Andrea Centazzo
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Andrea Centazzo is an Italian-born American percussionist and composer of minimal music
. He acquired U.S. citizenship in 2000 and lives in Los Angeles, California
.
During his artistic career that spans over 30 years, composer, conductor, percussionist and video artist Andrea Centazzo has given more than 1500 concerts and live performances in Europe and the United States, as well as appeared and performed on numerous radio and television broadcasts worldwide. He has recorded over 150 LP's and CD's, and has authored 350 compositions mostly published by Warner Chappell (ranging from opera and symphony to solo works) and eight musicology books.
He has performed at festivals, concert seasons and theaters as soloist and conductor of his compositions conducting the American Youth Symphonic Orchestra, the LA Contemporary Orchestra, the Mitteleuropa Orchestra, the ER Youth Symphonic Orchestra and many Ensembles.
He also directed and staged his operas as well theatrical plays of other US authors.
His opera TINA was highly acclaimed in Italy as well in California.
Holding a PHD in Ancient Music from the prestigious University of Bologna, he did teach in Europe as well in USA from Universities to jazz schools.
He has performed and recorded, co-leading, with some of the greatest avant-garde soloists and composers, including John Zorn, Sylvano Bussotti, Steve Lacy, Don Cherry, Evan Parker, Fred Frith, Tom Cora, Alvin Curran, Henry Kaiser, Teo Jöergesmann, Albert Mangelsdorf, Gianluigi Trovesi, Anthony Coleman, Toshinori Kondo, just to name few.
Deservedly, Centazzo has received a number of prestigious music and video Awards (Italian Critic’s Choice Award, Italy, Downbeat Magazine Poll, USA, International Video Festival Tokyo, Japan, Prix Arcanal of French Culture, France, Jazz Forum Critic’s Poll, USA, Bruce Chatwin Award, Italy, Dramalogue Award, USA and many more).
Recently his 30th ICTUS Anniversary Box Set has been nominated Box Set of 2006 by the Journalists of the American Jazz Critics Association.
For 20 years now, Centazzo has been working to create multi-media experiences, combining live music with video images, blending traditional instrumentation with the latest music digital technology.
His two last multimedia solo project MANDALA (inspired by the Buddhist Universe) and ETERNAL TRAVELER (inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci) got vast acclaim from audiences and critics both in USA and Europa, appearing in TV broadcasts at CBS, KPFK, Rai and several international magazines.
In 2006 Centazzo re-established, highly acclaimed, his famous ICTUS Records label, born in 1976 as one of the most prominent catalogues of new contemporary classical and jazz music.
Lately finding a new source of inspiration in Science and Technology Centazzo
wrote and directed 2 worldwide acclaimed multimedia shows: EINSTEIN'S
COSMIC MESSENGERS (with astrophysicist Michele Vallisneri inspired by the
Gravitational Waves) and R-Evolution (inspired by the life and work of Charles Darwin)
Born and raised in Italy, but naturalized American in 1999, since 1992 he lived and worked in Los Angeles, traveling extensively in Asia and Europe.
For more information:
video works @
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=andrea+centazzo&search_type=&aq=f
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1304428/
www.myspace,com/andreacentazzo
www.myspace,com/andreacentazzotranscendentalgongs
www.myspace.com/andreacentazzosoundtracks
www.andreacentazzo.com
www.ictusrecords.com
www.myspace.com/andreacentazzowestcoasttrio
www.myspace.com/centazzorobinsonstowe
www.myspace.com/acvoyagers
www.myspace.com/joegiardulloandreacentazzo
www.myspace.com/elektriktus
2009 La corsa (short)
2009 Mei Mei (short)
2009 Toto Forever (short)
2001 The Circle (short)
1999/I Karaoke (short)
1995 Shadow of a Kiss (TV movie)
1995 Star Struck
1992 Obiettivo indiscreto
1986 Romance
Minimalist music
Minimal music is a style of music associated with the work of American composers La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass. It originated in the New York Downtown scene of the 1960s and was initially viewed as a form of experimental music called the New York Hypnotic School....
. He acquired U.S. citizenship in 2000 and lives in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
.
