Q-some Dreamin’ Release Tour

15th February 2020 by Gabriele di Franco

Belgium, big band, composition, gabriele di franco, Q-some, 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: https://bit.ly/2tpWNCC.
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

8th November 2019 by Gabriele di Franco

Belgium, composition, gabriele di franco, interactive, LOD, lulela, Music Theatre, 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 still 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: https://www.gabrieledifranco.com/lulela co-produced by LOD muziektheater.
Gabriele di Franco: composition, libretto and concept.
video editing by Studio Sciolto

Gabriele wins the first inJazz (NL) Elevator Jazz Pitch Price – Berthold rec

29th June 2019 by Gabriele di Franco

2019, Belgium, berthold records, competition, elevator jazz pitch, gabriele di franco, injazz, italia, lulela, nl, price, rotterdam

At this year’s conference, inJazz (Rotterdam – NL) introduced – in cooperation with the Bremen (DE) based label Berthold records – the Elevator Jazz Pitch.

Only 10 were the finalists, and I’m glad to say that my presentation about my coming Interactive music-theatre piece (LULELA) won the inJazz inCentive of €1.000,-.

more about InJazz conference: https://www.injazz.nl/
more about Berthold records: http://www.berthold-records.de

press: www.bumacultuur.nl/

ph. kevingruetzner.de and Maarten van Haaff

Gabriele Di Franco – InJazz Elevator Pitch Winner – Rotterdam, 28.6.2019
Gabriele Di Franco – InJazz Elevator Pitch Winner – Rotterdam, 28.6.2019
Gabriele Di Franco – InJazz Elevator Pitch Winner – Rotterdam, 28.6.2019

Bijloke Summer Academy – LULELA – Music Theatre

10th June 2018 by Gabriele di Franco

2018, arrangement, Belgium, Bijoke Summer Academy, gabriele di franco, International Opera Academy, JazzLab, KASK, LOD, lulela, Music Theatre, Spectra

I’m glad to announce that I’ve been selected to be part of Bijloke Summer Academy.

The partners of Bijloke Summer Academy have selected 5 projects from 88 applications coming from all over the world.

The partnership includes LOD music theatre (production house), Music Centre De Bijloke(venue), Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) & Royal Conservatory Ghent, SPECTRA Ensemble (contemporary music ensemble) JazzLab (concert organiser) and International Opera Academy.

All partners are involved in the international fields of contemporary music theatre and transmedial performance. Their ways of working within the scene are different yet highly complementary as organisational forces of Bijloke Summer Academy – Music Theatre.

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