Deep

2nd August 2022 by Gabriele di Franco

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Deep

contemporary studies for guitar

Deep is a series of 5 etudes and 1 interlude for modern classical guitar.

Each study explores a specific technique or musical idea.
The end of each study heralds the ‘exploratory’ element that will be developed in the following study.

The recordings of DEEP are the result of a collaboration with Belgian guitarist Jasper Iturrospe.

CREDITS

Deep
contemporary studies for guitar

Composed by Gabriele di Franco
Performed by Jasper Iturrospe

Etcetera Records

Release date 10_03_23

thanks to Jasper for playing so beautifully,
thanks to Arianna, Raffaele, and Anita for supporting me every day,
thanks to Federico and Valentina for being such wonderful human beings.

recorded by Dries Van Ende in Brussel on 6/02/2022
Filmed by Federico Fiordigiglio (©Studiosciolto)

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Meantime let's stay connected:

LULELA AWARDED AT THE X EDITION OF THE ‘NERO SU BIANCO PREMIO LETTERARIO MINO DE BLASIO’

11th July 2022 by Gabriele di Franco

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Super glad to annouce another acievement for the Libretto of Lulela (published by Albatros il Filo):
Lulela won the ‘critic prize’ at the X edition of the ‘Nero su Bianco Premio Letterario Mino De Blasio’

The award ceremony will take place on 6 August 6 2022 at 17:30, Largo Vicidomini San Marco dei Cavoti (BN).

Sono lieto di annunciare un altro successo per il libretto di Lulela (pubblicato da Albatros il Filo):
Lulela ha vinto il ‘premio della critica’ alla X edizione del ‘Nero su Bianco Premio Letterario Mino De Blasio’.

La premiazione avverrà il 6 agosto 6 agosto 2022 ore 17:30, Largo Vicidomini San Marco dei Cavoti (BN).

Ecco gli altri vincitori/Here the other winners:

Sezione “Opera Edita”:
I classificato Cristiano Parafioriti per l’opera “Invictus”
II classificato Marcello Loprencipe per l’opera “Olmo”
III classificato Giovanni Mancinone per l’opera “Molise criminale”
Migliore Opera Narrativa:
– Assunta Antonini per l’opera “Il treno”
Migliore Opera Poesia:
– Anna Maria Deodato per l’opera “Oltre le righe”
Premio Giuria Giovani:
– Saverio Giannini per l’opera “L’uomo sole”
Premio della Critica:
– Gabriele di Franco per l’opera “Lulela”
Menzioni Speciali:
– Vincenza Lorusso per l’opera “Le radici nell’acqua”
Sezione “Poesia a Tema Libero”:
I classificata Maria Grazia Franceschetti per la poesia “Lettera alla vita”
II classificata Francesca Scattolin per la poesia “Elena”
III classificato Michele Borrillo per la poesia “Il giardino dei fiori senza nome”
Sezione “Racconti Brevi”:
Primo Premio Scuola Secondaria di Secondo Grado:
Adele Ricci per il racconto “La panchina del futuro”

more about the book (IT)

Dit was Café connect futuur

6th July 2022 by Gabriele di Franco

Last 23 June, I had the pleasure of being invited as a panelist at the ‘Cafe Connect Futuur’ event, held at the Bijloke in Gent and organised by Cultuurconnect.

We talked about new technologies, new stages, and what the possibilities are for the art world.

Here are some pics and a nice summary of this intense day!

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SYNOLON // review QuiSalento

3rd June 2022 by Gabriele di Franco

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Una MERAVIGLIOSA recensione di Synolon (Workin’ Label) fatta dall’attenta penna di Matteo Tangolo !

A WONDERFUL review of Synolon (Workin’ Label ) made by the attentive pen of Matteo Tangolo !

WORKIN’ LABEL // LISTEN TO SYNOLON

LULELA at O. Festival – Rotterdam

3rd May 2022 by Gabriele di Franco

Incredibly Happy to announce that LULELA will be performing at the O. Festival of Rotterdam on May 27th!
See you there!

MORE INFO HERE

MUSIC MAP – Review for Synolon // di Franco, Negro

12th April 2022 by Gabriele di Franco

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So happy to share with you a wonderful review by Piergiuseppe Lippolis on Music Map.

Without ever resorting to virtuosity for its own sake, the two musicians have created a jewel at the compositional level, as demonstrated by the peaceful and wise coexistence of acoustic textures, modern embroidery and electronic inserts, whose jazz/folk afflatus integrates perfectly with the parentheses in which the purest improvisation dominates the scene.
Along the way, “Synolon” always seems to be in focus and has no moments of difficulty, from “Acqua” to “Last Song”, confirming the quality, depth and harmony of the two artists from Puglia.
(Piergiuseppe Lippolis)

SYNOLON – the new album in duo with Francesco Negro

12th March 2022 by Gabriele di Franco

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🇬🇧 Friday 25 March sees the release of “Synolon”, the new recording project by two acclaimed musicians and composers from Puglia, Gabriele di Franco and Francesco Negro, which will be published in the Jazz & Contemporary catalogue of the Workin’ Label label and distributed by I.R.D. International Records Distribution.

At a time when the languages of music are becoming confused, the two musicians have created “Synolon”, which from the Greek σύνολον, means “everything”. A project that unites the musical worlds they love: songs, free impro, classical music and jazz, and with which they have succeeded in representing their different souls. The album contains nine original compositions, with the exception of Ambrogio Sparagna’s “Sogna o fiore mio”, with an original arrangement by the duo.

