Camilla battaglia elektra
ELEkTRA is a project that comes from multiple inspirations: from the crucial nature of current social issues to literature and music. It is a suite divided into five parts, each of which is dedicated to an archetypal female character connected to mythology, ancient history or literature. The specific choice of these figures is linked to a single question: what has changed now? The music of the repertoire is built thinking about the complexity of this question itself and about the characters themselves. ELEkTRA’s textural spectrum has a strong identity in both the acoustic and electronic fields.
Camilla Battaglia: voice, compositions
Francesco Fiorenzani: guitar
Simone Graziano: piano, synth
Francesco Ponticelli: upright bass
Francesca Remigi: drums
Alexander hawkins dialect quintet
This project brings together four exciting musicians – reed player Camila Nebbia, drummer Francesca Remigi, bassist Ferdinando Romano, and guitarist Giacomo Zanus – under the leadership of Alexander Hawkins. Introduced to many Italian listeners in the live context as a collaborator with the likes of Anthony Braxton, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Mulatu Astatke, and Roberto Ottaviano, Hawkins is widely acknowledge as one of the most distinctive composers of his generation, as well as being one of its most sought-after pianists. He can be heard live, and on ecord, with a vast range of creative musicians, including the likes of Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, Sofia Jernberg, Shabaka Hutchings, and Evan Parker, to name but a few. This new quintet will perform a program of Hawkins’ idiosyncratic work for medium-sized ensemble, much of it never yet performed in public.
Alexander Hawkins: piano
Camila Nebbia: sax
Giacomo Zanus: electric guitar, electronics
Ferdinando Romano: double bass, electronics
Francesca Remigi: drums, electronics
Subconscious Trio
Subconscious Trio is formed in Milan since 2015. The members of the trio are Monique Chao (pianist, vocalist); Victoria Kirilova (upright bassist) and Francesca Remigi (drummer). Their repertoire includes original compositions written and arranged by three musicians. Their music is a unique mixture of some widely various musical influences stemming from the different cultural heritages of each band member’s origin: Taiwan, Bulgaria and Italy. In their project, jazz has always represented a common ground. Yet jazz has luckily never limited the exploration of the music or integration of diverse aesthetics, such as: Bulgarian and Taiwanese traditional music, Indian music, pop and funk music. Subconscious Trio’s debut album Water Shapes was released in June 2022. The trio was one of the finalist of the Isio Saba Competition 2022. Within numerous perfomaning experiences of the festivals and clubs such as JazzMI2019, Milestone, Tunne (Wien), Serrrn Festival 2022 (Graz), Gezmataz 2022, Lucca Jazz Donna 2022, Empoli Jazz Festival 2022, Wien Kultursommer 2023, Jazz à la Petite France 2023 (Strasbourg), Wenshui Arts Center (Taipei), San Severo Winter Jazz 2023, Chamber Scene Plovdiv 2023 (Bulgaria), Ambia Jazz 2024, Q-Jazz 2024, Jazz in the Park 2024, Subconscious Trio is ready for more splendor music journey.
Mohan Chao: piano, compositions
Victoria Kirilova: double bass, compositions
Francesca Remigi: drums, compositions
Tuscany Music Revolution (tmr)
Tuscany Music Revolution is a collective with some of the best improvisers from all across Europe and a creative residency dedicated to exploring new ways of making music through free improvisation.
TMR – since 2019, founded in Tuscany, Italy
Virginia Sutera: violin
Michele Mazzini: clarinets
Ermanno Novali: piano and keyboards
Federico Calcagno: clarinets
Alberto Braida: piano and keyboards
Gabriele Lattuada: percussions
Stefano Grasso: drums and percussions
Cèlia Tort Pujol: oboe
Silvia Cignoli: electric guitar and electronics
Salvo Scucces: vibraphone
Pietro Elia Barcellona: double bass
Francesca Remigi: drums
SIMONA MOLINARI – LA DONNA È MOBILE
“La Donna è Mobile” by Simona Molinari is a new musical and theatrical journey -written together with journalist Simona Orlando- which describes the condition of women in music throughout centuries. Inspired by the iconic aria from Rigoletto, the title becomes a symbol of versatility, strength and expressive freedom of women, not only as performers, but also as composers and narrators of emotions.
