CELLO SOLO
SOLO,
alone cello, a bow and five fingers running up and down its neck.Bach's influence has trickled down through the ages in various musical trends. Melodies, timeless or unknown, lead us back to him; Melodies which evoke the past, the present and the future.Captivating, simple and ancient sounds, such as the string which vibrates as it is rubbed by the bow; or sounds which are elaborate ad modern, filtered through the use of electronics: A kind of magic which takes us from one world to the other like a kind of time machine. MUSIC CELLO:
ENRICO GUERZONI -Musician, cellist, composer, arranger. - 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. - 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 - He is a member of the Ensemble "Tourte" of Bologna, with whom he has recorded the unpublished quintets for flute by Boccherini and the string quartet for the record label "Dynamic".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. - 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. - He is one of the elements of the “Trio Fotogramma”, a cinematic experience set to live music. More info: www.enricoguerzoni.com |
