Viale Dei Quattro Venti, 212
00152 Roma
Italy

Musician and composer who plays traditional Mediterranean instruments (bouzuki, oud, mandola), guitars, piano, percussion, electronics.

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activities

• Artist
  • Band/Soloist
  • Composer/Songwriter

participation in

• WOMEX 2005
• WOMEX 2006
• WOMEX 2007
• WOMEX 2008
• WOMEX 2009
• WOMEX 2010

company description

Musician and composer who plays traditional Mediterranean instruments (bouzuki, oud, mandola), guitars, piano, percussion, electronics. He is the founder and band leader of Novalia and the Piccola Banda Ikona. He is also the musical director of 7SóisOrkestra and Les Voix du 7 Sóis, two Mediterranean orchestras that bring together musicians from different countries.
With the musician and producer Hector Zazou and the singer Barbara Eramo he released on 2010 the CD "Oriental Night Fever".
He released two Cds with Piccola Banda Ikona: "Marea cu sarea" (2008) and "Stari Most" (2005) written in Sabir, an old language of the Mediterranean sea. As a composer he has also worked on film soundtracks, dance, theatre, poetry and television. He has played in the most important World music Festivals worldwide. For the theatre he has worked with Giancarlo Giannini, Predrag Matvejevic, Pamela Villoresi, Omero Antonutti and many others. He composed the soundtrack for the film "Sotto la Luna" by Franco Bernini (Rai 2), and the song "Ebla", the theme tune for the international tv program "Mediterraneo". He composed a suite in five movements based on "Le bateau Ivre" by Arthur Rimbaud, read by Jean-Louis Trintignant. He also wrote music performed with the Tunisian poet Monchef Ghachem. He also played with many international musicians like Alexander Balanescu, Eyal Sela, Jamal Ouassini, Margarida Guerreiro.

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