GRIFEO - CONSOLMAGNO
BIOGRAPHY
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GIUSEPPE
GRIFEO - Biography
Giusepe Grifeo, pianist, composer. He started studying music at
the Palermo Conservatory with Gaetano Cellizza and continued later on
his own inspired by pianists like Abdullah Ibrahim, Sun Ra, Keith
Tippett e Terry Riley. In 1984 he took a first degree in Philosophy at
Palermo
University
with a final project entitled "Aesthetic scenarios and practical
possibilities of Creative Music" under the supervision of Paolo
Emlio Carapezza. He then took the higher diploma in piano jazz and
improvisation at CPM (
Milan
) with Franco D'Andrea. His career starts in the '70s with the Samsara
Silly Orchestra, composed of 8 to 10 musicians, based upon the
pop-progressive of the
Canterbury
School
. In the '80s he approaches creative jazz and starts to collaborate
with the saxophonist Gianni Gebbia. At the same time he works with
groups close to ambient music (Kale Akte ed Hagakure). With the
Quartetto Mediterraneo (Tony Rusconi drums, Emilio Galante flutes and
Mariano Nocito double bass) he tours
Germany
between 1991 and 1993. He played with Hagakure quartet with Alberto
Mandarini, trumpet, Massimo Pintori drums and Mariano Nocito double
bass. As piano solo he is working on three projects: A quiet place in
the universe, rearrangements of some Sun Ra compositions; Altri
destini, book about Creative Music, and "Ishk Bashad" on
arab music. His way of playing the piano is characterised by a
Mediterranean
and Arabic colour. He is amongst the few who study the use of the
piano in classical and traditional Arabic music (for his research he
visited
Iraq
,
Egypt
,
Tunisia
, Marocco). Lately he has been working with Guido Mazzon and Tony
Rusconi. His last production "Ishk Bashad" for piano solo
performance about arabic music is now a quartet with Amari Mouna (oud
and voice), Enzo Rao (violin), Peppe Consolmagno (voice and percussion)
and Beppe Grifeo (piano and voice). It is a realistic fusion among
classical arabic music, mediterranean music and jazz. He
has taken part in events such as: Palermo Jazz Festival 1981, Sicilia
Jazz 1982, Performance with Living Theatre a Palermo 1983, Festa
dell'Unitŕ Palermo 1985, Pavia Rock 1989, Jazz emergente Forlě1990,
Jazz Festival Halle, Weimar, Jena, Erfurt, Dresda 1991,'92,'93, Jazz e
dintorni Trapani 1994, I suoni del '900 Teatro Massimo Palermo
1994,'95, Palermo di scena 1995, '96, '97, '98, Festival di Babilonia
Iraq 1995, Radio Popolare Milano 1998, Ricordi Mediastore Milano 1997,
'98, Clusone Jazz 1998, Magdeburgo Jazz 1998, Manerbio Jazz 1999. Wyso
Radio Programm, Dayton USA, 1999 (special music by Sun Ra & Beppe
Grifeo), special on Beppe Grifeo music, 2000, with Ishk Bashad: Pavia,
november 2000 - Ancona, april 2001 - Fano, june 2001 - Womad, Palermo
august 2001; Suoni da altri mo(n)di: duet with Peppe Consolmagno: Pisa,
Firenze february 2003; Concerto per pianoforte arabo e piccolo ensemble: Conservatorio di Musica "V.Bellini", Palermo
may 2003.,with Ishk Bashad: International
Festival de Sousse in Tunisia 2004.
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PEPPE
CONSOLMAGNO - Biography
Peppe
Consolmagno,
born in
Rimini
in 1958, brought up in
Italy
, mainly plays instruments built on his own with materials which he
collects during his trips, such as gourds, bamboo, wood and metal. His
music is played using instruments belonging to extra-european cultures,
for example
Brazil
(his mainly inspiration), Africa and
Asia
which, nevertheless, share in common. The Burman gong, the Shell, the
Meditation cups, the African pots, the Pygmies' one-note flutes, the
Water gourds, the Berimbau together with his voice and a strong intimist
relationship with them, create a unique dimension where natural sound,
silence, timbre and rhythm predominate.
Consolmagno
has played at international festivals such as: "Umbria Jazz"
in Perugia, "Festival International de Jazz" in
Montreal-Canada, "Jazz o Brazil" in Paris, "Kunstamt
Steglitz" in Berlin, "Drum 2000" percussion festival in
Bologna, "Festival di Musica da Camera" in Tolentino,
"Centro Studi Brasiliani C.E.B." in Rome, "World Music
Festival" in Lanciano, "Percussion World and Sound PWS7"
in Asti, RAI "Radiotre Suite", "Jaco Pastorius Music
Festival" in Coriano, "5th World Music Festival" in Rome,
"Musica dei Popoli" in Florence, as well as at the festival
"Sete Sóis, Sete Luas" in Portugal,” Percussionistica World
Rhythm Festival" in Umbertide, Istituto Musicale P.Mascagni in
Livorno, Liceo Musicale in Catania," Festival Womad" in
Palermo, "Fandango Jazz Festival "-
La Palma
in Rome, I Suoni delle Dolomiti Festival in Trentino, Festival
International de Sousse in Tunisia, Festival Banlieues Bleues Festival
in Paris.
His activity in ethno-musicological research has taken him to teach at
seminars and workshops focusing on extra-european music and the
building of percussion instruments.
Peppe
Consolmagno builds sounding objects for himself and for Nana
Vasconcelos, one of his many appreciators.As well as form many other
great known worldwide musicians.
Consolmagno
also writes for the Italian
specialized magazines such as "World Music",
"Percussioni", "Strumenti Musicali",
"Jazz", "DrumClub", "Il Manifesto",
"Jazzitalia", "CiaoJazz", "CupaCupa",
"Musicando", and others. He was invited to Salvador-Bahia (
Brazil
) at "III and IV PercPan" (world percussion festival). Through
his work as a journalist and his interviews of famous musicians, he
intends to give a voice to the style and way of thinking which unites
him to them. He collaborates with other art forms such as theatre,
painting, sculpture, poetry, dance. Gives seminars and lectures at
universities and schools, and also takes part on
radio and television music programs.
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