Molinari’s band reinterpret an eclectic repertoire ranging from opera to contemporary sounds, passing through the elegance of Lucio Dalla and the intense atmospheres of Milly, to the energy of Billie Eilish.
Each piece is a story, each interpretation a key to enter the world of a woman who tells her story and takes voice through music. “Woman is Fickle” is a heartfelt thank you to all the “fickle” women, often referred to as inconvenient and whose deeds are not much known. For those who struggled and dared, and whose silent and powerful relay made women’s empowerment possible today.
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Simona Molinari: voice
Chiara Lucchini: alto/soprano saxophone, flute, backing vocals
Sade Mangiaracina: piano, keys, backing vocals
Elisabetta Pasquale: electric bass, backing vocals
Francesca Remigi: drums
Mario biondi
Mario Biondi is known for his warm, deep voice and passion for music, inspired by his father, singer Stefano Biondi. He began supporting international artists like Ray Charles in 1988 and celebrated his breakthrough with the single This Is What You Are. His debut album, Handful of Soul, was released in 2006 and achieved platinum status. Biondi has collaborated with many renowned artists and released numerous successful albums. He has performed at prestigious jazz festivals and released the album Sun in 2013. After the album Brasil in 2018 and the single Sunny Day in 2019, he returned in 2021 with Dare. In 2022, he released the album Romantic. In 2023, he followed up with a reinterpretation of My Favourite Things as a preview for Crooning Undercover, which was released on September 29, 2023, accompanied by a sold-out tour in Italy.
Mario Biondi: voice
Elisabetta Serio: piano, voice
Aldo Capasso: upright bass, electric bass
Francesca Remigi: drums
GIULIA DAMICO SYMPATHEIA
Sympatheia is the idea that all things can be mutually intertwined and have an affinity with one another. It represents a deep reflection based on the work that each individual does on himself or herself and influences his or her relationship with the community in relation to mutual cultural differences.
The union of the micro and the macro occurs through observation, listening to the movement of one’s own feeling, action between the inside and the outside, tension and resolution, control and release. The band performs at Monfrà Jazz Festival 2024 and wins “Una Striscia di Insulae Mediterranee” Artistic Residency 2024.
Giulia Damico: voice & live electronics
Sergio Chiricosta: trombone
Viden Spassov: double bass
Francesca Remigi: drums
LUCA SCARDOVELLI ORBITS
The Orbits project was born in early 2024 from an idea of guitarist and composer Luca Scardovelli. The concept of planets’ orbits expresses how different entities that have a life of their own can interact with each other. The pieces range from text-based structured ideas with narrative development to totally improvised music.
The lyrics mainly talk about the character of the artist and his role in our modern society.
Martina Ghibellini: vocals
Luca Scardovelli: electric guitar, electronics, compositions
Guglielmo Santimone: piano, compositions
Francesco Bordignon: double bass
Francesca Remigi: drums
MASSARON & REMIGI DUO
E656 – Based on a peripheral vision of objects and details, this concept by Simone Massaron provides a suggestion for improvisation through a synoptic reading of a series of apparently abstract images, which are treated in the guise of a graphic score by the musicians involved. For the occasion, the Milanese guitarist shares the experience with Francesca Remigi, a true rising star of a music free of boundaries, with whom he has given way to a cohesive duo and a strong friendship.
Simone Massaron: guitar, electronics, photography
Francesca Remigi: drums, percussions, electronics
LIVIO BARTOLO Variable Unit
The record “Start from Scratch” tells the evolution of Livio Bartolo’s intervallic research. During the first lockdown, Bartolo developed new strategies and paths in his musical conception and approach. All the compositions for this record were born at home in Taranto (Puglia).
Livio Bartolo: acoustic and electric guitar, compositions
Anais Drago: violin
Francesca Remigi: drums
Andrea Campanella: bass clarinet, clarinet
Aldo Davide di Caterino: G and C flute
Pietro Corbascio: trumpet
FRANCESCA REMIGI 