Italian guitarist and jazz singer. Among Francesco Chiarini's most important live achievements of particular importance are: finalist in the Italian Jazz contest for composers "Nicola Arigliano" (2016), exhibition at 12/14 Jazz Club -#1 club in Poland-, opened the concert to Enrico Rava New Quartet (2016, Lecce Italy), as well as multiple participation in the festival "Tendenze" in Piacenza (one of the biggest music events in the region of Emilia- Romagna), concerts on the exclusive Lake Garda riviera and on the beloved Adriatic sea.
Francesco lives in Warsaw from 2005, is the founder of the well-known band "Ritmo Afinado" and "Francesco Bossa Quartet", which issued so far his own original album (Metropolis Bossa, 2016) and two EP albums (Estate -2014- and Dal Vivo dal Mare, 2014) appreciated by jazz experts, such as: Rafal Bryndal, Leonardo Masi, Yujiro Nakajima. Recorded with artists like Fausto Beccalossi (Al di Meola's accordeonist), Robertinho de Paula (bossa nova master), Paulinho Garcia (played e.g. with Toots Thielemans).
Francesco Chiarini is an experienced Italian guitarist and vocalist who performed hundred concerts in Italy and Poland. He plays guitars from the age of 7, under the wings of maestro Maurizio Pitacco from the School of Music in Piacenza (Italy).
With fellow musicians, presenting the audience Italian music in a unique arrangement of bossa nova and jazz, arousing media interest and great sympathy from the audience.
Awards
Italian Jazz Contest "Nicola Arigliano" - Ritmo Afinado among the four finalists
"Beautiful and sunny Italian songs, interpreted in jazz style by Ritmo Afinado,
definitely won yesterday with Polish capricious weather, gathering a large audience
in the fully sold-out 12/14 Club in Warsaw (PL). The unforgettable evening was
graced by hot rhythms, great songs (such as the stunning "Ritmo e Parole" or the
famous "Estate"), the stylish workmanship and excellent contact with the audience
of the band leader Francesco Chiarini - the guitarist with a lyrical voice.
Francesco Chiarini, the only Italian jazz musician living in Poland, created a
memorable event and moved the languorous audience towards the wonderful Italian
dolce vita. The performance of Ritmo Afinado was rewarded with thunderous and
prolonged applause ending with encore. And despite the unfortunate absence of the
drummer, the band showed its best thanks to: Warwrzyniec Prasek (piano), Damian
Marat (trumpet) and Piotr Rodowicz (double bass). All the musicians gave a great
show of their musical skills. Playing without drums could be seen as specifically hard
obstacle since the repertoire included the flagship ambitious tracks of Antônio Carlos
Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Elizeth Cardoso, of Baden Powell de Aquino and João
Gilberto as well as the band’s own warm compositions full of pulsing rhythms.
Yesterday's concert was also the first concert of Ritmo Afinado promoting the latest
album entitled "Ritmo e Parole", which will be released soon on the market."
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"Beautiful and sunny Italian songs, interpreted in jazz style by Ritmo Afinado,
definitely won yesterday with Polish capricious weather, gathering a large audience
in the fully sold-out 12/14 Club in Warsaw (PL). The unforgettable evening was
graced by hot rhythms, great songs (such as the stunning "Ritmo e Parole" or the
famous "Estate"), the stylish workmanship and excellent contact with the audience
of the band leader Francesco Chiarini - the guitarist with a lyrical voice.
Francesco Chiarini, the only Italian jazz musician living in Poland, created a
memorable event and moved the languorous audience towards the wonderful Italian
dolce vita. The performance of Ritmo Afinado was rewarded with thunderous and
prolonged applause ending with encore. And despite the unfortunate absence of the
drummer, the band showed its best thanks to: Warwrzyniec Prasek (piano), Damian
Marat (trumpet) and Piotr Rodowicz (double bass). All the musicians gave a great
show of their musical skills. Playing without drums could be seen as specifically hard
obstacle since the repertoire included the flagship ambitious tracks of Antônio Carlos
Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Elizeth Cardoso, of Baden Powell de Aquino and João
Gilberto as well as the band’s own warm compositions full of pulsing rhythms.
Yesterday's concert was also the first concert of Ritmo Afinado promoting the latest
album entitled "Ritmo e Parole", which will be released soon on the market."
By Tomasz Pierchala, managing director and owner of 12/14 Jazz Club Warsaw (PL)
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