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Giuseppe Doronzo

Giuseppe Doronzo is an award-winning saxophonist and composer. After classical and contemporary studies in Italy, and jazz studies in Groningen, he moved to Amsterdam where he became an active member of the European improvised scene. He focuses his research on the baritone saxophone, aiming to explore a vocabulary that goes through contemporary classical music, jazz improvisation and non-western music. In 2018 he released his first baritone sax solo album “GOYA” on his record label, Tora Records. In 2015 he recorded a solo piece for the dutch dancer and choreographer Cora Bos-Kroese titled “Two ways towards”, that was played and performed at the New York University (NYC). He can be seen among his current projects as Solo, Falga, AVA Trio, Michael Moore Bigtet, All Ellington, XP7. He has been giving music workshops in several spaces and institutions in Europe together with the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Stedelijke Muziekschool (The Netherlands), Arkestra Lab foundation (Italy), Marmara University of Arts (Turkey). He has worked with creative artists covering various fields of the national and international art including: Michael Moore, Joe Lovano, Chris Potter, Mariem Hassan, Vince Mendoza, Han Bennink, NDR Big Band, João Bosco, Kiko Freitas, Robin Eubanks, Paolo Fresu, Tullio De Piscopo, Taylor Ho Bynum, Steve Potts,Ralph Alessi, Irene Aebi Lacy, Jim Black. He has played in venues and festival including OCT LOFT Jazz Festival, Xihu Festival, Shanghai World Music Festival (China); Bimhuis, Gaudeamus Muziek Week Festival, Doek Festival, Lantaren Venster, North Sea Jazz Festival, Zomer Jazz Fiets Tour Festival (The Netherlands); Novosadski Jazz Festival (Serbia); Sant’Anna Arresi Jazz Festival 2018, Reggia della Venaria (Italy); Die Aegidien church, NDR FUNKHAUS (Germany); Meutiviti Festival (Denmark); Ljubliana Jazz Festival (Slovenia) and many others. He has been broadcast in various places, including on VPRO, RAI Radio 3, NPO 1.

Awards

"BUMA Music in Motion and Media" Award 2022 for the music composed for the film Goya;

“Music Revelation 2018” in the International Jazz critic pool "El Intruso"; Compositions grants from The Netherlands;

Performing grants from The Netherlands and European Union;

 


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Giuseppe Doronzo, Andy Moor, Frank Rosaly: Futuro Ancestrale

Read "Futuro Ancestrale" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


Within the diversity of Amsterdam's global, multi-cultural environment, Italian saxophonist & composer Giuseppe Doronzo called on the talents of UK guitarist Andy Moor and US drummer Frank Rosaly. The trio project, Futuro Ancestrale, is a collection of avant-garde improvisations marked by folkloric influences and experimentation. Three of the five compositions rose out of a request from Bimhuis, the premier jazz club in the Netherlands, to assemble a group for the Red Light Jazz Festival. Further inspiration was drawn from 'Rayuela' ...

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Isole Che Parlano 2023

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A collection of photos from the Isole che parlano in Palau and Gallura (North of Sardinia) from September 7 to 10, 2023, Nanni e Paolo Angeli are artistic directors, featuring Giuseppe Doronzo, Raul Cantizano, Edoardo Marraffa, Olivia Bignardi, Pino Basile, Francesco Bucci, Lili Fefrain and many others. There was also an exhibition by Paola Agosti. ...

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Giuseppe Doronzo Solo Isole che parlano 2023 Festival

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A collection of photos from the Giuseppe Doronzo Solo concert at Isole che parlano 2023 Festival in Palau on September 8th, 2023. ...

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Giuseppe Doronzo & Pino Basile: Aterraterr

Read "Aterraterr" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


Multi-instrumentalists/composers Giuseppe Doronzo and Pino Basile make up two-thirds of the AVA Trio. On their newest duo project, Aterraterr, the pair offer compositions influenced by the music of their mutual roots in the Apulian region in Italy. Doronzo is an Amsterdam-based baritone saxophonist with a background in jazz improvisation, classical and non-western music. He has performed with saxophonists Joe Lovano, Chris Potter, trombonist Robin Eubanks and trumpeters Paolo Fresu, Taylor Ho Bynum, and many other prominent artists. Basile ...

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AVA Trio: Digging the Sand

Read "Digging the Sand" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


In 2017 the AVA Trio released their debut album Music from an Imaginary Land (Tritone Records) and promptly made their mark by earning spots on several year-end polls. That inaugural release was a unique amalgamation of ethnic influences and free improvisation. With the release of Digging the Sand, the group continues to mine the imagination and avoid the cliché-riddled and well-worn paths. Amsterdam-based baritone saxophonist Giuseppe Doronzo has a background that includes jazz improvisation, classical and non-western music. ...

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Giuseppe Doronzo: Goya

Read "Goya" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


Italian baritone saxophonist Giuseppe Doronzo is the type of restless artist that continually looks for new resources from which to expand on the language of his instrument. In recent years he has utilized a variety of format platforms as launching points. With the self-titled debut of the quintet Falga (Self-Produced, 2016) and the subsequent AVA Trio release Music From An Imaginary Land (TryTone, 2017), Doronzo worked in formations that had distinct global influences (and personnel) that were reflected in the ...

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AVA Trio: Music From An Imaginary Land

Read "Music From An Imaginary Land" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


The recently formed AVA Trio has a distinctly original sound that blends the musical influences of the Mediterranean, Middle-East and Western jazz on their debut recording Music From An Imaginary Land. The three young musicians play original compositions that owe more to jazz than to global influences but they incorporate their native heritages, along with somewhat unusual instrumentation, to form some unique ideas. Bassist Esat Ekincioglu is Turkish and though still in his twenties, has worked in pop, ...

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"Doronzo plays as if with a split personality—he is aware of one mindset even as he goes off on a tangent. His playing is powerful but not overwhelming and his toying with multi-phonics, layers and textures manages to hang together even in the most abstract passages. Doronzo brings out the distinctive qualities of the baritone from the moody, to the raspy to the visceral. It's been said that the improvised solo is the highest form of personal expression and Doronzo does a first-rate job of articulating his vision." (Karl Ackermann, All About Jazz )

“… huge sonore sound; his performance is mystic, multilayered and full of secrecy” (W.de Joode)

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Futuro Ancestrale

Clean Feed Records
2024

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Aterraterr

Tora Records
2021

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Digging the Sand

Marocco Music
2019

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All Ellington

De Platenbakkerij
2019

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Goya

Tora Records
2018

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