Gabriele di Franco

Author: Gabriele di Franco

  • SJO\CGN | European Composers | Gabriele di Franco – Inspira (Inhale)

    SJO\CGN | European Composers | Gabriele di Franco – Inspira (Inhale)

    Finally the video of INHALE is out.
    Premiered by SJO/CGN at Subway Club on December 8th 2021 as part of the European Composers project.
    Check it out on you tube and on instagram is also available a small explanation of the idea behind.

    Here available also a small interview where I say more about INHALE (Inspira)!

    www.subwayjazzorchestra.com

    Subway Jazz Orchestra | European Composers
    Concert and live recording at Club Subway on December 8th 2021

    “Inspira (Inhale)” composed by Gabriele di Franco
    commissioned by the Subway Jazz Orchestra, Cologne

    REEDS
    Julian Bossert
    Johannes Ludwig
    Joachim Lenhardt
    Jens Böckamp
    Heiko Bidmon

    TRUMPETS
    Matthias Schwengler
    Christian Mehler
    Maik Krahl
    Cay Schmitz

    TROMBONES
    Janning Trumann
    Philipp Schittek
    Matthias Schuller
    Tobias Herzog

    RHYTHM
    Philip Czarnecki (git)
    Felix Hauptmann (p)
    David Andres (b)
    Thomas Sauerborn (dr)

    CONDUCTOR
    Stefan Karl Schmid

    Recorded & Mixed by Julian Speyer
    Filmed by Cologne Custom Studios

    Supported by Land NRW & Rheinenergie Stiftung Kultur

  • SJO\CGN presents: EUROPEAN COMPOSERS

    SJO\CGN presents: EUROPEAN COMPOSERS

    I’m glad to announce that I was selected s part of the project EUROPEAN COMPOSERS promoted by Subway Jazz Orchestra of Cologne. The big band selected five young composers from all over Europe who have composed new works especially for Subway Jazz Orchestra and will be giving their world premieres on the 8th of december. This was preceded by a Europe-wide call by the SJO for composers up to 35 years of age. From the 54 applications received, the collective selected five candidates who were awarded a commission to compose for the orchestra. Congrats also to the other 4 selected composers: Jorik Bergman (born 1996 in Leiden, The Netherlands) is a professional jazz flutist, composer and arranger living in Cologne. She enjoys writing for large jazz ensembles and is currently organising her next big project. On the side, she has her own jazz trio in which she plays the flute, is doing her Master’s degree in composition at the Cologne University of Music and Dance and is also a professional model. Her dream is to retire one day and build her own miniature golf course in the south of France. Tobias Hoffmann (*1988) is a saxophonist, composer and arranger born in Germany and currently living in Vienna and Graz. Besides being the bandleader of his award-winning “Tobias Hoffmann Nonet”, he works as a sideman for various projects and bands. He is also currently working on the debut CD of his “Tobias Hoffmann Jazz Orchestra”, which will be released in 2022. Bianca Rantala is a 22-year-old arranger, composer, pianist and big band conductor from Estonia. She is currently studying music production in Helsinki, Finland and works as a freelance musician. Rantala is the conductor of several Estonian big bands, including the Taltech Bigband, the GOMK Bigband and the New Wind Jazz Orchestra. She has composed and arranged for all kinds of ensembles, but especially for big bands, vocal groups, wind and string orchestras. In 2020 she won 1st place in the Baltic Big Band Composition Contest. Born in 1992 in south-eastern Styria (Austria), singer, composer and pianist Ursula Reicher shows her great passion for music in her diverse work, moving in many musical styles. She completed her master’s degree in jazz composition and arranging with Ed Partyka at the Kunstuniversität Graz/Institut Jazz as well as studying music education at KUG Graz and German at KF-Uni in Graz. Her great love is her current main project ‘The Void-Quintet’, a special formation with which she released her debut album “Globular Cluster” in 2019 and was also awarded a Downbeat- Award for “Outstanding Performance” in 2019 and 2020. Ursula was also awarded a Downbeat Award for Outstanding Composition in 2020 and 2021.

