{"id":6129,"date":"2017-11-23T15:07:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T14:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/?page_id=6129"},"modified":"2025-11-27T08:46:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T07:46:43","slug":"xyquartet-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/bands\/xyquartet-2\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"XYQuartet"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row type_default valign_top\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner type_sticky\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/xy_quartet_logo.png\" ref=\"magnificPopup\" aria-label=\"Link\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/xy_quartet_logo.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/xy_quartet_logo.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/xy_quartet_logo-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/xy_quartet_logo-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/xy_quartet_logo-600x400.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>XYQuartet<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nicola Fazzini (alto sax)<\/li>\n<li>Alessandro Fedrigo (bass guitar)<\/li>\n<li>Saverio Tasca (vibes)<\/li>\n<li>Luca Colussi (drums)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper width_auto align_left\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_10 larghezza100\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/download\/press_kit_xy.zip\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">DOWNLOAD PRESSKIT<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-tabs style_default switch_click accordion has_scrolling type_togglable title_atleft icon_chevron iconpos_right\"><div class=\"w-tabs-sections\"><div class=\"w-tabs-sections-h\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section active\" id=\"1616143362057-71e110c9-19db57b3-9869\"><button aria-controls=\"content-1616143362057-71e110c9-19db57b3-9869\" class=\"w-tabs-section-header active\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-header-h\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">Introduction<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/div><\/button><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-1616143362057-71e110c9-19db57b3-9869\" aria-expanded=\"true\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"w-image align_center\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img width=\"2560\" height=\"1878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/XYquartet2025_003-2-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/XYquartet2025_003-2-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/XYquartet2025_003-2-1-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/XYquartet2025_003-2-1-1024x751.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/XYquartet2025_003-2-1-768x563.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p align=\"center\">\u00abQUAND LA RECHERCHE MUSICALE PRODUIT DE LA BEAUT\u00c9 ON NE PEUT QUE S\u2019EXTASIER\u00bb<br \/>\n<strong>Serge Baudot, <em>Jazz Hot<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00abXY PLAYS A \u2018MODERN JAZZ\u2019 WITH CROSS STRUCTURES, COMPLEX CONNECTIONS AND A CONSTANT COURAGE TO RISK\u00bb<br \/>\n<strong>Ernst Mitter, <em>Freistil<\/em>, November 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00abONE OF THE MOST PECULIAR ITALIAN JAZZ GROUPS OF OUR TIME\u00bb<br \/>\n<strong>Stefano Merighi, <em>Centro d\u2019Arte in Padua<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00abONCE YOU GET INTO &#8220;XY&#8221;&#8216;S GAME, YOU&#8217;LL BE FASCINATED BY IT. EXCELLENT\u00bb<br \/>\n<strong>Enrico Bettinello, <em>Il Giornale della Musica<\/em>, May 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThey captivate with stimulating dramaturgy, impeccable taste, elegance, and a completely natural virtuosity.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Von Udo Andris<em>, Badische Zeitung<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThe XYQuartet is one of the most cohesive and consistent groups in the \u2018new\u2019 Italian jazz. They love experimental languages and refined sonorities; they absorb a great deal from jazz but go beyond it.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Luigi Onori, <em>Il Manifesto<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cTheir music is anarchic and perfectly in tune with its context; the audience greatly appreciates their eagerness to experiment.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Ralf Dombrowski, <em>UK Jazz News<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThe technical excellence and speed of thought of the four musicians ensure that every interlock fits perfectly\u2014like the gears of a clock\u2014turning the music into a celebration.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Aldo Gianolio, <em>Audio Review<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cLexycon once again proves XYQuartet\u2019s determination in pursuing its vision. At the center lies a precise timbral idea that defines the project\u2019s deep identity: an idea ready to unfold in the quartet\u2019s essential form, perfectly aligning with the ensemble\u2019s curiosity and eclecticism and with its path balanced between intellectual tension and a sense of improvisation.