Giuliano Modarelli
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Biography
Born in Milan, he moved to England in 2000 where he attended the Leeds College of Music. After receiving his Bachelor in Jazz Music in 2003 he became a full-time musician and started playing with bands like Sawa Teen, Raga Nova and Nshwa with which he played in important festivals such as Bestival and Moor Music Festival and on BBC Radio.In these years he became interested in Indian music and he started studying it with the Indian sitar master Dharambir Singh.
In 2005 he founded, with other musicians, the fusion band Samay
Samay (band)
Samay are a band based in Leeds, UK, formed by musicians from India and Europe who take the traditional music of India and combine it with jazz, flamenco, samba, funk and chill-out....
with which he has been invited to participate in international festivals like the London Jazz Festival
London Jazz Festival
The London Jazz Festival is a London-wide music festival held every November. It takes place in a variety of London venues, including larger concert halls—such as the Barbican and the Royal Festival Hall—and smaller jazz clubs, such as Ronnie Scott's and Vortex...
, Darbar Festival
Darbar festival
The Darbar Festival is an Indian classical music festival that takes place every Easter weekend in London. It brings together musicians from the north Indian Hindustani and south Indian Carnatic classical traditions.-2009:*Harmeet Virdee...
, Music Port Festival and television shows on BBC Asian Network and Doordarshan Tv UK.
In 2008, with famous tabla player Bickram Ghosh
Bickram Ghosh
Bickram Ghosh is an Indian tabla player performing in Hindustani classical music as well as Fusion music....
, he composed music for Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
films Little Zizou and The Diamond murders.
In the same year he toured India with Ghosh and percussionist Pete Lockett
Pete Lockett
Peter Robert Lockett is an English percussionist and recording artist. Lockett is known as a versatile and prolific percussionist, collaborating with many artists. He is well-versed in percussion traditions from music cultures around the world, including, Arabic, Japanese, Indian and...
supporting a musical performance called “East meets West” that made him appear in many Indian national TV programs.