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------Nikkos ( Vincenzo Bifaro) With numerous awards and radio chart position to his credit, this Italian-born, Japan-USA based multi-instrumentalist, offers a sonorous blend of strong melodies.
Born Nikkos Bifaro Vincenzo in Trapani, Italy, the man now known as Nikkos began his musical career at the age of 10, studying accordion, piano, flute, sax, guitar and voice. He earned his master degree in flute from the noted conservatory V.Bellini, under the guidance of renowned flutist G.Maduli. After graduating from the Academy of Arts of Rome, Nikkos performed on stage and in the studio as soloist and with a variety of symphony orchestra in Italy and Europe.
After spending 2 years as a professional musician in New York city, Nikkos returned to Italy and made his eponymous recording debut. Twenty five released followed, including two 3-CD boxed sets, for major records companies( Pioneer, Sony, Jingo Records). All recordings released on his own Nikkos Music, LLC label, were recorded in Michigan.
In 1992, Nikkos followed his dream and moved to Tokyo, Japan, where he founded Nikkos Music. There, he released several popular recordings and had his music featured on CD-ROMs, videos, scores for film and television, and multi-media performances.
Nikkos also became friend with the international award-winning painter Sumi Ishikawa, recipient of the prestigious Raffaello award in Italy. Her work is widely exibited in Europe, and she is considered a pioneer in the visual arts. Her art adorns the cover of Angels Release. Nikkos' music has been collected into custom CD anthologies for new product campaigns by Hoya glasses and top cosmetics company, Shiseido. But Nikkos is most proud of severals concerts he performs at hospitals, rehabilitation centers and homes for elderly (where his music is used for relaxation and healing purposes). He is also a member of the Japanese Artist Association for Charity.
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Starting music lessons at ten, Nikkos remembers “ My first instrument was accordion. I was a small boy, and this instrument was big for my body. Carrying and playing it was very difficult, but made me very happy.” He since has expanded his repertoire to include silver and bamboo flutes, recorder, piano, keyboards, alto and alto sax.
" My favorite is the flute and I love to sing " he admits. "After playing for 15 years and hearing other musicians, I can honestly say my style is unique. It sounds like the seashore, like wind" an early influence on his style was classical music. Over the last decade, Nikkos has performed live and in the studio with jazz, pop and fusion bands as well as several symphony orchestras, but his primary focus is on developing his own discography through live concerts, albums, videos, television and film.
As a songwriter, Nikkos shares,"anything can inspire me to make music: happiness,sadness, other strong emotions. While inspiration strikes me whenever I'am surrounded by nature, the music comes from inside. So I may be performing in front of friends or in concert, while I'll suddenly feel it - the inspiration- and I'll start to create improvisations. Inspiration is the soul of spontaneity, so I'll create music in a very natural way. Instead of having a set routine where I record a certain number of hours a day, I'll simply turn on a portable tape recorder wherever I feel a melody, and I'll play it out on flute or piano. After a few days, I'll re-listen to the piece, and, if I still like it, I'll work on it until a finished composition emerges. (Laughs) I also compose music in my dreams, but I always forget them when I wake up. Very sad".
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------Nikkos 二コス
フルート･アコーディオン・ピアノ・リコーダ･作曲・カンツォーネ
Nikkos (ニコス),Bifaro Vincenzo,イタリアシチリア島生まれ。幼い頃からピアノ、フルート、リコーダー、アコーディオン、サックスを学び、卒業後、各種室内楽、交響楽団に参加し、クラシックフルート奏者として活動する。V.ベリーニ音楽学校、アートアカデミー学士院フルート科マスターコースを卒業。各種室内楽、交響楽団などに参加し、本格的にクラシックフルート奏者としての活動を行う。87年より作曲活動を始め独自の音楽の方向性を追求し始める。88年、アリッチア音楽祭で優勝し、リタ・バボーネから絶賛される。89年、ファーストアルバム「NIKKOS」リリース。92年「ローマ花の音楽祭」で最優秀賞を受賞。1990年、ドイツ企業主催のコンサートに招待され、日本に初来日。以前、イタリア以外にフランス、アメリカで生活をしてきていたが、文化、風習、食生活全ての面において、日本が自分に合っていることを直感し、1992年の2度目の来日をきっかけに本格的に日本での音楽活動を開始する。同年、「ローマ花の音楽祭」にて最優秀賞受賞。1997年 パイオニアLDCより3部作CDを発表。その後ニコスミュージックを設立し、新たに独自のCDを発表する。2000年には、アルバム「Angels dreaming」を発表。日本では、NHK、教育テレビなどのBGMで使われている。またアメリカでは、Higher Octave Music(EMIグループ）にて販売され、全米のニューエイジラジオの中で注目を集め始めている。2001年に「Angels Flying」、2002年に「Angels Singing」をリリース。また、日本のみならずアメリカ、ヨーロッパ、中国、台湾、シンガポールなど様々な国でも発売されており、SARSやスマトラ沖地震などのチャリティーのために台湾のレコード会社より発売されたコンピレーションCDにも協力している。彼の音楽は今までに、フジテレビ メルシャン軽井沢美術館のCM音楽に「Promenade」が、映画「発熱天使」のテーマ音楽に「Midori」が、台湾の三菱自動車のCM音楽に「Fly」が採用されている。彼の澄んだ音色はその他、NHK、民放他、ラジオなどでも耳にすることができる。03年にアメリカでDVD「Celebration of the sea」を発表。この作品は、同年デンバーで行われた「国際ニューエイジトレードショー」の「Visionary Award」ビデオ・DVD部門」で第２位を受賞。また、シチリアトラパニ市からは高い芸術性を評価され「Saturno賞」を受賞。05年、愛・地球博のイタリアンパビリオン内にて「踊るサテュロス像」の前でパフォーマンスを披露し、好評を博す。
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In Italiano:
Vincenzo Bifaro, in arte Nikkos,italiano di Trapani,
risiede e lavora tra il Giappone e gli Stati Uniti.
