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Andrea Piccioni

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Considered one of the greatest exponents of the art of frame drumming, Andrea Piccioni, through his studies with great Italian, European, Persian, Turkish, Indian and American teachers (M. Metzler, D. Chemirani, G. Velez), has developed an extraordinary capacity to move through various musical genres and styles, re-ellaborating the language of the Tamburello and various frame drums in a truly personal manner, both virtuosic and expressive.
Founder of the first international frame drums festival "European Frame Drummers Meeting" (Barcelona, Spain), he also holds regular workshops and masterclasses at prestigious festivals including: Nafda (USA), Big Bang Festival (Dublin, Ireland), Internationales Percussionfestival Freistadt (Freistadt, Austria), Tamburi Iran (Isfahan, Iran), Percpan 2009 (Brasile) and is a resident at the most important frame drums festival worldwide, Tamburi Mundi (Freiburg, Germany).
He is president of the Frame Drums Italia association, and Artistic Director of their annual frame drums festival in the Marche region of Italy (FDI international frame drums festival).
During the academic year 2008/2009 he taught a course of Frame Drums and Mediterranean Percussion at the conservatoire of Vicenza "Arrigo Pedrollo" in Italy. His musical collaborations include:
World Music: Nidi D'arac, Unavantaluna, Indaco, Lucilla Galeazzi, Milagro Acustico, Tamburo Mundi (GE), Glen Velez & Lori Cotler (USA).
Jazz: Antonio Calogero, Ensemble Fisfuz (GE/Turk), Paul Mccandless (USA), Camera Ensemble.
Ancient Music: Ensemble Enchiriadis, Freiburger Spielleyt (GE), Orlando Di Lasso Ensemble (GE), Les Haulz Et Les Bas (GE)
In 2008 he participated in the theatrical production "Edipo e la Pizia" by the director Lucia Poli, with Lucia Poli and Giorgio Rossi. In 2010 he was asked by the Teatro dell'Opera of St Polten (Austria) to take part in the Theatre/Dance/ Music production "Engel Der Verzweiflung" by Joachim Schloemer, with who he is currently touring
Europe. He is the author of the first method book for the Italian Tamburello titled "Il Tamburello Italiano",
published in 2006 by Ritmi magazine (previously Percussioni), and in 2009 he published the first DVD teaching method entirely dedicated to the Tamburello, also titled "Il Tamburello Italiano".
In collaboration with the German instrument makers Anklang Musikwelt he has created two different signature
models of Tamburello. He also collaborates with and is endosed by the USA's Cooperman Drums with who he recently realised an innovative Tamburello and a model of the Tammorra, both with synthetic skin.

www.andreapiccioni.net

(Biography supplied by artist management 2011)

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