I'm a Portuguese musician based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
I've worked extensively as guitarist, composer, arranger and singer.

Francesco Valente, is Italian. He is graduated in Literatures (Universitá Statale di Milano, 2000), in Music (Escola Superior Música de Lisboa, 2011). He has attended two year of the Masters in Art in Ethnomusicology, achieving a classification of 16/20 (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, FSCH, 2013). He wrote his dissertation, taking supervision by prof. Salwa El-Shawan Castelo Branco, and prof. Carlos Sandroni, about the music of Northeast Brasil, Frevo. He was working as member of the Center for Research on Carnival’s Music of Pernambuco, located in the Music Department of the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). Actually he is achieving the PhD degree of Ethnomusicology in Universidade Nova de Lisboa, FSCH.
He attended various courses and workshop of electric bass, double bass and composition, since 1996: courses in Havana (Cuba) at the National School of Arts (ENA), Barreiro School of Jazz in 2003 (with Afonso Pais), he attended workshop’s with John Taylor, Mike Mainieri, Marc Miralt, Carlos Bica, Carlos Barretto, David Binney, Martin Sued. He get a degree in music, jazz, bass in Lisbon Music School ESML, attended between 2008 and 2011, where he studied with Nelson Cascais, Bernardo Moreira, Bruno Santos, Andre Fernandes, João Pedro Moreira, Gonçalo Marques, Lars Arens, among others.
He have collaborated and performed with numerous artists, such as:  Manu Chao, Marcos Suzano, David Murray, Mike Manieri, Orchestra Piazza Vittorio, Rão Kyao, Raimundo Amador, Mimmo Epifani, António Zambujo, Paulo Flores, Sara Tavares, Aline Frazão, JP Simões, Rajastan Roots, Jazzanova, Mo'Horizons, Youssou N’dour, Voginha, Timbila Muzimba, La Chiva Cantiva, Kimi Djabate, Salvador Sobral, Mario Tronco, Pino Pecorelli, José Barros, Mahesh Vinayakram, Kutla Khan, Oori Shalev, Kika Santos e Looples, Dazkarieh, Groove 4tet, João Pedro Pais, Alípio Neto, Al Gazarra, Cool Hipnoise, Fogue d’Mar, Dino de Santiago, Rafael Martini, Luiz Gabriel Lopes, Tatanka, Sara Correia, Luísa Sobral,  Pedro Luís, Tiago Nacarato, Ne Ladeiras, Quiné Telles, Laura Lopes, La Macchina Volante, Hugo Trinidade, Luís Vicente, Ciganos d'Ouro, Andre Cabaço, Brahima Galissa, Eneida Marta, Maria Alice, Phil Mendrix, Ponto de Equilibrio, Terra Livre, etc.
He plays actually in several festivals in the international circuit of Jazz and World Music: Montreux Jazz Festival, Sfinx Festival, Exit Festival, Boom Festival, Rock in Rio Festival, etc. He is currently a member of Terrakota, Orquestra Todos, Jungle Jazz Orchestra, Tora Tora Big Band, Orquestra Assíntomatica de Martin Sued, Coladera, Ayom, Cordel, Anonima Nuvolari, João Pires, Susana Travassos, Suzie & the boys, Chibanga Groove, Danilo Lopes 5tet, Xafu and MoFrancesco Quintetto as a band leader. 


MoFrancesco Quintetto:

The Quintet proposes a modern jazz and fusion music with Mediterranean and Iberian classic and traditional music. The aim is to join the universal language of jazz music and an array improvisative original arrangements and also expressing the essence of the music from the land of origin of the musicians, in particular different styles and sounds of the Mediterranean.

The Line-up is:

- Guto Lucena (Tenor and soprano Sax, Bass Clarinet, baritone sax, flute) e/or João Capinha (tenor sax, flute)
- Johannes Krieger (Trumpet) 
- Iuri Gaspar (Piano) 
- Miguel Moreira (Drums)
- Francesco Valente (Double Bass)


Discography:

“Maloca”, MoFrancesco Quintetto, Art of Life Records, 2013

"Piedra Solar", MoFrancesco Quintetto, Sintoma Records, 2014

Links:

http://sintomarecords.wix.com/sintomarec#!mofrancesco-quintetto/cmka

http://www.artofliferecords.com/maloca.html

http://www.pontozurca.pt/?cpt_discography=mofrancesco-quintetto-maloca

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