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Fabio Ciminiera, <em>Jazz Convention<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ITALIAN SECOND &#8220;BEST GROUP&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>TOP JAZZ 2014 and 2017 &#8211; MUSICA JAZZ magazine<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>XY Quartet is a musical ensemble formed by Nicola Fazzini on alto saxophone, Alessandro Fedrigo on electric bass, Saverio Tasca on vibraphone, and Luca Colussi on drums. The quartet was born out of the shared desire of Nicola Fazzini and Alessandro Fedrigo to create a sonic world, a scenario for new improvisational possibilities and innovative forms of musical writing. Interlaced sequences, pitch class sets, non-retrogradable rhythms, and polymeters are among the elements that constitute the grammar of the XY language, a fluid and original compositional tool, complex in structure but generous in its modes of communication.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 2011, the ensemble has released six albums through nusica.org (Idea F, XY, Orbite, QuartettoQuartetto, StraborDante and Lexycon) and is considered a significant presence in the new Italian jazz scene. It received awards as the second-best Italian group in 2014 and 2017 from the magazine Musica Jazz. In its active concert career, XY Quartet has participated in major national and European jazz festivals.<\/p>\n<p>In live performances, XY Quartet is characterized by the strength and expressive effectiveness with which it processes musical materials in a constant balance between composition and improvisation. The quartet&#8217;s repertoire is influenced by various sources, including musical explorations of the 20th century, from serialism to minimalism, as well as inspiration from non-sonic realms such as science fiction, architecture, literature, and linguistics. The transdisciplinary and unique approach makes XY Quartet a truly original ensemble on the international scene. The members of the quartet like to imagine that their music has been inspired and composed by Jon Futuru, an imaginary character living in a distant space-time: elements of the musical language are taken out of their historical, geographical, and social context and projected into another dimension that becomes a hypothetical extraterrestrial future.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, XY Quartet has undertaken various original live projects, including &#8220;5 Astronauts,&#8221; a multimedia concert in collaboration with video artist Claudio Sichel, and &#8220;StraborDante,&#8221; a performance with the voice of John De Leo and multivisions by Francesco Lo Pergolo inspired by Dante Alighieri&#8217;s Inferno. The ensemble has performed at numerous jazz festivals and venues across Italy and has toured in Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Luxembourg, and Hungary.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"1616143362099-6fc32439-7c7e57b3-9869\"><button aria-controls=\"content-1616143362099-6fc32439-7c7e57b3-9869\" class=\"w-tabs-section-header\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-header-h\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">Bio<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/div><\/button><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-1616143362099-6fc32439-7c7e57b3-9869\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p class=\"\" data-start=\"64\" data-end=\"262\"><strong>Nicola Fazzini<\/strong> is a saxophonist and composer, born in Milan but based in Venice, with extensive experience performing live both in Italy and abroad. He has over forty album recordings to his credit. For years, he has been involved in innovative and experimental music projects (Nicola Fazzini Quartet, XYQuartet, Hyper +, CREI), and has performed with artists such as Enrico Rava, Peter Erskine, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Miles Okazaki, Amir ElSaffar, Fran\u00e7ois Houle, and Samuel Blaser. He has served as the artistic director of several music festivals (including <em data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"644\">Jazz a Mira<\/em> and <em data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"674\">Jazz Area Metropolitana<\/em>), and has collaborated on numerous projects with the cultural association nusica.org and Ca\u2019 Foscari University of Venice. A graduate in Jazz Saxophone, he currently teaches Jazz Composition at the Tartini Conservatory in Trieste.<br data-start=\"906\" data-end=\"909\" \/><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nicolafazzini.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"909\" data-end=\"962\">www.nicolafazzini.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alessandro Fedrigo.<\/strong> Bassist, composer, and improviser Alessandro Fedrigo is one of the few specialists in the fretless bass (without frets). He has performed at the most important jazz festivals in Italy and toured in the USA, Canada, Germany, Austria, Finland, Poland, Estonia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Croatia, England, Switzerland, Serbia, Latvia, Luxembourg, Ecuador, and Japan. A focus on sound is one of the defining traits of this musician, who has honed his craft through a long apprenticeship during which he explored jazz, free improvisation, experimental music, and electronic music blended with multimedia performances. He has recorded around forty albums with various ensembles.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alessandrofedrigo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>www.alessandrofedrigo.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saverio Tasca plays both vibes and marimba but he is also a composer who experiments different music languages like jazz, contemporary and classical. He worked both in Italy and all other the world also for the theatre, playing with Franco D\u2019Andrea, Jovanotti, Ivano Fossati and many others. Now he teaches at Vicenza Conservatory.