E Bairàv Ensemble
#1 Cratere Bartòk
Fabrizio Meloni (clarinet)
Emiliano Rodriguez (saxophones)
Massimiliano Rocchetta (piano)
Roberto Bartoli (doublebass)
"E Bairàv Ensemble" - literally "The Ensemble of the Wind" - for more than ten years has devoted its work to the study of the musical traditions of the Balkan countries, which have been researched by Bartok and Kodaly since the beginning of the last century, when they contributed significantly to the birth of ethno-musicology.
After partecipating in several festivals, it received very enthusiastic acclaim from audiences and critics alike, and it published the CDs "Pulcherrima Ignota" - tribute to the gypsy music of the world and "The Music of the Wind" with the Orchestra "I Virtuosi Italiani".
"E Bairàv Ensemble's" previous project was dedicated to Béla Bartók and based on unpublished and original compositions, which are inspired by the musical thought of the great Hungarian master.
Paying homage to a giant of music through composing could be a big challenge. With this in mind, "E Bairav Ensemble" has approached this work, inspired both by Bartok's pioneering attitude to merge the western classical music and popular styles and by his mastery of rework melodic and rhythmic elements within complex musical forms.
The title of the project is "#1 Cratere Bartok". This name comes from a depression on the surface of the planet Mercury, so called in honor of the great composer. It represents for us a kind of "virtual crater" constantly boiling. Here, popular elements, classic forms, Eastern Europe traditions, european and american contemporary influences, composition and improvisation, constantly mix up, blend, change, by creating a heterogeneous mixture of sound in which the differences merge into a coherent and solid language."E Bairav ensemble" has released a CD/DVD dedicated to this previous project, published by the prestigious label Limenmusic (Warner/Chappell) and presented in world premiere at the "Teatro alla Scala" in Milan.
Fabrizio Meloni, first clarinet soloist of the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra in Milan since 1984, has collaborated with great world-famous conductors and soloists (B. Canino, A. Lonquich, H. Schiff, F. Gulda, Hagen Quartet, M.W. Chung , P. Moll, Fine Arts Quartet, D. Baremboim, etc.). He has held concerts in the most important halls in the world, masterclasses in the most prestigious academies and recorded with important label such as Deutsche Grammophon, Warner, CPO, etc.
Emiliano Rodriguez has performed in Europe, Africa and the Middle East and has collaborated with prestigious orchestras (Teatro alla Scala of Milan, Rai National Symphonic Orchestra, Rome Opera Theatre, San Carlo Theatre in Naples,etc.), great conductors (R. Muti, D. Robertson, E. Inbal, G. Pretre, D. Harding, R. Chailly, D. Gatti, Z. Metha) and important jazz musicians such as P. Fresu, E. Rava, S. Bollani, G. Trovesi, P. Favre, H. Bullock, Dado Moroni, M. Godard, L. Biondini, G. Mirabassi, E. Fioravanti, J. Girotto, etc. He is a saxophone teacher at the Academy of Music “Briccialdi” in Terni (Italy).
Roberto Bartoli, double bass player, composer and arranger, has participated in prestigious international jazz festivals collaborating with important artists of different backgrounds such as S. Grossmann, P. Fresu, G. Trovesi, Dum Um Romao, L. Bowie, F. D'Andrea, E. Fioravanti, S. Battaglia, M. Urbani, Tony Scott, M. Tamburini, G. Mirabassi, D. Schnitter, C. Davis, M. Brunello, L. Biondini, etc. He has recorded with Dodicilune, Limenmusic (Warner / Chappell), El Gallo Roho,
Massimiliano Rocchetta, pianist, composer and arranger, jazz piano teacher at the Academy of Music “Rossini” Pesaro (Italy), has played all over the world and collaborated with prestigious artists such as B. Brookmeyer, Anne Ducros, Dave Weckl, F. Bosso, M. Tamburini, A. Dulbecco, B. Herbin, B. Tommaso, F. Boltro, Giorgio Albertazzi, etc. The collaboration with the great american saxophonist Bob Mintzer is recent, on the occasion of the recording of latest CD “Intelligenze naturali" (2020).
Video & Audio
Hora 4:32
Hungarian Aries 5:10
Passeggiata al cratere Bartok 3:37