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Roberto Pianca

Born 1984, guitarist/composer Roberto Pianca studied music at the Amsterdam Conservatory (NL). He has played and worked with a variety of notable artists including Joey Baron, Russ Lossing, John O’Gallagher, Thomas Morgan, Dado Moroni, Pietro Tonolo and Savina Yannatou a.o. In 2008 he founded avantgarde trio Third Reel, the band joined prestigious and legendary german label ECM Records.

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Album Review

Roberto Pianca Sub Rosa: Mono No Aware

Read "Mono No Aware" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann


The Roberto Pianca-led ensemble Sub Rosa's second release is a concentrated exercise in inter-communicative restraint, subtlety and woven odd meters that provokes the mind while consoling the soul. It's a cool affair that profits from the individual talents' accurate performances and inquisitive spirits as much as the leader's proficiently crafted compositions. Where the predecessor, self-titled Sub Rosa (Wide Ear Records, 2013) was a rather rigorously tempered and vigorously executed display of broad technical virtuosity, Mono No Aware scales things back ...

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Roberto Pianca: Sub Rosa

Read "Sub Rosa" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Bella formazione, quella messa assieme dal chitarrista Roberto Pianca per il primo album interamente a suo nome, in programma sei composizioni originali di jazz moderno dalle molteplici influenze. Accanto a lui troviamo infatti Dan Kinzelman e Stefano Senni, con i quali il leader aveva lavorato a più riprese in passato, lo statunitense Glen Zaleski, pianista emergente della scena newyorchese, e il batterista portoghese Luis Candeias, formatosi in Olanda come Pianca dopo esperienze nel rock. Il lavoro è caratterizzato ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Mono No Aware

Honolulu Records
2021

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Sub Rosa

Wide Ear Records
2017

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