Giulio Risi

 

Musical Education

Oct 82 - Jul 87  

Modern Piano - Keyboards & Electric Organ 

Polymusic 
8, Via Bolino, Salerno, Italy 

Oct 88 - Jul 95  

Classical Piano 

Potenza Conservatory 
Italy 

Oct 93 - Jul 95  

Jazz Piano & Keyboards Perfecting Course 

Musicisti Associati  
18, Via Zarfagna, Naples, Italy 
  
Oct 93 - to date  

Several Jazz, Latin, Rock, Blues Workshops in Italy & London 

Oct 97 - Jul 98  

Jazz Perfecting Course in Piano, Arranging & Composition 

Westminster College 
Ebury Rd, London SW1

Jul 99

Music production certificate 

City & Islington College

 

Oct 82 -to date  

Self taught through books, methods, didactic videos etc.  

Currently Studing 

 

As a bandleader

November 1999 

Released own album named: " PARTIDO ALTO "

March 2000

Semi-finalist at "Perrier Young jazz Awards"

Work Experience

Sep 85 up tn date  

Musician 

Performed in a wide range of different contexts: 
(Tours; Venues; Square concerts; Clubs; TV and Theatre productions). 
In different settings:  
(Piano solo; Accompanying singers and instrumentalists;Trio-Quartet-Quintet & Big Band concerts). 

Sep 92 - to date 

Piano & Keyboards tutor         Italy & England

 

Oct 93 - to date  

Producer& Pianist, Keyboardist  

  • Session works Italy & England

 

Jul 95 - Dec 96  

Producer& Pianist/Keyboardist  

  • Angelo Camilla Productions: Via F. Massimo 18, Rnme, Italy

Currenly working as a 

Freelance player, Bandleader, Producer & Songwriter, Teacher.

Pop Tours

1985 -1988  

  • Angelo Grey.
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1989 -1991  

  • Le Piccole ore
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1992 

  • Angelo Grey
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1993 

  • Gianni Miani
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1994  

  • Sammy Barbot
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1995  

  • Franco Fasano
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1996  

  • Valerio Liboni & Wilma Goich

    1997 - to date

  • Toured with many English bands troughout England

1999 

    • Tour in Middle East with pop singer Richard Sampson (Polygram signed) 
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1999 

    • Tour with Tony Jones (former bass player in Nina Simone's band) 
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2000
    • 4 months residency with band "Freespirit" at "Hyatt Regency La Manga" (Spain)

1997 - 2000

    • Toured with many English bands troughout England

Musical Skills
    • Musically literate, affording opportunities in the session wnrk domain ( studio production, advertising, jingles, TV-theatre shows and Big Band) 
    • A strong jazz background allows me to improvise over any kind of chord progression as well as an ability to arrange and compose. 
      • Synthesiser programming (see below for details)
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      • Instruments Played
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Acoustic & Electric Piano; Keyboards; Computer Sequencing; Percussions.
    • Main Skills
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Performing, Improvising, Composing, Arranging, Reading,Transcribing,Songwriting, Film-TV Scoring, Music Conduction, Jingles and Backing Vocals. 
    • Music Styles
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Pop, Jazz, Rock, R&B, Latin, Soul, Funk, Blues, World, Gospel, Acid jazz, Ethnic, Folk. Good knowledge of South-American styles

Equipment owned and able tn use
    • Fatar Studiologic 2001 master Keyboard
    • Korg 01 FD Workstation
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    • Kurzweil K2500R Sound module and Sampler (with Kurzweil, Akai and Ensoniq samples)
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    • Oberheim OB3 Squared (Hammond Organ Module)
    • Korg 16 Tracks Sequencer
    • Fatar Studio 900
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    • Roland D 50
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    • Alesis Studio 12R Keyboards Stage Mixer
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    • 2 Montarbo MT150 Keyboards Stage Monitors
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    • All programming (either for studio productions or live tours) on Cubase VST 24 3.7
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    • Scores presented using "Finale"
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    • Other equipment available on request
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Additional Information

Full driving license, transportation presents no problem and available th accept work worldwide.

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