FLOW VOL. 1

A violin at the center, not as the protagonist of a virtuosic writing, but as a narrator and developer of sound stories that evolve in an always unexpected way, now drawing inspiration from rhythmic modules, now from melodic intuitions. The sound becomes a means to build atmospheres and images stemming from the intuition of the violinist composer, who exploits and lives in a cross-cutting way the attitudes of his instrument, placing the construction at the center of the language, without ever losing the taste for improvisation. Minimalism, loops, Mediterranean sounds and filmic sounds with sudden prog rock turns in which it is always the violin that changes skin and pulls the sprint to the instruments that support it.

"An album born from the desire, on the part of my instrument, to become a means to tell sound stories, following a stream, able to stand on the same chord for hours, but what am I saying hours, minutes. The use of loops becomes a canvas on which to enjoy it and pander to a journey that has not set the goal. A minimalist writing that wants to be warm, human, in a world full of sounds here you choose to rein in the shots and get the message straight. The dreamlike atmosphere suddenly give way to disturbed and distorted violins, indulged by fat and piercing rhythms. The idea is that of the journey linked to the dream, which in the end clashes with a disturbed, contradictory and imperfect reality. A free album for writing and production, which on the last track gives us a happy ending, dreamy, melodic and emotional. A work that challenges the rhythm of our lives with dilated tracks in which the first rule is not to be in a hurry and let yourself be pervaded by an idea, simple, effective, and linear, that has to be repeated indefinitely. Flow is a spinning wheel, a rolling ball"

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Born in Palermo in 1983, in 2006 he graduated in violin at the Conservatory of Music "V. Bellini" in Palermo and in 2009 he obtained a master's degree of 2nd level in "Musical Disciplines", interpretive/compositional field, at the "S.Cecilia" Conservatory of Music in Rome.

A musician always in the balance between classical culture, pop music and improvisation, in the classical context he plays for various institutions and with different orchestras and groups, such as the "Festival Mediterranea" of Gozo (Malta); "The Harmonics" Chamber Orchestra conducted by Umberto Bruno; the "Amici della Musica" of Palermo, Termini Imerese (PA), Pescara, Sulmona, Campobasso, Trapani; the "L. Cherubini" Youth Orchestra, conducted by Riccardo Muti; the Petruzzelli Theatre in Bari; the Municipal Theatre of Piacenza; The Palace of Congress in Lugano; Palacio de Congresos and Exposicions de Galicia de Santiago de Compostela; Musikverein in Vienna; "Italian American Festival 2004" in Duluth (Minnesota); Taormina Fest et al.

As a violinist, arranger and composer, he is the founder of various groups such as:

Cordepazze, with whom, in 2007, he received the "Fabrizio De Andrè" Prize in Rome; in 2008, he is a guest as violinist/composer on the stage of the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo for the "Tenco Prize"; and in the 2009 and 2014 editions, he receives the Critics' Prize at the "Musicultura Festival" in Macerata. With Cordepazze he released as an artist/producer the debut album "I Re Quieti (2008)", released by "Monnalisa s.r.l., and the second album "The Art of Escape (2013). In 2009, the "Tribute to Fabrizio De Andrè" is recorded in the studios of Radio Uno Rai together with Morgan, Mauro Pagani and Massimo Bubola, produced by Rai Trade.Traduzione di Inglese.

The String Sharper Quartet, an atypical string quartet aimed at rereading pop rock songs in a chamber like way and writing original compositions close to minimalism. "BLENDING (2013)" is the debut album released by Fitzcarraldo Records, thanks to which he is included in the "Top Jazz" ranking of the prestigious magazine "MusicaJazz", for the category "Best New Talent".

The Hysterical Sublime, a band founded together with cellist and singer Angelo Di Mino with whom, in 2014, he recorded the first EP "COLOUR", at the Mechanical Workshops (Milan) of Mauro Pagani, under the artistic production of Marco Trentacoste (Le Vibrazioni, Bluvertigo, Delta V, Deasonika).

In 2016, he participated as a violinist/composer in "Animaphix" International Animated Film Festival, sounding Soviet Toys by Dziga Vertov (1924).

In 2017 he participated in the "Anassimandro" Festival of Musicophilosophy interpreting "Koan", a solo violin song by James Tenney.

Over the years, he has collaborated, both in the studio and live, with artists of the Italian scene such as, Dimartino, Simona Norato, Alessio Bondì, Fabrizio Cammarata, Angelo Sicurella, Pippo Pollina, Orchestra In/Stabile Dis/Accordo, Cesare Basile, Morgan, Mauro Pagani, La Rappresentante Di Lista (Sanremo 2021). He is a violin teacher and Artistic Director at the CAM (Musical Art Centre) in Bagheria (PA)