Giuliano Modarelli

Giuliano Modarelli
Background information
OriginMilan, Italy
GenresIndian Classical Music, Jazz, World Music, Jazz fusion
Instrumentguitar
Years active2000-
Websitewww.giuliano-modarelli.com

Giuliano Modarelli (born 1977) is a guitarist, composer and producer from Italy.

Biography

Born in Milan in 1977, he moved to England in 2000 where he attended Leeds College of Music. After receiving his Bachelor in jazz music in 2003 he became a full-time musician and started playing with bands like Sawa Teen, Raga Nova and Nshwa with which he played in important festivals such as Bestival and Moor Music Festival and on BBC Radio.

In these years he became interested in Indian music and he started studying it with the Indian sitar master Dharambir Singh, sarod maestros Buddhadev Dasgupta and Prattyush Bannerjee.

He is the founder of the fusion collective Samay and the award-winning ensemble Kefaya with which he has been invited to participate in international festivals like the Womad, Latitude, London Jazz Festival, Darbar Festival, Music Port Festival and radio and television shows on BBC 1/2/3/6 and Asian Network[1] and Doordarshan TV UK.

In 2008, with famous tabla player Bickram Ghosh, he composed music for Bollywood films Little Zizou and The Diamond Murders.[2] In the same year he toured India with Ghosh and percussionist Pete Lockett supporting a musical performance called "East meets West" that made him appear in many Indian national TV programs.[3][4][5][6][7]

Discography

Albums

Solo

  • Englobed - 2012 Manush Records

Sawa Teen

  • Sawa Teen – 2004[8]

Samay

  • Songs for a Global Journey – 2008

Bickram Ghosh & Pete Lockett

  • Kingdom of Rhythm - 2008[9]

Kefaya

  • Radio International - 2016
  • Songs of our Mothers - 2019

Sarathy Korwar

  • Day to Day - 2016 Ninja Tune

Olcay Bayir

  • Ruya - 2019 ARC Music

Soundtracks

  • Little Zizou – 2008
  • The Diamond murders – 2008
  • Naga The Ethernal Yogi - 2016 (composer)[10]

References

  1. ^ "Events - Village India". BBC Asian Network.
  2. ^ Abhishek, Hemant (14 February 2009). "Jazz weds Indian classical music". The Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 17 February 2009.
  3. ^ "Press Reviews". Italian Cultural Institute in New Delhi.
  4. ^ Sharma, Ishita (5 February 2009). "Distant Voices" (PDF). MiD DAY. Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22.
  5. ^ Gupta, Pratim D. (18 March 2009). "Melody comes easily to me: Bickram Ghosh on being a stage performer and a music director". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on March 22, 2009.
  6. ^ "Bickram Ghosh teams with composer of James Bond film for album". newkerala.com. Indo-Asian News Service (IANS). Archived from the original on 5 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Italian guitarist fuses Indian ragas with jazz, flamenco". Thaindian News. Indo-Asian News Service (IANS). 6 February 2009. Archived from the original on 30 November 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
  8. ^ "World on Your Street - Playlist September/October 2004". BBC Radio 3.
  9. ^ Indianexpress
  10. ^ Giuliano Modarelli on IMDb