ENRICO GUERZONI - cello
STEFANO MIRANDOLA - guitar

The Ten Strings repertoire is based on compositions, most of them by the two musicians themselves, which mix several musical styles, such as jazz, classical, flamenco and South American music. What’s more, it also includes arrangements of pieces by E. Gismonti, D. Paradises, P. de Lucia, Cick Korea, Ralph Towner, Pixinguinha among others, technically ranging from complex passages of great impact to sweet and rare atmospheres. The effect is original and amazing.
Both the musicians perform the role of soloist, accompanist, improviser, composer and arranger, and also use original techniques obtain an interesting and expressive sound. In fact they come from varied musical experiences that leave wide space for their creativity and also to the imagination of the listener, involved in a whirlwind of changes of emotional intensity.
Although a relatively recent formation, they have already performed in and been invited to numerous festivals, including S. Marino, Palermo, Bologna, Milan, Bordighera, Venice, Andria, and Paris.
Their latest album “ TEN STRINGS “ has recently been released.

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STEFANO MIRANDOLA

Studies: In 1972 he began his studies of the classical guitar, at the age of 12, followed by studies in jazz, attending seminars by Jim Hall, Joe Diorio and Pat Metheny. He deepened his knowledge and expertise of finger-picking, Brazilian and flamenco. He dedicated himself to the development of new techniques on the guitar, which can expand the expressive possibilities of the instrument. He has been a registered composer with the SIAE since 1986. He graduated in electronic engineering; he resides and teaches in Bologna.

Musical work: In 1974 he began collaborating with the POP-ROCKgroup "Apparato del Golgi" and continued with the "Naphta"(rock-jazz). He then created two jazz bands which played original music: “Mani Jazz Group" and "M.O.S.S. Quartet", and went on several tours around Europe.In 1991 he formed a duo of acoustic guitars with Guido Premuda,, that offered a repertoire of original compositions. Besides numerous concerts and participating in reviews of acoustic guitar, the duo released the CD "Vagogirando" in 1997.From 1992 he also performed as a solo artist, with a repertoire of original compositions and arrangements. From the nylon ropes of his guitar, classical, jazz, flamenco and ethnic sounds emerge along with the personal touch of a sensitive and gifted musician. In April 2003 he released a CD as a solo guitarist "Oltre il mare" produced by the German label "Acoustic Music Records", which was internationally acclaimed.As well as his work as a solo artist, he currently plays in the following groups:"Ten Strings" duo with Enrico Guerzoni (cello)"Two-gether" duo with Orio Cenacchi (percussion)"Rinato Carosello" trio with Mirco Menna (voice and percussion) and Enrico Guerzoni.

Discography: CD "Oltre il mare", April 2003 (Acoustic Music Records) (solo guitarist) CD "Vagogirando", '97 (duo of acoustic guitars)Passages inserted in the musical reviews with Cd "Akustik gitarre", 2003; "Espande", '96. www.stefanomirandola.com

ENRICO GUERZONI

-Musician, cellist, composer, arranger.

- He graduated in studies on the cello from the Conservatorio di Bologna in 1986. He has been First Cellist in several Italian orchestras, and hadalso collaborated with numerous instrumental groups such as the "Solisti Veneti", with whom he has played in some of the most prestigious reviews of music in the world. He has also been on tourneé in Japan, China, Korea, India, Germany, Spain, Argentina and obviously Italy, in prestigious places including Teatro Olimpico of Vicenza, Teatro Bellini of Catania, Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Moreover, he has played with the "Virtuosi Italiani", “Archi Italiani”, “International Chamber Ensemble”, the Orchestra della R.A.I in Rome, “Orchestra da Camera di Bologna”, “Filarmonici di Bologna” and “Solisti di Bologna”, Orchestra Regionale of Marche, and the orchestra “Giovanile Toscanini”.

- He won the international competition for the position of cellist with the Symphonic Lyric Agency "Teatro Comunale di Bologna" and he collaborated with them from 1988 to 2001. With this orchestra, he went on tournèe in Japan and Germany and has made recordings for the Decca. He has played under the guidance of conductors such as R. Muti, G. Sinopoli, C. Thieleman, V. Delman, R. Chailly, Z. Pezsko, L. Berio, G. Bertini, and D. Oren.

- Currently, he dedicates himself to his freelance work.

- He is the founder of the eclectic quartet of acoustic and electrical strings "Arké", with whom he has done numerous concerts and performed for the Royal Family in London, along with the tenor Josè Cura, with whom he has performed in concerts in Germany and Japan.

