biografia
MARCO CASTELLI
saxophonist- composer
...Marco Castelli is an eclectic artist. Jazz musician, remarkable sax player and composer, he is very active on the musical stage but also in theatre, dance as well as multimedia performances. His style is dynamic and crisp. His clear and essential approach to musical communication gives him the freedom to explore naturally and creatively different languages and sound territories… G.C.
Marco Castelli has performed in international jazz festivals, concerts, recordings and TV/radio broadcasts in Italy, Europe and America (Canada, Venezuela, Perù, Argentina, Uruguay, Mexico, Jamaica, Israel and Dutch Carribean Islands Austria, Germany, France, Switzerland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Croatia, Spain, Greece, Estonia)
In collaboration with other musicians or on his own name, he has recorded more than 30CDs. Since many years he is an active teacher and the conductor of the Bandorkestra.55 in Trieste.
It has played in many bands and it has founded:
Marco Castelli Quartet , toghether with Ermanno Signorelli (guit.) Giovanni Maier
(cb) and Mauro Beggio (drums). The Marco Castelli quartet finds its natural collocation between the best European jazz tradition and the Mediterranean music influence
Dma urbanjazzfunk, which has appeared in numerous important international jazz festivals. The DMA’s music uniquely blends jazz, hip-hop, funk and word music.
Marco Castelli Small & Large Ensemble flexibly ranges from solo to numerous ensembles, according to the nature of its performances. It takes part to theatre and dance performances, music ambiences, music for video art, multimedia events and sax solo+live electronics concerts.
BandOrkestra.55, is a “Modern Popular Band” gathering 18 musicians playing a repertoire that moves freely between latin, swing, boogie, ska and ethnic music, with both original compositions and standards.
Marco Castelli has worked together and performed with, among others:
Philip Catherine, Lee Konitz, Pietro Tonolo, Luis Agudo, Marcus Stockhausen, Gianluca Mosole, Paolo Birro, The Keptorchestra with E. Rava, Mark Abrams, Cheryl Porter, Peter Lipa, Massimo Manzi, Tolo Marton, Sandro Gibellini, Marco Tamburini, Roberto Rossi, Mauro Beggio, Giovanni Maier, Sergio Cossu, The Europlane Orchestra, Orchestra Il Suono Improvviso, The Traditional Jazz Studio of Prague, Pietro Condorelli, Marcello Tonolo, Francesco Bearzatti, Robert Bonisolo, Mauro Negri, U.T. Gandhi, Lello Pareti, Ermanno Signorelli, Gianni Cazzola, David Boato, Luigi Tessarollo, Gabriele Centis, Davide Ragazzoni, Bebo Baldan, Edu Hebling, Jazz Prints, Ines Reiger, Frantisek Uhlir, Rudy Engel, Marco Lakner, Florian Brambock, Darko Jurkovic, Lojze Krajcan, Michael Erian, Roberto Magris, Achim Goettert, Danilo Moccia, ed others…
International festivals:
Athens Jazz Festival 2004 Greece
Corinto Jazz Festival Greece 2004
Corpi Urbani Genova Italy 2004
Mar Del Plata Jazz Festival 2003 Argentina
Lima Jazz Festival 2003 Perù
Jazz Tour Montevideo 2003 Uruguay
Gorizia Jazz Festival Italy 2002
Kaunas Jazz Festival 2002 Lithuania
Gostenhofer Jazztages Nuremberg 2002 Germany
Montreal, Toronto e Halifax Jazz Festival Canada 2001
Half Note Athens 2001Greece
Eurofestival Torino 2001 Italy
Ocho Rios Jazz Festival 2000 Jamaica
Festival Jazz San Sebastian 2000 Spain
Festival del Mediterraneo Bari 2000 Italy
Cervantes en Todas Partes 1997 e 1999 Mexico
Festival de Merida 1999 Mexico
Curacao Jazz Festival 1999 Dutch Carribean
Jazzkaar 1999 Tallinn Estonia
Trieste Jazz 1999 Italy
Corinto 1998 Greece
Jena 1997 Germany
Festival Cervantino 1997 Mexico
International Festival Metepec 1997 Mexico
Vicenza Jazz Italy1997
Halle 1996 Germany
Jazz Italia Verona Italy 1996
Nord Est Jazz Fest Mestre1996 Italy
International Moritzburg Jazz Festival Halle 1996 Germany
Jazz Time Rijeka 1994, 1995 e 1996 Croatia
Raab 1994 Austria
Festival di Zagabria 1993
Estate Jazz Gorizia 1993 Italy
Jazz Time S. Donà Venezia 1993 Italy
Jazz Festival Wurzburg 1992 Germany
Ancona Jazz 1992 Italy
Lange Jazz Nacht Lindau 1990 e 1991 Germany
Jazz Ost/West Nuernberg 1990 Germany
Jazz in Zentrum Bremen 1990 Germany
Festival Jazz St. Cugat del Vales 1990 Spain
Eurojazz Festival di Ivrea 1990 Italy
Pannonton Jazz Napok Budapest 1989 Hungaria
Messina Jazz Meeting 1989 Italy
Prerov Jazz Days 1988 Czechoslovakia