  • Recensione LULELA – Matteo Tangolo

    Recensione LULELA – Matteo Tangolo

    Una nuova bellissima recensione per LULELA nella edizione di ottobre di quiSalento.
    Un grazie speciale va a Matteo Tangolo che con attenzione e professionalità è sempre disposto ad ascoltare e leggere le mie produzioni.

    “Lulela. Lui, lei, L’altro” non è solo un libro, ma una lucida follia…
    …Tutto funziona a puntino, con linguaggio limpido e una voglia matta di tenere il segno col dito, tra le pagine, per ritrovare quel bivio che ci si è lasciati alle spalle, e vedere come sarebbe andata la vita se si fosse imboccata un’altra strada.

    Matteo tangono (quiSalento)

  • LULELA (Albatros il Filo) AWARDED at the International Award “Europa in versi e in prosa” 2021

    LULELA (Albatros il Filo) AWARDED at the International Award “Europa in versi e in prosa” 2021

    I’m very happy to announce that the text of LULELA was awarded 2nd prize at International Award “Europa in versi e in prosa” 2021.

    Among the works received in the PUBLISHED NARRATIVE section, the jury decided to proclaim OVERALL WINNER:

    BARBATI GABRIELE, Ho immensamente voluto, Funambolo Edizioni

    FINALISTS
    2° CLASSIFIED WITH EQUAL MERIT

    di FRANCO GABRIELE, Lulela, lui, lei, l’altro, Albatros
    SGARBI MARCELLO, Il bambino dell’aceto, Bookabook

    3° CLASSIFIED WITH EQUAL MERIT

    CICOGNETTI MAURIZIO, Replicante, Europa Edizioni
    MALVOTTI ARMIDO, Internet non ci basta più, Helicon edizioni
    SALVATORE ANTONELLA, L’Africa nel cuore, Albatros

    The award ceremony will take place 23rd of October at La casa della poesia di Como, and the event will be also streamed.

    The modalities of participation in the event will be announced on the website www.europainversi.org from the beginning of October.

    MORE INFO

  • LULELA (Albatros) finalist at INTERNATIONAL PRIZE OF POETRY AND FICTION EUROPE IN VERSE AND PROSE

    LULELA (Albatros) finalist at INTERNATIONAL PRIZE OF POETRY AND FICTION EUROPE IN VERSE AND PROSE

    Super happy to share another achievement for the text of LULELA (published by Albatros il Filo).

    Lulela is finalist for the category PUBLISHED FICTION.

    The jury of the International Award “Europa in versi e in prosa” 2021, having examined the numerous works competing in the various sections, has made an initial selection of the creations of greatest artistic merit, from which the finalists in each category, including the absolute winner, will be chosen.

    MORE INFO HERE

  • Berlin selected as a finalist at the Barga Jazz International Contest

    Berlin selected as a finalist at the Barga Jazz International Contest

    I’m glad to announce that my composition Berlin got selected as a finalist at the XXII CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE DI ARRANGIAMENTO E COMPOSIZIONE PER ORCHESTRA JAZZ.

    The final will take place in Barga the 21st of August 2021.

    Selected Composition – Section B (Originals)

    • Hyperbolic Time Chamber di Mo Han Chao
    • Berlin di Gabriele di Franco
    • Strange Sunday di Stefano Travaglini
    • Politics di Daniel Hofecker
    • Renegade di Tobias Hoffman
    • Pantelleria di Alessandro Presti

  • LULELA at Bijloke wonderland

    LULELA at Bijloke wonderland

    I am pleased to announce that the premiere of LULELA will take place 27-28-29 August in the context of the Bijloke Wonderland Festival.

    Get your ticket HERE

    More about LULELA HERE

  • RELEASE: Tesseract trio EP

    RELEASE: Tesseract trio EP

    I’m very happy to share with you the first EP of Tesseract Trio!
    Some of my compositions are in there, some standards and some other originals from the brothers Otto Kint and Egon Loosveldt.