<br \/>\nHe believes that classical music and ethnic music are the real sources of these days music. His path implies free connections between him and the other musicians and between him and the different instruments he plays. It implied a lot of collaborations visible on his instrumental style too. So the timpani, the drum and avant-garde instruments echo on his phrasing and on his keyboards. His project are Saverio Tasca Trio, a duo with Roberto Gemo and the Vibeguitar Quartet. He played in CREI Ensemble.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saveriotasca.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>www.saveriotasca.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Luca Colussi is an eclectic drummer who works in different situations; he is an improviser, a composer and a teacher too. In fifteen years he worked for the theatre, for movies and in poetry readings, but he dedicated most of his time to jazz music. He studied and played with Kenny Wheeler, Fred Hersch, John Taylor, with whom he recorded a cd. He has played with David Liebman, Andy Gravish, Mike Applebaum, Francesco Bearzatti, F. Bosso, F. Boltro and many others in Italy and all over Europe. He has a great flexibility on rhythm, an amazing groove and an outstanding creativity; these are the most important characteristics of his style. Among his latest projects there are <em>Rosa Brunello y los Fermentos<\/em> (they have just been produced by CAM-Jazz), Glauco Venier Quartet\u00a0 and Dario Carnovale Trio (they have just been produced by Alb\u00f3re for the Japanese market).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lucacolussi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>www.lucacolussi.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"1616144522879-82acdaeb-947457b3-9869\"><button aria-controls=\"content-1616144522879-82acdaeb-947457b3-9869\" class=\"w-tabs-section-header\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-header-h\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">Projects<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/div><\/button><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-1616144522879-82acdaeb-947457b3-9869\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img width=\"1300\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_header_2021.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_header_2021.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_header_2021-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_header_2021-768x317.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_header_2021-1024x423.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_header_2021-600x248.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_header_2021-1200x496.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4>XY<\/h4>\n<p>Nicola Fazzini (alto sax), Alessandro Fedrigo (bass guitar), Saverio Tasca (vibes), Luca Colussi (drums)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-video align_left ratio_16x9\"><div class=\"w-video-h\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F1czIhh0hSQ?autoplay=0&controls=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nusica.org%2Fweb\" allowfullscreen=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"w-video-icon\" style=\"font-size:1.5rem;background:rgba(0,0,0,0.5);color:#fff;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img width=\"1300\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_Astronauts.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_Astronauts.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_Astronauts-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_Astronauts-768x317.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_Astronauts-1024x423.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_Astronauts-600x248.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_Astronauts-1200x496.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h5>5 Astronauts<\/h5>\n<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large XcVN5d tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Traduzione\"><span lang=\"en\">A multimedia project in collaboration with the video artist Claudio Sichel.<br \/>\n<\/span>Nicola Fazzini (alto sax), Alessandro Fedrigo (bass guitar), Saverio Tasca (vibes), Luca Colussi (drums), Claudio Sichel (visuals)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-video align_left ratio_16x9\"><div class=\"w-video-h\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bTgD5qZLsts?autoplay=0&controls=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nusica.org%2Fweb\" allowfullscreen=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"w-video-icon\" style=\"font-size:1.5rem;background:rgba(0,0,0,0.5);color:#fff;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img width=\"1300\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_quartetto.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_quartetto.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_quartetto-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_quartetto-768x317.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_quartetto-1024x423.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_quartetto-600x248.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_quartetto-1200x496.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h5>QuartettoQuartetto<\/h5>\n<p>A project realized with four percussionists of the Arrigo Pedrollo Conservatory of Vicenza.<br \/>\nNicola Fazzini (alto sax), Alessandro Fedrigo (bass guitar), Saverio Tasca (vibes), Luca Colussi (drums), Christian Del Bianco (percussions), Paolo Zanin (percussions), Rossano Muzzupapa (percussions), Luca Gallio (percussions).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/label\/19-quartettoquartetto\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19_nusica_QuartettoQuartetto.