Pericopes+1 is an Italian trio project described as “crossover jazz”, with roots in European tradition, African-American music and improvisation, and an affinity for melody and compositional structure, mixed with other post-rock/prog/avantgarde/electronic influences.

Emi Vernizzi - Sax, electronics
Claud Vignali - Piano, Fender Rhodes, electronics
Ruben Bellavia - Drums
Dave Liebman (Saxophone Legend)

Formed by flautist Alba Bru, guitarist Diego Castro, and soprano Peyee Chen, Tracensemble emerges as a new ensemble project created to explore the richness of this particular instrumental combination.

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Contact: davbal@yandex.ru
Composer and pianist David Balasanyan was born in 1983 in Yerevan. He graduated from Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory in 2005, Department of Composition (with Professor Ashot Zohrabyan) and completed his post graduate studies in 2008. In 2009-2013 he worked as an assistant at the same department. David Balasanyan has been a member of the Armenian Union of Composers since 2006. He is an author of chamber, piano, vocal, choral and orchestral works which have been performed in Armenia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Russia, Switzerland, and the USA. Some of Balasanyan’s compositions were published by Swiss ‘’Sordino’’ and Japanese ՛՛Da Vinci Edition՛՛ musical publishing houses. His ‘’The Pillow Тagh’’ composition was performed in Hannover in 2014 which was specially written for the ‘’Octoplus’’ Ensemble, commissioned by NDR Radiophilharmonie. Balasanyan has been a member of the Contemporary Sound Orchestra Ensemble since 2017. He is a laureate of a number of national and international competitions: 3rd Prize at The 6th Sichuan Conservatory of Music Students Compositions Competition (2010, China), Naregatsi Young Composers Award (2006, Armenia), 2nd Prize at Benjamin Britten Competition (2003, Armenia), 1st prize at Competition for piano free improvisation at Naregatsi Art Institute (2016, Armenia/Yerevan) and three prizes in the piano composition competition Fidelio Online in Madrid: Second Prize, jazz category; Third Prize, contemporary atonal category (both 2019) and First Prize, Minimalist-Experimental-New Age category (2021).  He was invited to represent Armenia at the European Composers Congress in Vienna in 2006. David Balasanyan participated in the Youth Cultural Forum of the CIS member states in 2018 in Tula, Russia. David Balasanyan was also a member/vocalist of different choruses: ‘’Vardanank’’, ‘’Armenian Chamber Voices’’, ‘’Hover’’. Being also engaged in jazz performing, David Balasanyan especially prefers to present his own piano free improvisations in different styles (Jazz, Classical, Folk, Meditative, Minimalism). He cooperates with various musicians and uses a variety of electronic equipment. David Balasanyan is an author of several musicological articles, gives private piano lessons and has students who have been awarded prizes. Poetry is among his interests and many of his poems can be found in his book ‘’Arahetner’’ published in 2001.

Here can listen to his music:
CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL WORKS:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUrLyou76Idr9Hy4aPSkFaaZyeBHvGGtD
PIANO FREE IMPROVISATIONS:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUrLyou76IdpdmZhdO40WNmNCHhyD-2oh

Giorgio Colombo Taccani was born in Milan in 1961. He pursued a classical education, graduating from the University of Milan with a thesis in Music History devoted to Bruno Maderna's Hyperion.
At the same time he also studied music, earning a degree in Piano and in Composition at the "G. Verdi" Conservatory in Milan, studying with Pippo Molino and Azio Corghi. He subsequently earned a diploma from the two-year advanced program in Composition taught by Franco Donatoni at the Santa Cecilia Academy of Rome, where he won a S.I.A.E. fellowship; he also took advanced courses with Azio Corghi and György Ligeti and in 1995 was chosen to attend a Summer workshop organized by IRCAM and dedicated to electronic music.
Colombo Taccani's music has won awards and honorable mentions in competitions of both national and international scope, has been regularly presented in concert seasons and music Festivals, has been broadcast by National Radios, and is published by Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, Milan.
Since 1991 to 2001 he has been working with electronic music at AGON acustica informatica musica. 
He assisted Azio Corghi during the advanced course of Composition at the "A. Toscanini" Academy in Parma. Since 1992 to 1999 he taught Composition at the "Civica Scuola di Musica" in Milan. 
Since 2005 he collaborates with the Conducting course (that focuses primarily on contemporary repertoire) taught by Giorgio Bernasconi and Arturo Tamayo at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano.
He teaches Composition at the G. Verdi Conservatory in Turin. 

Countertenor, Composer, Poet
SF / NYC / Helsinki
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The Chaos Era (TCE) is a virtual, asynchronous collaboration of solo artists that come together to invent and produce a project together. Remote file sharing and mixing are the norm. This a band of strangers who capture a theme and share a journey. TCE is led by mythologist Willi Paul and driven by his permaculture-inspired portal Planetshifter.com.

We are interested in working musicians, storytellers and alt-futurists. Please send images / sounds / samples to: willipaul1@gmail.com

boston/dc-based composer + performer (rested field)+ writer

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