    The EP is available on BANDCAMP:
    http://tesseracttrio.bandcamp.com/album/tesseract-ep

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  • Gottfried di Franco’s SO FAR review for Jazz’halo – Jazz the Italian way

    Gottfried di Franco’s SO FAR review for Jazz’halo – Jazz the Italian way

    Wonderful review in the editorial section of Jazz Halo: Jazz the Italian way #2. – (Texte © ferdinand dupuis-panther)

    EN
    “Subconcious-Lee” is like a spring ripple in a soft green…
    “Contemplation arises when the guitar solo opens the piece “P.”…
    “…A homage to Amsterdam is to be found in “Leidseplein Madness”: It rocks really hard. The saxophone is eccentric, but then it catches itself again and makes a gentle wind whisper. The madness, it seems, to take a break. But then, as you continue listening, you think fireworks rockets are being shot into the sky, and the guitarist lets the strings buzz, howl, whimper, howl. At the end there is the musical “happiness”.
    DE
    “Einem Frühlingsrauschen im zarten Grün gleicht „Subconcious-Lee“…
    “Kontemplation kommt auf, wenn das Gitarrensolo das Stück „P.“ eröffnet…
    “..Eine Hommage an Amsterdam findet sich mit „Leidseplein Madness“: Da rockt es ganz gewaltig. Exaltiert gibt sich das Saxofon, das sich dann aber wieder fängt und ein zartes Windsäuseln von sich gibt. Der Wahnsinn macht, so scheint es, auch auf dem Leidseplein mal eine Pause. Doch dann meint man beim weiteren Zuhören, Feuerwerksraketen werden in den Himmel geschossen, und der Gitarrist lässt die Saiten schwirren, jaulen, wimmern, heulen. Zum Schluss findet sich dann noch das musikalische „Glück“.

    LINK TO THE FULL REVIEW

  • New Video – Mosquitos on Mars – BIJA

    New Video – Mosquitos on Mars – BIJA

    (Scroll down for ENG)

    Immaginatevi i #BIJA isolati dal #mondo, per due settimane, immersi con anima e cuore nella produzione di #nuova #musica!

    Abbiamo raccolto qualche scena di questa esperienza per raccontarvi dove stiamo andando.

    La musica che ascolterete è un piccolo estratto di una lunga sessione di improvvisazione fatta nel 2018, la quale si troverà, anch’essa, nel nostro prossimo album, mescolandosi “bijosamente” alle nuove composizioni che per ora ancora non vi sveliamo!

    “Mosquitos on Mars” – © Bija – Italy.

    Recorded and mixed at BAZÙ Centro Studi / recording studio

    Francesco Pellizzari – Drums and percussions

    Marco Puzzello – Trumpet / Flugelhorn and voice

    Gabriele di Franco– electric guitar

    16/01/2020 – 30/01/2020 Associazione Culturale Artemista – Spessa (Pv)

    con il sostegno di SIAE MiBACT Artemista Recording Studio Machiavelli Music Publishing

    Bija – Artistic Residency C.R.E.O at Artemista Recording Studio – Spessa (PV) #January2020 #newalbum.

    Imagine the #BIJA isolated from the #world, for two weeks, immersed with heart and soul in the production of #new #music!

    We’ve gathered a few scenes from this experience to tell you where we’re going.

    The music you will listen (Mosquitos on Mars) to is a small extract of a long improvisation session made in 2018, which will also be on our next album, mixing “in a bija-way” with the new compositions that for now we don’t reveal yet!

    “Mosquitos on Mars” – © Bija – Italy.

    Recorded and mixed at BAZÙ Centro Studi / recording studio

    Francesco Pellizzari – Drums and percussions

    Marco Puzzello – Trumpet / Flugelhorn and voice

    Gabriele di Franco- electric guitar

    16/01/2020 – 30/01/2020 Cultural Association Artemista – Spessa (Pv)

    with the support of SIAE MiBACT Artemista Recording Studio Machiavelli Music Publishing