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19_nusica_QuartettoQuartetto.png 1072w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19_nusica_QuartettoQuartetto-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19_nusica_QuartettoQuartetto-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19_nusica_QuartettoQuartetto-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19_nusica_QuartettoQuartetto-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19_nusica_QuartettoQuartetto-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/19_nusica_QuartettoQuartetto-350x350.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img width=\"1200\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_StraborDante-e1610290871159.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_StraborDante-e1610290871159.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_StraborDante-e1610290871159-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nusica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/xy_progetto_StraborDante-e1610290871159-1024x423.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4>StraborDante<\/h4>\n<p><strong>XYquartet &amp; John De Leo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>StraborDante<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A musical journey of 9 stages in Dante\u2019s Inferno<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>John De Leo \u2013 voice,\u00a0<\/em><em>Alessandro Fedrigo \u2013 music compositions and arrangements, electric bass,\u00a0<\/em><em>Nicola Fazzini \u2013 music compositions and arrangements, alto sax \/XYQuartet,\u00a0<\/em><em>Luca Colussi \u2013 drums\/XYQuartet,\u00a0<\/em><em>Saverio Tasca \u2013 vibraphone \/ XYQuartet,\u00a0<\/em><em>Vincenzo De Vivo \u2013 dramaturgy and lyrics,\u00a0<\/em><em>Francesco Lopergolo \u2013 multivisions,\u00a0<\/em><em>Franco Naddei \u2013 live electronics<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On the occasion of the VII centenary celebrations in 2021 for Dante Alighieri\u2019s death, <em>StraborDante<\/em> is born: a musical journey between jazz, rock and noise, in which the imaginary of Dante\u2019s <em>Inferno <\/em>comes to life in a multimedia show. Original songs and rearrangements of thirteenth-fourteenth-century compositions by the XYQuartet , talk through the unique voice of John De Leo and the images created by the artist Francesco Lopergolo.\u00a0During the nine different stages of the <em>StraborDante<\/em>\u2019s journey, meetings, dialogues, awesomeness, allegories and the extraordinary inventions that populate the most evocative Canto of the Divine Comedy come definitely to life.<\/p>\n<p>To give life to the rich imaginary of <em>Inferno<\/em> is the sound of XYQuartet, a prominent ensemble of the Italian and European jazz scene: Nicola Fazzini (alto sax), Alessandro Fedrigo (electric bass), Saverio Tasca (vibraphone) and Luca Colussi (drums).\u00a0Nicola Fazzini and Alessandro Fedrigo are the music composers : 4 original tracks \u2013 <em>Oscura <\/em>(N. Fazzini<em>). Limbo <\/em>(A. Fedrigo<em>), Pozzo del Gigante <\/em>(N. Fazzini<em>), Canto Invisibile <\/em>(A. Fedrigo) which describe the places between the circles of <em>Inferno<\/em>. To this we add the work of arrangiament of 4 medieval compositions taken from il Laudario di Cortona, musical code of the XIII century, works of \u00a0Marchetto da Padova, author of songs and motets like Ave regina coelorum\/Mater innocenccie (Marchetto da Padova)- rearranged in a duplicate Version of <em>Ave Corpus Sanctum<\/em>(Marchetto da Padova), <em>Peccatrice Nominata<\/em> (Laudario di Cortona AAVV) and <em>Piangiamo del crudel basciar<\/em> (Laudario di Cortona AAVV) and considered one of the first representatives of Ars Nova in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>The interpretation of the texts and of the original dramaturgy of Vincenzo De Vivo, is performed by John De Leo: an eclectic and versatile artist, one of the most interesting voices among with his extraordinary stage presence in the Italian music scene of the last decade. His voice-instrument , at times warm, acute, scratchy,and deeply felt is perfectly able to interpret the multiple shades of the composition, from singing to acting.\u00a0A remarkable interpretation that, together with the electronic live by to Franco Naddei , gives words and dialogues back to the famous characters like Virgilio, Paolo and Francesca, Pier Delle Vigne, Ulisse, Count Ugolino encountered during the journey from the dark forest to the heart of the underworld.<\/p>\n<p><em>StraborDante<\/em> borders on the visual performance thanks to the images that take shape with multi-visions by the artist Francesco Lopergolo. The musicians are completely absorbed in settings, appearances, visual allegories, achieved by the alteration of the images and \u00a0the re-elaborated version of the shooting at Grotte del Caglieron , in the region of Montello. (Fregona TV).<\/p>\n<p>The intrinsic bond between music, acoustics, poetry and image examined by the same father of the Italian language with <em>StraborDante<\/em> is not only an artistic action but more a philological reconstruction aimed to led poetry to its most authentic origin back, to a time when the relationship with music was much closer, in an almost symbiotic way.\u00a0By \u201cOverflowing\u201d and turning the borders between theatrical pi\u00e8ce, concert, and the historical and linguistic boundaries upside-down, the show leads us right into the Word and Dante\u2019s vision, returning it with all the dynamism and newness of the extraordinary immortal Work, that is still able to convey its greatness.<\/p>\n<p>The project has been promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Cooperation \u2013 General Management for the Country System Promotion \u2013 within the project \u201cVivere all\u2019italiana in musica\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div 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