ROBERTO MATTEI

As a double bass player, I have had the opportunity to perform in numerous jazz clubs, theatres, and music festivals, both in Italy and abroad, including “Blue Llama Jazz Club” (Ann Arbor – USA), “After Hour Jazz Club” (Tottori – Japan), “Jazz Club Milano”, “Milestones Jazz Club” (Piacenza), “Torino Jazz Club”, “Count Basie Jazz Club” (Genova), “Borgo Jazz Club” (Genova), “Biella Jazz Club”, “Birdland Jazz Club” (Sassari), “La Fabbrica” ​​Theatre (Villadossola-VB), “Galletti” Theatre (Domodossola-VB), “Smeraldo” Theatre (Milano), “Coccia” Theatre (Novara), “Sociale” Theatre (Como), “Palazzo dei Congressi” (Lugano-Switzerland), “Istituto Italiano di Cultura” (Chicago – USA), “Istituto Italiano di Cultura” (Paris-France), “Conservatoire CRR” (Paris-France), “Consevatoire de Saint-Maur” (Paris-France), “Conservatoire de Musique” (Cholet-France), “Conservatoire E.Chabrier” (Clermont Ferrand-France), “Detroit Jazz Festival” (Detroit – USA), “Takatsuki Jazz Street Festival” (Takatsuki – Japan), “Santannarresi Jazz Festival” (Carbonia-Iglesias), “Iseo Jazz” (Brescia), “Veruno Jazz Festival” (NO), “Ossola Guitar Festival” (VCO), “Gallarate Jazz Festival” (Varese), “Davos Sounds Good Jazz Festival” (Davos-Switzerland), “Rhino Jazz(s) Festival” (Chateauneuf-France), “QuarnaMusica” (Quarna-VB), “Tones On The Stones” (Crevoladossola-VB), “EcoJazz Festival” (Reggio Calabria), DomoJazz (Domodossola-VB), Oxilia Festival (VCO), etc …

Relevant Collaborations

Jazz collaborations: I have had the possibility of accompanying important soloists from the Italian and international music scene, including Chris Collins, Dave Liebman, Eddie Daniels, Greg Osby, Ralph Alessi, Rudy Royston, Larry Schneider, Adam Kolker, Tino Tracanna, Francesco Bearzatti, Stefano Cantini, Diana Torto, Wilbert “Junior” Gill, Mike Tracy, among others.

Classical orchestras: Cappella Musicale del Sacro Monte Calvario of Domodossola (VB), Ensemble Pecelli, the Carlo Coccia Symphony Orchestra of Novara, the Orchestra 1813 of Como, the Symphonic Lyric Orchestra of the province of Lecco, the Orchestra of the Italian Swiss Conservatory of Lugano (Switzerland) and the VCO youth orchestra and conducted by Maestro Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli. Representation of the “G. Verdi “of Como as part of the Italian Conservatory Orchestra in a concert attended by Pope Benedict XVI, held at the Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican. I have also had the possibility of accompanying important soloists from the Italian and international music scene, including José Carreras, Giuseppe Ettorre, Milan Rericha.

Chamber ensembles: Solisti della Cappella Musicale del Sacro Monte Calvario of Domodossola (VB).

Recordings for Radio and Television: Partecipation on the “Piazza Verdi” radio programme, broadcast on Rai Radio3 with “THE ANGLE” project.

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