CALOGERO GIALLANZA / flutes

He is a graduate of the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy. Mr. Giallanza is very active as a performing flautist and composer in Italy and abroad, his repertoire ranges from baroque to contemporary music both as solist and in chamber ensembles. In his capacity as a performer and a composer, he has appeared as guest on the prestigious radio programme “NotturnoItaliano” produced by Radio Rai Italia. He is the Artistic Director of the ‘Ostinati’ Music Workshop which carries out research and experiments on the relationship between music and word. In 2009 the show “Nzula”, by Francesco Randazzo, with original compositions, performed live, by M.° Giallanza won the First Prize as best show of the 2nd National Festival “Schegge d'Autore” from the National Union of Dramatic Authors and the Audience Award for the show of Magna Graecia Institution- Battipaglia Prize.
In 2004, he played the main character in the documentary film "Favola del Vento e del Mare" directed by Pierpaolo Gandini, for which he also composed and perfomed the soundtrack. This documentary, which was produced by SD cinematografica for Italian and International Television, has been aired on RAI 3 Italian TV in the programme “ Geo & amp; Geo” and on Swiss Television – RTSI. In 2009, he won First Prize of the 3rd edition of the IMAIE competition, contemporary classical music section, with the CD "Al muhdailayy". In 2010 he was awarded the VI edition of the “Antonello da Messina” National Prize .
In 2012 he was presented a Medal by the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano for his work as Artistic Director of the Nebroideo OrganFestival “Annibale Lo Bianco”
On December 27th 2013 he was appointed Knight of the Italian Republic for Merit, again by the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano, after a omination from the Prime Minister.
In 2019 he was appointed by the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella, “ Ufficiale”, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
SALIM DADA / guitar, qwitra, vocal

Medical doctor, draftsman and painter of passion. Salim Dada is a prolific composer (more than 120 works: symphonic, chamber music, takht arabi, music of movies, theatre, ballet, guitar, soli, ...), musician poly-instrumentalist (guitar, 'ûd, kwitra, buzuq, ukulele, voice, percussion, ...), researcher musicologist at CNRPAH-Algiers and Paris-Sorbonne University, and Conductor (founder of the Youth Orchestra of Algeria).
Self-taught in music and composition before studying Music Writing at the National Superior Institute of Music in Algiers and ‘Polyphonies’ School in France (2002-2005), Conducting at the Conservatorio Statale di Torino in Italy (2008-2010) and Musicological Research at Paris-Sorbonne University (2010-2012). He is preparing a PhD thesis in ethnomusicology on "Al-Adhân: the call to prayer in Islam" at the Paris-Sorbonne University (IReMus,CNRS, BnF).
As a composer, Salim Dada is an artist committed to Algerian culture in its widest dimensions: Amazigh, Arab, African, Mediterranean and Oriental. There are many rhythmic, modal and timbral elements in his scores, as well as other more Western and contemporary techniques. His scores are defined as universal, they transcend East/West cleavages and ideological and scholastic fights. These compositions have been awarded and played by several orchestras and musical groups in a quarantine of countries of the world
In March 2019, he was appointed President of the National Council of Arts and Letters of Algeria (CNAL).
ANDREA PICCIONI / frame drums, percussion

" …an absolute master of frame drums." - MUSICA JAZZ MAGAZINE
www.andreapiccioni.net
PAST CONCERTS
- - Lundi 22 novembre 2014 à 18h : Chiesa S. Maria in Portico in Campitelli, Roma, Italia
- - Vendredi 13 février 2015 à 20h30 : Notre-Dame University-Louaize (NDU), Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon
- - Samedi 14 février 2015 à 18h : College Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel, Fanar, Lebanon
- - Jeudi 7 mai 2015 à 19h30 : Salle El-Mougar, Alger, Algérie
- - Samedi 9 mai 2015 à 19h30 : Musée du Bardo, Alger, Algérie
- - Dimanche 10 mai 2015 à 19h30 : Le Zénith (Salle "Ahmed Bey"), Constantine, Algérie
PRESS
CONTACT