Aldo Brizzi
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Biography
He was born in AlessandriaAlessandria
-Monuments:* The Citadel * The church of Santa Maria di Castello * The church of Santa Maria del Carmine * Palazzo Ghilini * Università del Piemonte Orientale-Museums:* The Marengo Battle Museum...
, Italy, in 1960. He trained in classical music at the Conservatorio di Milano, and subsequently worked with Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez e Sergiu Celibidache. He holds a Laurea Degree from the DAMS Bologna. He has also worked with Giacinto Scelsi
Giacinto Scelsi
Giacinto Scelsi , Count of Ayala Valva was an Italian composer who also wrote surrealist poetry in French....
who has influenced his artistic direction.
He has composed music for groups and orchestras, including the Strings of the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France is a French radio orchestra providing music for Radio France. It specializes in contemporary music and was founded in 1937.- Names of the orchestra :*Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France...
. His awards include the Venezia Opera Prima del Teatro La Fenice (1981), European Year of Music (Biennale di Venezia, Festival d'Automne in Paris, WDR di Cologne/Köln, 1985), Concorso nazionale Franco Evangelisti in Rome/Roma (1986), Young Composers' Forum in Cologne/Köln (1989). He was appointed as director of the Ferienkurse in Darmstadt, during 1990 to 1994.
In 2000 he has jointly produced "Cristal", a record by Ala dos Namorados
Ala dos Namorados
Ala dos Namorados is a Portuguese band created in 1993. It's duet " Solta-se o Beijo" with Sara Tavares reached platinum.-Albums:*1994 - Ala dos Namorados*1995 - Por Minha Dama*1996 - Alma*1999 - Solta-se o Beijo...
(EMI), which won the Golden Disc award in Portugal.
In the late 1990s and throughout the 2000s Aldo Brizzi, has moved into a more experimental direction by fusing different musical traditions and styles. This culminated in the widely acclaimed Brizzi do Brasil record. The record won the Trofeu Caymmi in Brasile, come miglior disco dell'anno 2003.
In 2005 he collaborated with Alfredo Arias on the musical Mambo Mistico (Théâtre national de Chaillot
Théâtre national de Chaillot
The Théâtre national de Chaillot is a theatre located in the Palais de Chaillot at 1, place du Trocadero, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Close by the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadéro Gardens—the Théâtre de Chaillot is among the largest concert halls in Paris. It has long been synonymous with...
, Paris), which was awarded the best music/soundtrack prize in the 12th Cérémonie du Souffleur (2004–05).
In 2007 he launched the Loving Glance project, experimenting with electronic music and the voice of Reis
Reis
-Surname:Reis is a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil. It was originally a Christian devotional family name of the Middle Ages, probably due to the Portuguese name for the Biblical Magi, the Reis Magos . Sometimes the surname is dos Reis...
. He had developed a very characteristic style escaping genre categorization, including trip hop, drum'n bass and classical music, combined with Afro-Brazilian sounds like Bossanova
Bossanova
Bossanova is the third album by the American alternative rock band Pixies, released in August 1990 on the English independent record label 4AD in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. All of Bossanovas original material was written by the band's frontman Black Francis; it...
and Musica Axé.
Discography
- The labyrinth trial (1999) featuring Maurizio Barbetti, Brake drum percussion, Francesco Cuoghi, Massimo Agostinelli, Ensamble Orphée.
- Brizzi do Brasil (2005) featuring Ala dos Namorados, Arnaldo Antunes, Augusto de Campos, Calinhos Brown, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Margareth Menezes, Olodum, Teresa Salgueiro, Tom Zé, Virgínia Rodrigues and Zeca Baleiro.
- Aço do Açúcar (2005) featuring Reis and Aço do Açúcar.
- Obrigado (2006) featuring Teresa Salgueiro.
- Reis (2008) EP featuring Reis.