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Rino Adamo
violin
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Started his first studies under his grandfather, a violinist, and then continued
his studies for several years at the conservatories "E.R.Duni" in Matera and
"U.Giordano" in Foggia.
After his experience as an orchestra violinist in the symphonic and operatic
scenes, he started to dedicate himself more deeply to a personal instrumental
research which brought him, in the early 80's to play with local musicians in
the contest of derivative traditional
music from Basilicata.
In 1986 and 1987,
he performed as a gypsy violinist in numerous shows for the "Darix Togni
Circus".
From 1988 to 1994 he
studied at Seminars presented by Siena Jazz mainly with Gianluigi
Trovesi and Enrico
Rava.Also
with Bruno Tommaso in the "Orchestra Laboratorio".From 1992 to 1995 he
became first solo violinist for the "Orchestra Utopia" directed by B.Tommaso and
once again together with B.Tommaso, in 1996 and 1997 joined
the group "Il Diritto e Il Rovescio".With these two groups, he participated in
various discographic productions, concerts, and multimedial events in the most
important Italian festivals.
In 2000,
he created the "Rino Adamo Quartetto" with Loïc Dequidt on piano, Massimo De
Stephanis as double bassist, Fréderic Delestré on drums and produced "Nebedoti"
(Le Carrozze Records) his first record in his own name.His quartet was invited
in 2001,
to the Italian Jazz Siena Jazz Festival.
In 2002,with
the pianist Sergio Corbini, he produced "Antologia Italiana" (Le Carrozze
Records).
In 2004,
he recorded and distributed "Variazioni su un Tema" (Splasch - Contemporary)
with the "Rino Adamo Fiii Quartet"(Loïc Dequidt at the piano, Mauro Gargano as
double bassist and Fabio Accardi on the drums)."Variazioni su un Tema" (awarded
by the magazine "Musica Jazz") has been included in the National Music Archive
Catalog ("Discoteca di Stato – Istituto Centrale per I Beni Sonori ed
Audiovisivi – Museo dell'Audiovisivo")
In 2005,
he recorded and distributed "Playing with Eric – the music of Eric Dolphy"
(Splasch - Contemporary) with Sergio Corbini and double bassist Giovanni Maier.
In 2006,
in collaboration with AJMI (Association pour le Jazz et les Musiques
Improvisées) of Avignon and Siena Jazz/ The National Academy of Jazz (for its 30
year anniversary), created the project "Euro Jazz Lab" with Sergio Corbini,
Samuel Silvant,Bernard Santacruz and others musicians.After a series of concerts
in France and Italy, with this quintet he recorded a cd which has not yet been
distributed.
In 2008,
he collaborated with Professor Riccardo Putti from the Literature department to
produce the theatrical piece "Grisou", inspired by the work of Luciano
Bianciardi, presenting original music and performing live at the Auditorium of
Santa Chiara at the University of Siena.
In 2013 he
produced, again as a duo with Sergio Corbini, "Le Forme delle Emozioni", a
project on Music and Italian Films - (ZDM Records).
In 2014,
taking a new direction in electronic experimentation,he founded with the
trumpeter, Mariano Di Nunzio and the saxophonist/clarinetist Sandro Marra, the
Trio "Almost Modern 3" distributing the record with the same name (Mardin
Records).This record was awarded in 2015 by
the magazines "Musica Jazz" and "JazzIt".
Continuing his musical experimentation,in2015 Rino
is creator of the project "Quasimodo" with
ClaudioRiggio(Guitar/Electronics,AlessandroGiachero(FenderRhodes/Synth),FilippoManni(Theremin/Electronics),Giuseppe
Sardina(Drums/Percussions).
With this Quintet he publishes in 2016 "Episteme
of a Dream"(Filibusta Records).In the same year and under the same label he
publishes his first completely solo record: "Electric Life Suite-14 Violin
Solos",first personal summary of a work of several years of research on
electronics applied to the violin.
Continuing his experimental journey, in 2017 he
records with the singer Boris Savoldelli,and the cd entitled "Convergenze" is
published in 2018 by
Onyx Jazz Club.The disc is awarded in the "41st Jazz Station Awards/The Best
Jazz of 2019".
In the same year is published "Endless Work" (Slam Productions) in Trio with
Stefano Franceschini (Saxes/Clarinet/Electronics) and Sergio Corbini
(Piano/Synthesizer).
In 2019 Rino
creates his own Label (MyLab) and publishes "Music for a Film Never Filmed",her
second disc mainly alone.
With this Label he publishes in
2021
"Tra Due Mondi –
between two worlds" and in
2022
"
Esercizi Spirituali e Altre Storie"
Since the '80s,
Rino, accompanies his musical activities as a music teacher in State Middle
Schools.
*for discography,groups, and press reviews back to italian
pageContacts and Information
atonalworld@gmail.com
[ translation by Pia Savoia Muran – de Assereto, email: piasavoia@hotmail.com ]
[ translation by Pia Savoia Muran – de Assereto, email:
piasavoia@hotmail.com ]
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