Fin dall'eta' di 10 anni, ha iniziato a studiare fisarmonica, flauto dolce, pianoforte, sintetizzatori, flauto, sax e chitarra.
Diplomatosi nel 1984 in flauto presso il Conservatorio Bellini di Trapani (è stato suo Maestro Guido Maduli) si trasferisce a Roma dove inizia la propria attività artistica. Le sue esperienze musicali si espandono oltre che nel campo classico, anche in altri generi musicali, quali new age, jazz, pop.
Nel 1988 vince il Festival di Ariccia,nella categoria compositori e musicisti, al quale hanno gia' predominato
artisti come Rita Pavone, Claudio Baglioni, Enrico Montesano ecc..
Nel 1990, dopo essere stato invitato ad eseguire dei concerti in Giappone, si innamora dell'oriente e si trasferisce definitivamente a Tokyo nel 1992.
In Giappone inizia a lavorare per la Tv giapponese,scrivendo musiche per documentari.
Ha inciso per la Pioneer, la Sony, ed ha realizzato musiche per la campagna pubblicitaria Shiseido, Hoya, Mercian, Mitsubishi.
Ha scritto colonne sonore per film, video, CD rom e le sue musiche sono state inserite in 12 CD compilation.
Nel 1998 fonda Nikkos Music, la quale controlla e gestisce i diritti d'autore delle proprie musiche nel mondo.
Nel 2001 il CD Angels Dreaming rimane nella classifica Hit-parade degli Stati Uniti per 7 mesi; lo stesso CD e' un best seller nel catalogo della EMI.
Nel 2004 realizza la musica per la pubblicità televisiva Mitsubishi motors: il brano diviene hit ed entra a far parte delle best song nelle compilation asiatiche.
Nikkos ha inciso più di 20 CD di musiche originali scritte da lui, ed ha tenuto più di 1500 concerti solisti in tutto il mondo.
Ha scritto piu' di 300 brani, principalmente per flauto accompagnato dal pianoforte, chitarra, basso, batteria, percussioni ed archi; ha scritto anche brani per pianoforte solo e per violoncello.
E' membro dell'Associazione Giapponese artisti.
Nel 2005 e' rappresentante italiano all'Esposizione Mondiale di Aichi in Giappone, esibendosi davanti il Satiro Danzante.
Si e' dedicato anche alla musica teraupetica, insegnando e suonando a New York in alcuni centri di rilassamento e per seminari universitari.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Ciao bello,vedo che ti dai da fare,adesso suoni l'accordion,quando hai tempo scrivi,un salutone,questa e' il mio chitarrista.......che te ne pare...!!! Vittorio
Thanks for the add, I love your music btw!
If you get a chance, please take a listen to our first New Age release "Instrumental Piano Music" by Solo Piano Relaxing Music. We'd love to know what you think of it!
Regards
LR
no che sorpresaaaa Vincenzo man e chi t ha mai scordato sul mio sito personale< www.tonycerqua.it >c è sempre rimasto il tuo CD , l ultima volta che ho avuto tue news stavi in Giappone ,,man che piacere ,,non è che ripasserai a Roma one day,,fammelo sapere,,un abbraccione Tony
Scusa ma poi tra le mille cose non c'e' mai tempo... Grazie per avermi aggiunto, io nemmeno sapevo che fossi in myspace. Oggi presento il cast per il concerto, se passa ci divertiamo. Ti tengo aggiornato. Un abbraccio
