The No border jazz festival returns to Villa di Donato with Francesco Turrisi, Northern Migrations, piano solo, Friday 19 January 2024, at 20.30 pm.
Pianist Francesco Turrisi, one of the very few Italians to have won a Grammy Award, has been called an 'alchemist' and a 'musical polyglot' by the international press. Northern Migrations, his latest album conceived for solo piano, "delicate, melancholic and compelling" according to «The Irish Times» was presented in Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, the United States and New Zealand, to land for the first time at the Casa del Jazz in Rome.
Francesco Turrisi is part of the ancient music ensemble l'Arpeggiata with which he has performed at the most important festivals and theaters around the world, from Carnegie Hall in New York to Queen Elisabeth Hall in London, recording for important labels such as Warner, Virgin, Naive and Alpha. Since 2018 he has collaborated with the famous American singer and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens. In 2019 the single I'm on my way received a Grammy Award nomination while the second album, They're calling me home, released with the Nonesuch record label, received two Grammy nominations, winning a Grammy Award in 2022 in the Best Folk Album category.
Francesco Turrisi loves to improvise with great jazz veterans like Dave Liebman and Bill Frisell and accompany the Irish traditional singer Roisin El Safty or the Italian traditional singer Lucilla Galeazzi.
He has toured with Bobby McFerrin, performed Steve Reich music with Bang on a Can All Stars, accompanied flamenco star Pepe El Habichuela, and duetted with Greek singer Savina Yannatou. His long list of collaborations includes Bobby McFerrin, Dave Liebman, Gianluigi Trovesi, Christian McBride, Yo Yo Ma, Bill Frisell, Rhiannon Giddens, Nils Landgren, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Gabriele Mirabassi, Rolando Villazon, Lisa Hannigan, Savina Yannatou, Maria Pia de Vito, Theodosii Spassov, The King's Singers, Veronique Gens, Philippe Jaroussky, Pepe el Habichuela, Lucilla Galeazzi.
“His ability to rearrange ancient melodies and rhythms through the lens of contemporary jazz makes him one of the most impressive musicians to emerge from the European jazz scene in the last ten years” «All About Jazz»
Single Ticket: 40 €
Reduced for the Magnificent 77: 35 €
The concert is accompanied by a small dinner with 'migrations', From North to South and back
