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The Foundation Festival dei Due Mondi dedicates to the memory of Claudio Cavazza a special jazz concert, offered to the audience and the city of Spoleto to remember the founder of Sigma-Tau, his passionate commitment to in favor of the dissemination of scientific culture, and pay tribute to his generous dedication to the Festival. An out-of-the-box entrepreneur, a pioneer of the Italian pharmaceutical industry who had to at heart the future of the industry and of his country, a keen mediator in the political-institutional arena, a man of culture, a lover of modern art and jazz music, in 1989 Claudio Cavazza formed a partnership with Festival dei Due Mondi with the innovative intention of making Science dialogue with the Arts, conceiving and promoting SpoletoScienza, the scientific section of the Festival, which since its inception, for about twenty years, established itself as one of the major events dedicated to scientific and epistemological issues of our times.
Since the 1970s, Enrico Pieranunzi has had a privileged relationship with the solo piano, for him a place of reflection, a ground for experimentation and an effective instrument of communication. In his various songbooks he casually brings together his original compositions, improvisations, well-known American standards and diversions into the classical sphere. Pieranunzi's latest opera discography is My songbook, which brings together 11 compositions by the pianist, who also wrote the lyrics. In some tracks he is joined by singer Simona Severini.
piano** Enrico Pieranunzi**
special guest Simona Severini
pieces by Enrico Pieranunzi
program
in solo piano
Don't forget the poet
Like roses from the walls
_Seaward _
Leaves
Si peu de temps
Castle of solitude
B.Y.O.H.
Anne Blomster Sang
in duo with Simona Severini
Just to song
Premier moment
Fairy flowers
Coralie
I will never know why
Pianist, composer, arranger Pieranunzi is among the best known and most appreciated protagonists of the international jazz scene. He has recorded more than 70 CDs to his name ranging from solo piano to quintet and collaborating, in concert or in the recording studio, with Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Paul Motian, Charlie Haden, Chris Potter, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron. He has performed on stages in major European countries, South America, Japan, and, numerous times, in the United States. He is the only Italian musician to have played and recorded to his name in New York's historic "Village Vanguard." Among the numerous awards for his musical activity are the three affirmations (1989, 2003, 2008) as the best Italian musician in the annual "Top Jazz" referendum by "Musica Jazz" magazine, the 1997 French "Django d'Or" as the best European musician, the 2014 Echo Jazz Award in Germany as "Best International Piano Player," and the "A Life for Jazz" award given to him again in 2014 by Musica Jazz magazine. In 2009, French musicologist and journalist Ludovic Florin presented an extensive paper devoted to the Italian pianist's musical language at the Sorbonne as his doctoral thesis. Several of his compositions have become true standards played and recorded from musicians around the world. These include "Night Bird," "Don't forget the poet," "Les Amants," "Fellini's Waltz," "Je ne sais quoi," and "Coralie." Some of them have been published in the prestigious U.S. "New Real Books."
She is a singer and songwriter with a multifaceted background. Her performing career has developed in the field of contemporary jazz music through collaborations with some great Italian musicians including Giorgio Gaslini, Enrico Pieranunzi, Gabriele Mirabassi, Enrico Intra, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Antonio Zambrini, and Alessandro Galati. She has performed at major festivals and from concert halls in Italy and France (Umbria Jazz, Jazz Expo, Parco della Musica, Blue Note, Auditorium Di Milano, Paris Jazz Vocal Festival, Sunset in Paris). He has also worked with singer-songwriters such as Pacifico and Ron. In 2011 he made his debut with "La belle vie" (My Favorite Records) a collection of tracks dedicated to and inspired by the music of Gabriel Fauré. The first track of the collaboration with Enrico Pieranunzi is a recording of Lucio Dalla's "Futura" on the album "Dalla in Jazz" (Sony2012).