During his artistic career that spans over 30 years, composer, conductor, percussionist and video artist Andrea Centazzo has given more than 1500 concerts and live performances in Europe and the United States, as well as appeared and performed on numerous radio and television broadcasts worldwide. He has recorded over 150 LP's and CD's, and has authored 350 compositions mostly published by Warner Chappell (ranging from opera and symphony to solo works) and eight musicology books.
He has performed at festivals, concert seasons and theaters as soloist and conductor of his compositions conducting the American Youth Symphonic Orchestra, the LA Contemporary Orchestra, the Mitteleuropa Orchestra, the ER Youth Symphonic Orchestra and many Ensembles.
He also directed and staged his operas as well theatrical plays of other US authors.
His opera TINA was highly acclaimed in Italy as well in California.
Holding a PHD in Ancient Music from the prestigious University of Bologna, he did teach in Europe as well in USA from Universities to jazz schools.
He has performed and recorded, co-leading, with some of the greatest avant-garde soloists and composers, including John Zorn, Sylvano Bussotti, Steve Lacy, Don Cherry, Evan Parker, Fred Frith, Tom Cora, Alvin Curran, Henry Kaiser, Teo Jöergesmann, Albert Mangelsdorf, Gianluigi Trovesi, Anthony Coleman, Toshinori Kondo, just to name few.
Deservedly, Centazzo has received a number of prestigious music and video Awards (Italian Critic’s Choice Award, Italy, Downbeat Magazine Poll, USA, International Video Festival Tokyo, Japan, Prix Arcanal of French Culture, France, Jazz Forum Critic’s Poll, USA, Bruce Chatwin Award, Italy, Dramalogue Award, USA and many more).
Recently his 30th ICTUS Anniversary Box Set has been nominated Box Set of 2006 by the Journalists of the American Jazz Critics Association.
For 20 years now, Centazzo has been working to create multi-media experiences, combining live music with video images, blending traditional instrumentation with the latest music digital technology.
His two last multimedia solo project MANDALA (inspired by the Buddhist Universe) and ETERNAL TRAVELER (inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci) got vast acclaim from audiences and critics both in USA and Europa, appearing in TV broadcasts at CBS, KPFK, Rai and several international magazines.
In 2006 Centazzo re-established, highly acclaimed, his famous ICTUS Records label, born in 1976 as one of the most prominent catalogues of new contemporary classical and jazz music.
Lately finding a new source of inspiration in Science and Technology Centazzo
wrote and directed 2 worldwide acclaimed multimedia shows: EINSTEIN'S
COSMIC MESSENGERS (with astrophysicist Michele Vallisneri inspired by the
Gravitational Waves) and R-Evolution (inspired by the life and work of Charles Darwin)
Born and raised in Italy, but naturalized American in 1999, since 1992 he lived and worked in Los Angeles, traveling extensively in Asia and Europe.
For more information:
video works @
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=andrea+centazzo&search_type=&aq=f
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1304428/
www.myspace,com/andreacentazzo
www.myspace,com/andreacentazzotranscendentalgongs
www.myspace.com/andreacentazzosoundtracks
www.andreacentazzo.com
www.ictusrecords.com
www.myspace.com/andreacentazzowestcoasttrio
www.myspace.com/centazzorobinsonstowe
www.myspace.com/acvoyagers
www.myspace.com/joegiardulloandreacentazzo
www.myspace.com/elektriktus
Filmography
2010 Desire Street2009 La corsa (short)
2009 Mei Mei (short)
2009 Toto Forever (short)
2001 The Circle (short)
1999/I Karaoke (short)
1995 Shadow of a Kiss (TV movie)
1995 Star Struck
1992 Obiettivo indiscreto
1986 Romance
External links
- Andrea Centazzo page
- [ Allmusic entry for Andrea Centazzo]
- Andrea Centazzo official site
- Andrea Centazzo page
- [ Allmusic entry for Andrea Centazzo]
- http://www.myspace.com/andreacentazzotranscendentalgongs
- http://www.myspace.com/andreacentazzosoundtracks
- http://www.ictusrecords.com
- http://www.myspace.com/centazzorobinsonstowe
- http://www.myspace.com/centazzowestcoasttrio
- http://www.myspace.com/acvoyagers
- http://www.myspace.com/joegiardulloandreacentazzo
- http://www.myspace.com/elektriktus
- http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=andrea+centazzo&search_type=&aq=f