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Acqua and Berlin awarded at the Ise-Shima International Popular Music Composition Competition

29th August 2022 by Gabriele di Franco
acqua, berlin, big band, composer, composition, composizione, duo, Ise-Shima International Popular Music Composition Competition, japan

I’m happy to announce that “Berlin”  and “Acqua” were awarded in Japan at the 1st Ise-Shima International Popular Music Composition Competition.

Berlin was awarded with a “Special prize” and “Special mention” and “Acqua” with a “Special prize”.

Watch Berlin performed by the UMO Jazz Orchestra

Watch Acqua performed by Synolon

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“Betsabea” finalist at the Scrivere In Jazz 2022

20th August 2022 by Gabriele di Franco
2022, big band, composition, jazz orchestra, scrivere in jazz

I’m happy to share another achievement for this 2022! My composition Betsaba, inspired by the traditional music of Sardinia Tasgia – Miserere, was selected as a finalist at the International Composing Contest Scrivere in Jazz!
8th and 9th of September the finals! Looking forward to it!

The selection committee, made up of musicians Duccio Bertini, Gabriele Comeglio, Michele Corcella, Mario Corvini, Riccardo Fassi, Corrado Guarino, Pino Jodice, Mario Raja, and Marco Tiso, subjected the compositions taking part in the 17th edition of the International Competition of Composition and Arrangement for Jazz Orchestra ‘Scrivere in Jazz 2022’ to careful analysis.
The compositions admitted to the final phase are:

Section A – Compositions based on or inspired by the themes of Sardinian ethnic music: Tasgia

“Bathsheba” by Gabriele di Franco (Lecce, Italy / Brussels, Belgium)
“Bonorva” by Leonardo Prunetti (Grosseto, Italy)
“TB” by Nicola Corso (Campobasso, Italy)

Section B – Free original compositions

“Renegade” by Tobias Hoffmann (Graz, Austria) student at Kunstuniversität Graz
“Sam” by Laura Giulia Veltri (Rome, Italy) student at Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium in Aarhus (Denmark)
“Seeds” by Francesco Spinazza (Spoleto, Italy) student at the Conservatorio “G. Verdi” in Milan.

Section C – Arrangements of pieces by Gianluigi Trovesi

“Dance For a Fat Harlequin” by Daniel Hofecker (Pecs, Hungary)
“Gargantella” by Gerardo Pepe (Gravina in Puglia – BA – Italy)
“Siparietto” by Diego Donati (Corinaldo – AN – Italy).

 

MORE AT: https://www.abno.com/i-finalisti-di-scrivere-in-jazz-2022/

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Sono felice di condividere un altro bel risultato per questo 2022! La mia composizione Betsaba, ispirata alla musica tradizionale della Sardegna Tasgia – Miserere, è stata selezionata come finalista al Concorso Internazionale di Composizione Scrivere in Jazz!
8 e 9 settembre la finale!

La commissione selezionatrice, formata dai musicisti Duccio Bertini, Gabriele Comeglio, Michele Corcella, Mario Corvini, Riccardo Fassi, Corrado Guarino, Pino Jodice, Mario Raja, Marco Tiso ha sottoposto ad una attenta analisi le composizioni partecipanti alla XVII edizione del Concorso Internazionale di Composizione ed Arrangiamento per Orchestra Jazz “Scrivere in Jazz 2022”.
Le composizioni ammesse alla fase finale sono:

Sezione A – Composizioni basate o ispirate ai temi della musica etnica della Sardegna: Tasgia

“Betsabea” di Gabriele di Franco (Lecce, Italia / Bruxelles, Belgio)
“Bonorva” di Leonardo Prunetti (Grosseto, Italia)
“TB” di Nicola Corso (Campobasso, Italia)

Sezione B – Composizioni originali libere

“Renegade” di Tobias Hoffmann (Graz, Austria) studente presso Kunstuniversität di Graz
“Sam” di Laura Giulia Veltri (Roma, Italia) studentessa del Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium di Aarhus (Danimarca)
“Seeds” di Francesco Spinazza (Spoleto, Italia) studente presso il Conservatorio “G. Verdi” di Milano.

Sezione C – Arrangiamenti di brani di Gianluigi Trovesi

“Dance For a Fat Arlecchino” di Daniel Hofecker (Pecs, Ungheria)
“Gargantella” di Gerardo Pepe (Gravina in Puglia – BA – Italia)
“Siparietto” di Diego Donati (Corinaldo – AN – Italia).

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

26th January 2022 by Gabriele di Franco
arrangement, big band, cologne, competition, composition, contest, orchestra, SJO\CGN, Subway Jazz Orchestra

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
arrangement, big band, cologne, competition, composition, contest, orchestra, SJO\CGN, Subway Jazz Orchestra

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.

Berlin selected as a finalist at the Barga Jazz International Contest

13th August 2021 by Gabriele di Franco
2021, Barga Jazz, berlin, big band, Concorso Internazionale, jazz orchestra, Mario Raja, orchestra

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

Quisalento.it – Berlin awarded at HIBBC

23rd June 2021 by admin
award, berlin, big band, composition, Helsinki International Big Band Composing Contest, jazz orchestra, quisalento, umo

Un sentito GRAZIE a Quisalento per aver condiviso questa importante news, al seguente link potete leggere l’articolo.

LEGGI LA NEWS SU QUISALENTO.IT

‘Berlin’ won the 3rd prize at Helsinki BB Composing Contest

7th June 2021 by admin
Antti Rissanen, arrangement, berlin, big band, Bob Mintzer, Claudia Döffinger, competition, composer, composition, contest, Ed Partyka, Helsinki, Helsinki International Big Band Composing Contest, Iro Haarla, Oskari Siirtola, umo

The final concert of the Helsinki International Big Band Composing Contest was held at the Savoy Theater, Helsinki Finland on Friday, June 4th.

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

31st May 2021 by admin
2021, Antti Rissanen, arrangement, big band, Bob Mintzer, competition, composer, composition, contest, Ed Partyka, gabriele di franco, Helsinki, helsinki big band composing constest, Iro Haarla, livestream, umo

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

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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/.

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Dedalo – BPJO @ RAI Radio 3 – Battiti

21st February 2019 by Gabriele di Franco
2019, arrangement, associazione, battiti, big band, bud powell, dedalo, gabriele di franco, jazz, magliejazz, orchestra, pino saulo, rai radio3

The streaming of the episode of BATTITI is available. Pino Saulo presented the new album of the Bud Powell Jazz Orchestra – DEDALO.

E’ disponibile lo streaming della puntata di BATTITI dove Pino Saulo ha presentato il nuovo disco della Bud Powell Jazz Orchestra – DEDALO.

LISTEN THE FULL EPISODE

Rai Radio 3 Battiti

BUD POWELL JAZZ ORCHESTRA – DEDALO (2018)
Produced by Ass. Bud Powell di Maglie.
© Gabriele di Franco 2018
© Ass.Cult. Jazz Bud Powell di Maglie
www.magliejazz.it

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