- From 2000 to 2004 he collaborated with the singer Antonella Ruggiero, building an ethnic and classical repertoire. They made a record together for Sony, a DVD for the EGEA and they have done more than 160 concerts all around Italy and in foreign countries, in prestigious theatres such as the "Regio" of Turin, “Carlo Felice” in Genova, ”Comunale“ in Modena and for musical agencies such as the Santa Cecilia (Terme di Caracalla) and Teatro Massimo in Palermo, for the Pope in the Vatican and Toronto and a tournée in Morocco. What’s more, two years in a row, they performed at the review “I suoni delle Dolomiti”.One of their concerts was integrally broadcast on Channel 4 of national Italian television.

- In February 2004 he went on tournée with A.S.Q.in Estonia and performed famous concert halls, such as the Puccini theatre in Merano and the jazz festivals of Vignola, as well as recordings with the Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu.

- He is a member of the Ensemble "Tourte" of Bologna, with whom he has recorded the unpublished quintets for flute by Boccherini and the string quartet for the record label "Dynamic".

- His repertoire includes the six Bach cello suites, which he has performed in public at the Teatro Consorziale di Budrio (Bo) and at the Medieval museum of Bologna.

- He has collaborated with Salvatore Sciarrino in various composition courses in "Città diCastello", and for years he played in the finalé concerts for the course in composition for the "Accademia Chigiana” in Siena.- In 1992, his jazz-blues group "Petronius Quartet" won the international prize "Città di Ispra", and, in 1994, the competition “Giugno per i giovani” at the Accademia Filarmonica Romana.- He has held jazz concerts with artists such as T. Lama, R. Gatto, D. Rea, P. Fresu, S. Zanchini, D. Lynx, L. Cottifogli (who recorded a CD with him, in a duo and in a sextet) F. Del Gaudio, S. Battaglia, G. Mirabassi, E. Fioravanti, M. Negri, R. Rossi, N. Machado, and M. Minardi.- Enrico Guerzoni was invited to Paris to play with Pierre Blanchard’s string jazz group and at the "Festival du Cinèma" for the centenarian of the Lumière brothers, performing at the Theatre of the Museè du Louvre . This was organized by the Cinémathèque Francaise.

- E. G. has a great passion for the baroque period in particular and done extensive study on baroque technique. He has worked as director and solo artist in various groups, such as Harmonico Concento, Ensemble Anciuti.

- He has received lessons in orchestra conduction with the great Lu Jia.

- He has taken part at the most important recordings of Andrea Bocelli.

- He has taken part in the most important recordings of Andrea Bocelli.- He has collaborated with some of the most important composers of Italian popular music, such as Eugenio Finardi, Lucio Dalla, Gianni Morandi, Renato Zero, Adriano Celentano, Gino Paoli, Zucchero, E. Ramazzotti, V. Capossela, Tullio de Piscopo, S. Bersani, and D. Silvestri, performing numerous concerts with them and working on various recordings, participating in the arrangements of some of their records.

- He has collaborated with the Mancuso brothers and Giancarlo Parisi in the project “Voci e strumenti da una Sicilia di Tradizione e di Reinvenzione”, working on traditional Sicilian music.- He has arranged and recorded the string section on the records of the singer Mirco Menna, of the group “Parto Nuvole Pesanti” and of the Chilean singer Marcelo Araya.

- As a composer, he has produced music above all for string quartet, but he has also tried his hand at many other styles, including POP, jazz, and ethnic music, with excellent results.- In January 2006 one of his own arrangements was performed by the Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale of Bologna.

- He has recorded and made concerts with the avanguarde group of Roberto Cacciapaglia.

- Moreover, Enrico Guerzoni, as a cellist, has taken part in several programmes on R.A.I. TV.

- He has taught the cello at the “Scuola di Musica Baroncini” in Imola (Bo) and at a musical high school in Cento.

Current projects and collaborations:

- In 2004 he founded the Kuasar String Kuartet an innovative musical project for string quartet. The K.S.K. collaborates with the Italian jazz project, the project "Plancton", the singer Kelly Joyce and other Italian and foreign artists.

- He plays in the "Ten Strings" duo with the guitarist Stefano Mirandola, climbing the height of original musical composition and playing the music of E. Gismonti, P. De Lucia, C. Corea among others. They have recently completed their first album: "Ten Strings".

- He also collaborates with Eugenio Finardi’s group in the show “Il Silenzio e lo Spirito“, and together they have recorded a CD and a DVD for the EDEL, and have performed in various concerts all over Italy.

- He also works with Mirco Menna and Stefano Mirandola in the "Rinato Carosello di musica napoleatana", performing Neapolitan music fromn the Renaissance to the present day.


- In August 2005 he performed in a concert with Michael Nymann at the Kursall of Merano.

- He is one of the elements of the “Trio Fotogramma”, a cinematic experience set to live music.

- He is about to graduate from the Music College of Bologna in Music and its Multimedia uses.