Gabriele di Franco

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  • Berlin selected as a finalist at the Helsinki Big Band Composing Contest

    Berlin selected as a finalist at the Helsinki Big Band Composing Contest

    I’m so glad to announce that my piece ‘Berlin’ has been selected as a finalist at the Helsinki Big Band Composing Contest.

    The jury includes American composer and big band leader Bob Mintzer, composer and pianist Iro Haarla, UMO’s artistic director and chief conductor Ed Partyka, and conductor Antti Rissanen.

    Only 10 finalists were selected between 76 applications coming from all around the world.

    • Robert Cozma (GER): Evening Walk
    • Claudia Döffinger (AUT): Nachtwache
    • Gabriele di Franco (BEL): Berlin
    • Daniel Hofecker (HUN): Mr S. G.
    • Tobias M. Hoffmann (AUT): Conspiracy
    • Amelia Jutilane-Maynard (AUS): Isolation
    • Zach Rich (USA): Let Me Clarify
    • Oskari Siirtola (FIN): Dear Theo
    • Gordan Spasovski (MKD): Inner Nova
    • Drew Zaremba (USA): Chesire

    I’ll proudly represent Belgium (and Italy)! Connect on the 4th of June for following the stream of the final!

    HERE MORE INFO – HERE FOR THE LIVE STREAM

  • Q-some Dreamin’ Release Tour

    Q-some Dreamin’ Release Tour

    Q-some Dreamin’ Release Tour

    When you let your thoughts run free, you get a broad view of what is possible with a big band. Then your own compositions germinate. Then a new generation of Belgian composers emerges who, together with the top of the latest generation of jazz musicians, shine their light on the future of Belgian Big Band music, in its absolute essence, as if in a common dream.

    Dreamin’ is a program of the Q-Some Big Band in its purest form, with original work from their own ranks by Gabriele di Franco, Pierre-Antoine Savoyat, Manten Van Gils and Robbe Willems.

    Q-Some Big Band is een hedendaags jazzorkest bestaande uit jonge, professionele muzikanten.

    Vanuit de Q-Some Composer Hub verkennen ze de klank- en kleurrijkdom die een moderne bigband te bieden heeft. Met hun steeds verfrissende arrangementen, vernieuwende programma’s en onverwachte muzikale samenwerkingen gaat dit orkest over de grenzen heen, waarbij de passie voor het vak, de warmte binnen de band en vooral de grotere dromen duidelijk hoorbaar zijn.

    Dreamin’ Release tour:
    14/03: Cultuurcentrum Mechelen
    20/03: Kaffee Damast
    21/03: The Preacher

    Tickets info: .
    You can pre-order the album here: https://www.qsomebigband.com/nl/winkel/.

    Hou de komende weken zeker onze Facebook en Instagram feed.

  • About LULELA – new video

    About LULELA – new video

    Happy to share a new video: ‘About LULELA’.

    Here a small pitch to present you LULELA.
    Have been working already since a while on this exiciting project, but there are s    till a few months to go for ultimate the compositional work!
    Looking forward to starting performing LULELA!

    LULELA, Is an Interactive concert with multiple evolutionary possibilities. more info: http://www.gabrieledifranco.com/lulela co-produced by LOD muziektheater.
    Gabriele di Franco: composition, libretto and concept.
    video editing by Studio Sciolto

  • Finalist of JazzCompGraz 2017 with “Aspetta”

    Finalist of JazzCompGraz 2017 with “Aspetta”

    JAZZ COMP GRAZ 2017

    Competition for modern Jazz composition in Graz, Austria

    I’m very glad and thankful for this great news: I’m one of the finalists of JazzCompGraz 2017 for Big Band Composers!

    The jury, composed by Ed Partyka (Chair), Michael Abene, John Hollenbeck and Jörg Achim Keller, have selected 10 finalists from 52 applications coming from all the world:

    • Cinzia Catania (CH) – “Anatomy of Melancholy”
    • Gabriele di Franco (IT) – “Aspetta”
    • Jakob Helling (DE) – “Not Yet”
    • Tobias Hoffmann (DE) – “Unforseen Fantasy”
    • Christoph Klenner (DE) – “Meltdown”
    • Henri Lyysaari (FI) – “Child of Spring”
    • Ursula Reicher (AT) – “Do You Feel?”
    • Anna-Lena Schnabel (DE) – “Toy”
    • Suzan R. Veneman (NL) – “The Start of Something Good”
    • Luise Volkmann (DE) – “untitled”

    I’m proud to be the only Italian in the final. As a finalist, I’ll have the opportunity to take part in the rehearsals of the KUG JazzOrchester and attend workshops with the Jury members. The winners will be chosen upon the presentation at the final concert (17.11.2017). The whole finals will also be recorded live and published in the first half of 2018. jazzcompgraz.com