Sophisticated acoustic sounds mingle with electronic and modern sounds; jazz/folk accompaniments lead to moments of pure improvisation.
The titles of the tracks are largely inspired by the natural elements, Air, Water, Earth; Nebbiolina and Oltre are two instant compositions with which the musicians questioned the difference between composing and improvising. To compose you have all the time in the world at your disposal, to improvise, on the other hand, you photograph a specific instant in a journey through the unknown, a photo of what has been and will never be repeated twice in the same way.

The release of the album will be followed by the video clip of the opening track ‘Acqua’ made by Studio Sciolto, which is due for release on 1 April.

IT🇮🇹

Venerdì 25 marzo esce “Synolon”, il nuovo progetto discografico di due apprezzati musicisti e compositori pugliesi, Gabriele di Franco e Francesco Negro, che sarà pubblicato nel catalogo Jazz & Contemporary dell’etichetta Workin’ Label e distribuito da I.R.D. International Records Distribution.

In un momento in cui i linguaggi della musica si confondono, i due musicisti creano “Synolon”, che dal greco σύνολον, significa «tutto». Un progetto che unisce, appunto, i mondi musicali che amano: le songs, la free impro, la musica classica e il jazz e con il quale sono riusciti a rappresentare le loro diverse anime. L’album contiene 9 composizioni originali, ad eccezione di “Sogna o fiore mio” di Ambrogio Sparagna, proposta in un arrangiamento originale del duo.

Ricercate sonorità acustiche che si confondono ai suoni elettronici e moderni; accompagnamenti jazz/folk che sfociano in momenti di improvvisazione pura.
I titoli delle tracce sono in gran parte ispirati dagli elementi naturali, Aria, Acqua, Terra; Nebbiolina e Oltre sono due composizioni istantanee con le quali i musicisti si sono interrogati sulla differenza fra comporre e improvvisare. Per comporre si ha tutto il tempo del mondo a disposizione, per improvvisare, invece, si fotografa uno specifico istante in un viaggio attraverso l’ignoto, una foto di ciò che è stato e che non si ripeterà mai due volte nello stesso modo.

L’uscita del disco sarà seguita dal videoclip della traccia di apertura “Acqua” realizzato da Studio Sciolto, la cui pubblicazione è attesa il 1° aprile.

MORE ABOUT THE DUO

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LULELA VR (protoype)

22nd February 2022 by Gabriele di Franco

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LULELA VR_snippet_prototype
LULELA VR_snippet_prototype

LULELA is a contraction of the Italian ‘Lui’, ‘Lei’, and ‘L’altro’ (‘He’, ‘She’ and ‘The Other’).
It is a hybrid artistic performance in VR (for Oculus Quest), in which performers, a protagonist, and the audience are essentially one organism. It is a collective VR experience with an integrated music-theatre performance in which the course of the story is in the hands of the audience. Lulela is a VR-musical trip that combines emotions as loneliness and melancholia with humor and romance, addressing the theme of identity and how we define ourselves in relation to the world.
The audience can vomit rainbows, suddenly lose its hair, join a party, and much more. All this depends entirely on their choices.
In LULELA music, storytelling and VR technology merge into an innovative artistic format.

LULELA VR is not just a classical musical theatre show in virtual reality, nor just a game. It is a crossover project that aims to create a new experience that combines the possibilities of virtual reality with those of music-theatre.

Lulela VR in a nutshell

A participatory storytelling with multiple evolutionary possibilities
A unique blend of prerecorded 3D video, integrated into a VR universe
A story told by real performers
A collective experience

LULELA VR is an adaptation of its “analogue” version LULELA (prod. by Lodmuziektheatre).

A snippet of the prototype

Curious to know more about LULELA VR? Contact me!

The prototype was developed thanks to the support of the Flemish government VAF, Cybernetic Walrus, and Lodmuziektheatre.

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

26th January 2022 by Gabriele di Franco

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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

22nd November 2021 by Gabriele di Franco

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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.

Gabriele di Franco

Deep

Deep

contemporary studies for guitar

Deep is a series of 5 etudes and 1 interlude for modern classical guitar.

Each study explores a specific technique or musical idea. The end of each study heralds the ‘exploratory’ element that will be developed in the following study.

The recordings of DEEP are the result of a collaboration with Belgian guitarist Jasper Iturrospe.

CREDITS

DOWNLOAD THE SCORES

Meantime let's stay connected:

LULELA AWARDED AT THE X EDITION OF THE ‘NERO SU BIANCO PREMIO LETTERARIO MINO DE BLASIO’

Dit was Café connect futuur

SYNOLON // review QuiSalento

LULELA at O. Festival – Rotterdam

Incredibly Happy to announce that LULELA will be performing at the O. Festival of Rotterdam on May 27th! See you there!

MORE INFO HERE

MUSIC MAP – Review for Synolon // di Franco, Negro

So happy to share with you a wonderful review by Piergiuseppe Lippolis on Music Map.

SYNOLON – the new album in duo with Francesco Negro

LULELA VR (protoype)

A snippet of the prototype

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

SJO\CGN presents: EUROPEAN COMPOSERS

Each study explores a specific technique or musical idea.
The end of each study heralds the ‘exploratory’ element that will be developed in the following study.

Incredibly Happy to announce that LULELA will be performing at the O. Festival of Rotterdam on May 27th!
See you there!