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Drums, percussion, composer,
conductor.
Born in Rome on May 18, 1958, he studied drums
from 1973 with private teachers (Fabio Marconcini,
Bruno Biriaco and Alan Dawson)
He attended the Academy of Music in L'Aquila
getting a degree in Classical Percussion with
teacher A.Striano in 1987.
He studied composition and arrangement with teachers Bruno Tommaso e Marco Tiso.
His own bands
Ettore Fioravanti Quartet (from '90 to
'95)
with F.Zeppetella, D.Deidda e R.Ciammarughi
Belcanto (from '95 to '00)
with G.L.Trovesi, E.Rejseger, S.De Bonis
Belcanto (currently active)
with De Bonis, Succi, Maier, Tracanna, Caruso
Ricercar scintille (from '95 to '96)
with S.Battaglia, P.Tonolo and S.Swallow
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Lasting collaborations
Paolo Damiani Groups ('82 - '87)
Salis-Terenzi Quintet ('82-'88)
Paolo Fresu Quintet (since '83)
Gianluigi Trovesi Trio ('84 - '89)
Roberto Ottaviano Quartet ('85 - '90)
Fortuna ('87 - '95)
Bruno Tommaso "Meditango" ('90 - '95)
Piero Bassini Trio (since '95)
Terre di mezzo (since 2000)
Millenovecento (since 2005) |
Other collaborations
Karl Berger ('83), Marcello Melis ('83), Tony Oxley ('84), Enrico
Rava ('84-'85,'01), David Liebman ('85,'91 and '95), Massimo Urbani ('88), Steve Swallow ('89 e '97), Mal Waldron ('89), Kenny Wheeler ('90, '00),
Gunther Schuller ('92, '00), Steve Lacy ('92 ,'95 and '02), Ernst Reijseger
(from '95 to '99), Sheila Jordan ('97), Tim Berne ('99),
N.Rotondo, T.Scott, F.D'Andrea, G.Schiaffini, E.Colombo, T.Tracanna,
P.Minafra, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Pierre Favre, Richie Beirach, George Coleman.
International festivals
Berlino Jazz Fest ('84 with Rava, '85 with Oxley),
Varsavia Jazz Jamboree '85 with Damiani,
Jazz Yatra '85 in India with Laneri,
Montpellier and Alsazia with Trovesi,
Zurich ('83 with Salis, '87 with Tracanna),
Australia, Canada, France, Germany and Spain with Fresu,
Le Mans and Algeri with Ottaviano, Nevers '98 and Tunisi '99 with his groups.
besides Umbria Jazz ('82, '89, '92), Roccella Jonica ('83, '84, '85, '86, '87,
'02), Como, Ivrea, Ciack Milano
('83 and '92), Pescara
'85, Siena ('85, '88, '92), Palermo '86, Cagliari ('83, '84), Bolzano ('88 e
'90), Clusone ('87, '88, '90, '01), Berchidda (from ' 89 to '92), Trento ('90, '98),
Roma ('84, '97, '98, '01, '03, '05), Terni '05.
Teaching activities
Siena Jazz (clinics and seminaries, C.P.M. and C.E.E. classes) from 1989
Nuoro Jazz Clinics from 1989
He teaches Jazz in Italian
Conservatories since 1996 (currently in Frosinone)
Matera (Zetema classes for orchestral training) from 1991 to 1995
Also clinics in Ravenna, Terni, Bologna, Bari, Roccella Jonica, Palermo,
Siracusa, Melbourne.
Extra jazz
collaborations
Teatro Stabile della Toscana ('80 - '82)
Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Roma ('81 - '86)
Giorgio Battistelli ("Experimentum mundi" '85 - '89)
Composition of the film soundtrack "In punta di piedi" ('85)
Dance company "Danzatori scalzi" ('88 - '90)
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