The Harmonia Ensemble is an Italian chamber music

Chamber music

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 group started in 1991 under the direction of Giampiero Bigazzi. Beginning as a trio (Orio Odori, clarinet; Damiano Puliti, cello; Alessandra Garosi, keyboards) they have worked with many other musicians in their career. Their repertoire is eclectic, covering music of modern composers, popular

Popular music

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, jazz

Jazz

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, ethnic styles, and original compositions. Their concerts and albums have featured music by Nino Rota

Nino Rota

Nino Rota was an Italian composer and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti...

, Gavin Bryars

Gavin Bryars

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, Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...

, Roger Eno

Roger Eno

Roger Eugene Eno was born in Woodbridge, England in 1959. He is known primarily as an ambient composer.He began euphonium lessons at twelve and at sixteen entered Colchester College to study music...

, and the Beatles, among others.

Their recordings include:

• Nino Rota 1992
• In a Room (music of Roger Eno) 1993
• Harmonia meets Zappa 1994
• Events Line 1996
• The North Shore (music of Gavin Bryars) 1999
• Fellini: L’Uomo dei Sogni 2001
• Gypsies 2001
• Ulixes (with Kočani Orkestar
  Kočani Orkestar
  Kočani orkestar also credited under the names: Kocani orkestar, Kocani Orchestra, Kochani orkestar and Kochani Orchestra is a Macedonian Romani brass band from Kočani, Macedonia led by Naat Veliov .Kočani orkestar are among the funkiest exponents of the Balkan brass band style which is found across...
  
  ) 2001