Gianluigi Trvesi is a clarinetist, composer, and saxophonist. He draws inspiration from many sources… His style and voice as a composer have placed him among those composers who have consolidated and influenced the idea of European jazz. (F. Martinelli). Following his graduation in clarinet from Mdeg Giuseppe Tassis he studied harmony, counterpoint, and fugue with Mdeg Vittorio Fellegara. He has performed in jazz, classical and dance bands. He had important interactions with Franco Cerri, Giorgio Gaslini and won the Milan RAI National Orchestra Big band prize for being the first clarinetist and alto saxophone player. He was a popular jazz musician with both an international and Italian audience. His first recordings, Baghet and Cinque picole storie, were recorded in the latter part of the 1970s. He became a popular musician by creating a music that combines jazz memories with other forms of music, either folk or art. In 1978, his Trio won the Critica discografica Italiana prize. Then he was awarded the “Downbeat” 5 star American magazine. They have performed all over the globe because of their long friendship with Gianni Coscia (accordionist). Their audience has already listened to three of their CDs, and Ecm will release a fourth in the autumn 2011. He was commissioned by La Villette Paris, the French festival de Coutances, le Mans, and La Villette to create a suite inspired by A midsummer’s night by William Shakespeare in 1998. Enja recorded it in 2000. He has been invited to perform his compositions by many orchestras, including the Koln WDR Big Band, with which he created the CD Dedalo(Enja), with arrangements by Gianluigi Trvesi, Corrado Guarino and guest Markus Stockhausen; Guimaraes International Orchestra; Bergen Big Band, Guest Dave Douglas; and the Bruxelles Jazz Orchestra. He was given a piece of music by the Switzerland simphony orchestra to dedicate to The magic mountain by Thomas Mann, which was performed on a summer tour through Switzerland in 2011. Profumo di Violetta was composed by Umberto Petrin, Fulvio Maras, and Gianluigi Trovesi. It is an imagined journey through the Italian operas from Monteverdi up to the 18th century. Umberto Petrin and Fulvio Maras formed the trio that gave birth to Vaghissimo ritratto (by Ecm 2004), which featured music by Monteverdi and Orlando di Lasso as well as music by Luigi Tenco, Jacques Brel, and Gianluigi Trvesi. He has recorded and performed alongside a wide range of international and Italian musicians, including Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Fulvio Maras, Gianluigi Trovesi, Kenny Wheeler and Misha Mengelber. He is a member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra which is a national ensemble that includes the finest musicians from the Italian avant-garde. Enrico Rava was the guest Enrico Rava, who recorded live with his quintet in L’Espresso jazz at La Casa del Jazz in Rome. His performances are often marked by a “baroque ambience”. All’improvviso was recorded by him with L’Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar’s ensemble that combines traditional jazz with baroque impro spirits. They toured the globe with their ensemble. Trovesi was a member of the La Venexiana ensemble at the Halle Handel meets Jazz festival in 2011. He performed in 2010 with Attilio Crmonesi, the Wien Orchestra Strings and Stefano Montanari as violinist and conductor. He performed again in 2003 with the Trionfale Quartet: Manfred Schoof and Barre Phillips. He composed themes for films like Mi piace lavorare, mobbing by Francesca Comencini or Liscio de Claudio Antonini. He was a part of the Luigi Cinque films and Pane per tutti, Jacques Siron’s Swiss film. He has also composed for theatre, where he staged In cerca di voce. Paolo Damiani invited him to take part in the show, I kiss your hands, which featured Fabrizio Giuni, Danilo REA, Rita Marcotulli and Sonia Bergamasco. He has worked with Stefano Benni and Giuseppe Cederna on music and poetry. Trovesi has performed with Paolo Damiani over 30 years. He was selected by him to be a soloist for his Orchestre National de Jazz Francais edition. He has performed with Bruno Tommaso, whose arrangements allowed him to record Around small tales with the Enea Salmeggia Chamber Orchestra (4 stars in “Downbeat”) as well as with Enrico Intra, who has produced many programmes based on his music. He was the subject of the entire 2001 Barga Jazz festival. His graduate theses were written by Luigi Sforza, Dams in Bologna, and Annette Maye, Hochschule fur Musik Koln. He was also the protagonist in the documentary film Il cortile della Musica by Sergio Visinoni (Lab80 Film). For his art he has been appointed Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana (Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of the Italian Republic), Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Republique Francaise) and Commendatore dell’ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana (Giorgio Napolitano, Presidente della Repubblica Italiana). from www.gianluigitrovesi.com
