Stefano Bollani - Que Bom Quintet (Central/East Europe)

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Stefano Bollani - Que Bom Quintet (Central/East Europe)

Dates: 
From 25 October 2018 to 10 January 2019
Musicians: 
Stefano Bollani, piano | Jorge Helder, bass | Jurim Moreira, drums | Armando Marçal, percussion | Thiago da Serrrinha, percussion
Description: 
The upcoming Bollani’s release is the first album by his own label and the second transnational project with brazilian musicians. Recorded in Rio de Janeiro on December 2017, “Que Bom” (in a free translation “So Nice”), it gathers a dream team of renownmed brazilian musicians, playing Bollani unpublished compositions. As special guests, the album got the brazilian popular stars Caetano Veloso and João Bosco and it will be released in Europe by May 2018.
    At 45 years old, Stefano Bollani is not just Italy’s most admired jazz pianist. His fame is spread throughout Europe and the United States, especially from the partnership he established with eminent trumpeter Enrico Rava, recorded on four ECM albums between 2003 and 2008.
    Bollani belongs to a generation of young European musicians who feel equally identified with American jazz, European music and folk traditions, leaving his personal mark on everything he plays. Instead of being attracted by virtuous effects, Bollani applies a polished technique without putting aside his versatility and good sense of humor. In his compositions, he strikes a comfortable balance between clearly delineated melodies and open structures, which makes him an essential musician for contemporary jazz.
    As for classical music, he performs as a solo pianist with symphony orchestras (Liepzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Orchestre de Paris, Filarmonica della Scala di Milano, Santa Cecilia di Roma, Toronto Symphony Orchestra), conducted by Zubin Mehta, Kristjan Järvi, Daniel Harding, Antonio Pappano and above all by Riccardo Chailly, with whom he records Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in Fa by Gershwin in a cd (2010) that is awarded with the Platinum Disc, with more than 70.000 sold copies.