Deep

2nd August 2022 by Gabriele di Franco

classical guitar, deep, etudes, jasper iturrospe, studies

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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An interactive concert with multiple evolutionary possibilities.

HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU THINK:

WHAT IF I WOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT FLIGHT?

WHAT IF I WOULD HAVE KISSED HER?

WE CHOOSE AND EVOLVE ON THE BASIS OF THE CHOICES WE MAKE, AND SO DOES LULELA.

19 different endings
21 crossroads
38 chapters
228 minutes of interactive performance
11.706 words

SHORT DESCRIPTION

Lulela, a combination from the Italian ‘lui’, ‘lei’ en ‘l’altro’ or ‘he, ‘she’ and ‘the other’, is a hybrid jazz concert in which performers, protagonist and audience become one fluid identity. Lulela is a musical trip that combines emotions as loneliness and melancholia with humour and romance.

PRODUCTION INFO

Lulela is a multi-layered jazz concert, performed by 6 musicians on stage, with a story that enfolds differently during each performance. When the protagonist is at a crossroads,his path is determined by the decisive power of the audience: who he will be and what he could have been, is defined by the audience. The audience navigates through 19 different storylines of which only 2 are revealed during each performance, resulting in a 1 hour and 30 minutes interactive music theatre concert.

More about Lulela

ENG

ITA

for contacts and info:

https://planning.lod.be/

LOD / Gabriele di Franco: Lulela

concept, text, composition & direction Gabriele di Franco //
narration & bassoon Marcello Giannandrea // soprano Aphrodite Patoulidou // vibraphone & glockenspiel Pierre Hurty // drums Daniel Jonkers // double bass Filipe Caporali // jazz guitar Gabriele di Franco // technics Johannes Ringoot // production manager Rozemarijn Van Kalmthout // production LOD muziektheater

Produced by:

LULELA VR (protoype)

22nd February 2022 by Gabriele di Franco

LULELA VR_snippet_prototype
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.

Synolon // di Franco, Negro

14th June 2021 by Gabriele di Franco

Francesco Negro, synolon

SYNOLON

//DUO

ABOUT SYNOLON

SYNOLON [from gr. σύνολον, comp. by σύν «with» and ὅλος «everything»], the first album of Gabriele di Franco and Francesco Negro, merges the love for songs, free improv, classical, and jazz music.
That’s ‘how’ and ‘why’ Gabriele and Francesco decided to sum their notes in SYNOLON.

TOUR DATES
17 March – Bruxelles (BE) – Belgian Italian Jazz Festival – IIC

6 May – Fragagnano (IT) – Osteria dei quattro venti

7 May – Maglie (IT) – Ass. Cult. Bud Powell (Interview and Listening Session)

8 May – Lecce (IT) – Teatro Paisiello “Maggio musicale salentino”

11 May – Gent (BE) – Bar Lume

13 May – Bad Segeberg (DE) – Marienkirche Church

10 August – Genk (BE) – Jazz op het plein – C-mine

22 August – Maglie (LE) – Lammia in Jazz

27 September – Bruxelles (BE) – The Music Village

28 September – Bruxelles (BE) – Muntpunt

29 September – Charleroi (BE) – Livre ou Verre

8 November – Bruxelles (BE) – Midis d’Hortense au Musée Charlier

LISTEN TO SYNOLON

Gabriele di Franco

guitar and effects

SYNOLON_GdF_Press — Synolon duo - ph © Federico Fiordigiglio (studiosciolto)

Francesco Negro

piano

SYNOLON_FN_Press — Synolon duo - ph Federico Fiordigiglio (studiosciolto)

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Below, you find the Electronic Press Kit of Gottfried di Franco. For questions and further requests, please do not hesitate to contact booking@gabrieledifranco.com or info@stefangottfried.com.

Eleonora Live at Teatro del Navile (Bologna - IT)

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It is the vibration, the primordial sound from which it all began. From this fascination, in 2011 Bija were born.
This atypical trio, composed, somewhat by chance, of an electric guitar, a trumpet and drums, made the decision to create music according to their personalities without musical prejudices. Read More

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Nobis Trio brings its own original music and classic adaptations. Their music is poetic, picturesque, and playful. It is both romantic and fun, although they are only three the concert is full of tension. If you don’t have a lot of travel experience, then let them take you travel with the music!

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Two Belgians and one Italian join forces to create a trio, where they bring together their inspirations, friendship, and open minds, their original compositions, and dreamy arrangements of classic and modern songs with a contemporary and warm sound.

Tesseract Trio is:
Gabriele di Franco (guitar), Otto Kint (bass) and Egon Loosveldt (drums).

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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

EVERY LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH A NEW LIVE VIDEO CLIP AVAILABLE ON THE PLAYLIST BELOW

DOWNLOAD THE SCORES

Meantime let's stay connected:

LULELA

An interactive concert with multiple evolutionary possibilities.

HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU THINK:

WHAT IF I WOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT FLIGHT?

WHAT IF I WOULD HAVE KISSED HER?

WE CHOOSE AND EVOLVE ON THE BASIS OF THE CHOICES WE MAKE, AND SO DOES LULELA.

19 different endings 21 crossroads 38 chapters 228 minutes of interactive performance 11.706 words

SHORT DESCRIPTION

PRODUCTION INFO

More about Lulela

LULELA VR (protoype)

A snippet of the prototype

Synolon // di Franco, Negro

SYNOLON

//DUO

ABOUT SYNOLON

DISCOGRAPHY

Synolon // Gabriele di Franco, Francesco Negro

Gabriele di Franco

guitar and effects

Francesco Negro

piano

NEWSLETTER

Would you like to be updated about my latest news?

Ramon van Merkenstein TRIO

Gottfried di Franco

"the whole Europe on one stage"

Below, you find the Electronic Press Kit of Gottfried di Franco. For questions and further requests, please do not hesitate to contact booking@gabrieledifranco.com or info@stefangottfried.com.

Eleonora Live at Teatro del Navile (Bologna - IT)

SO FAR - Making Of

SOCIAL

Discography

BUD POWELL JAZZ ORCHESTRA

BIJA

NOBIS TRIO

TESSERACT TRIO

DISCOGRAPHY

Tesseract trio – EP

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.

EVERY LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH A NEW LIVE VIDEO CLIP
AVAILABLE ON THE PLAYLIST BELOW

19 different endings
21 crossroads
38 chapters
228 minutes of interactive performance
11.706 words