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Ivan Valentini

IVAN VALENTINI
saxophonist/composer

After searching for the most suitable way of expression, he devoted himself to music attending seminars and getting diplomas in Saxophone and Jazz Music. Since the early 90s he has been leading figure within music groups comfortably moving from improvised music to other forms of art, always proposing his own compositions. He reinforces his musical activities by devoting time to Zen phylosophy. He performed with Henry Threadgill, Mathias Ruegg and Bruno Tommaso’s orchestras.

He played also with: Franco D’Andrea Steve Bernstein, Enrico Rava, Roberto Dani, Tito Mangialajo, Giancarlo Bianchetti, Achille Succi, Lorena Fontana, Attilio Zanchi, Simone Guiducci, Marco Detto, Massimo Manzi, Enrico Merlin, Paolo Botti, Alberto Capelli …and others… Since 1987 he has been regularly performed in music and poetry in collaboration with the poets Alberto Bertoni, Enrico Trebbi, Gaspare Bernardi, occasionally with Maurizio Cucchi, Giovanni Giudici, Gianni D’Elia, Giancarlo Sissa, Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, Laura Betti, Mauro Macario, Emilio Rentocchini. In the first 90ties he used to played with the Italian song writer Vinicio Capossela.

For almost ten years he’s been collaborating with American dancer and choreographer, Teri Weikel, creating music for “Il Maestro e Margherita” (with Antonello Salis), “Atomi”, “Le città invisibili”, “Le ali dei sassi” and realizing many improvised performances for solo sax and dance. In 1996 his composition “Paz” was selected to be part of “Andrea Pazienza unlimited anthology” CDRom, which includes the whole artist’s production. Nowadays he plays with Franco D’Andrea’s group called “Eleven” and with “Orchestra Spaziale”.

Among all the festivals he took part: Jazz at the Rock, Imola - Termoli Jazz - Festival Musica ‘900, Trento - Sagra Musicale Malatestiana - Itinerari Jazz, Trento - Romapoesia in Campidoglio, Roma " Rovereto Jazz - Merano Jazz - Di Nuovo Musica, Reggio Emilia - Le Vie del suono, Modena - Metastasio Jazz, Prato - Radicondoli Estate - Crossroads, Emilia Romagna - Carpino Folk Festival - Isole che parlano,Sardegna - Folkfest, Spilimbergo " Musica per Roma, Roma " Angelica Festival, Bologna.

Gear

Soprano sax Selmer Super Action II + RPC 80 mouthpiece + Vandoren Classic n2
Alto sax Selmer Reference+RPC 90 mouthpiece + Rico Jazz select n2
Tenor sax Selmer Super Action II + RPC 125 mouthpiece + Rico Jazz select n2


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I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Ivan Valentini

Read "I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Ivan Valentini" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


01. Henry Threadgill -Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket (About Time -1983). L'ho comprato recentemente perché segnalato da Steve Lehman sulla sua pagina facebook come un disco che ha avuto molta influenza sulla sua formazione musicale... e ho fatto bene! Musica di incredibile freschezza nonostante siano passati più di trent'anni, architetture e peso compositivo considerevoli. 02. Claude Delangle -The Solitary Saxophone (Grammofon AB BIS -1994). Uno strumentista esagerato (nonché persona squisita). Il sax nella ...

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Ivan Valentini: Rust and Blue

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L'iniziale “Nichilismo" è brano breve, secco, tagliente nelle sonorità, nervoso nello sviluppo, senza punti di riferimento. Il successivo “The Fake Five" ha un andamento lento, avviluppa l'ascoltatore tra le spire di una melodia incantatoria che nasconde sotto la superficie segnali di pericolo imminente, di sogno pronto a trasformarsi in incubo. Sono queste le coordinate principali attorno alle quali orbitano gli altri nove brani di Rust and Blue, ultima fatica discografica di Ivan Valentini. Niente di rigido o ...

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Primary Instrument

Saxophone

Location

Modena

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Rust and Blue

Self Produced
2016

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Light and Darkness

Music Center
2008

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Senza Famiglia

Miss You Records
1993

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