boston with his solo guitar perfomance promoting his CD ‘Clouds in Motion’. From October to December of 2007 Francesco has been resident in Paris as a winner of Recollets International Residency Program, sponsored by the Ministry fo Foreign Affairs and by Direction des Affaires Culturelles , Mairie de Paris. He has recently been invited to Ozmotic Festival in Turin, Italy, Upload Festival in Bolzano, Italy, Hamburg Jazz Tage , Germany, Sapobla Jazz Festival in Mallorca, Spain and was also invited by Zicht Foundation as a resident artist in Amsterdam to compose music for "Nordgevoel project"
Oggi alle 16 presentazione di "LIBERAMENTE" su www.myspace.com/medeaband il singolo che ha permesso ai Medea di superare la prima fase del Tour Music fest!!!
Vieni ad ascoltarlo! Dicci che ne pensi! Stay funk Stay Medea!!!
Ciao Ciccio! Di solito al box quello che si attaccava al Monta(r)lbo Trio era Nicola, che era talmente esausto della bassa qualità della cassa che ne abbiamo fatto un tormentone. Tu a Dortmund? Che stai a fà?! Chiamaci già che ci sei e ti apriamo i concerti :-D
in quale parte del mondo sei disperso, nostro chitarrista ispiratore? IN questo trio ci sono un pò di tuoi ammiratori... :-) A proposito, se hai due minuti, dicci cosa ne pensi della nostra roba.
Muito grato. Maravilha!!!. A música faz com que as pessoas experimentem um pouquinho do mundo divino. Neste espaço, pude perceber que são habitados por anjos - e você é um deles - não importa sua legião. Imagino que a música está acima do bem e do mal - Deus é mais - e espero que você esteja sempre envolvido por ela. Portanto desejo uma ótima existêcia e agradeço por existir na mesma época que você. Um beijo no coração!!! Paulo Djorge http://www.estantevirtual.com.br/mod_perl/info.cgi?livro=19083498
Nel player di Radio Basile, per questa settimana, c’è il mio brano “Putiri” tratto dal mio nuovo CD Arenaria. Clicca su “Putiri” per ascoltarlo nel player di www.myspace.com/radiobasile Buon ascolto!
