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Catali Antonini
"Of her first love of the Funk from the 70's she keeps the energy, of the beautiful mediterranean melodies she keeps the lyricism, from the contemporary music she has acquired audacity, all this with the love of a jazz that speaks and rises."
About Me
Catali Antonini, a native of Corsica, is at the junction of the melodist Italian jazz school and
improvised music.
She founded the Antonini trio (with Stephane Pelegri - vibraphone & Manu Vallognes - fretless
bass) in which she performs as a vocal instrumentalist and is able to explore her own personal
take on the European jazz movement and find her place in it.
The Antonini Trio appears regularly on the jazz festivals scenes, has recorded 3 albums:
«Academy House» (1996), «Chateau de Sable» (2001), «d’antre deux terres» (2005) and won
the second prize of the ALLUM’JAZZ competition in 1999.
In 2000, Catali was a finalist in the French National Jazz Orchestra european competition (Dir.
Paolo Damiani).
She obtained the State diploma in Jazz (teaching) in 2007.
Catali’s expression comes directly from researching the sound and phrasing of wind and brass
instruments and she collaborates regularly with wind instrumentalists.
She is also into improvised exchanges with other expressive art forms such as dance, the
visual arts, theatre and electronic music. Her ten years of experience as a dancer herself
influence her research in connecting music with this other artistic languages.
In 1997, she was creator-performer of «Campe» (music: S.Pelegri & C.Antonini /
choreography: Denis Plassard & Tony Vighetto) and worked with dancers from the Folkwang
Hocheshule (Pina Bausch) in Germany in 1999.
In 2003, she was creator-performer (singing and dancing) of «Voyage au fond du berceau»
(music: Antonini Trio / choreography: Marc Neff) and performed in «Sonate en mouvement»
(music: Antonini Trio / choreography: Carla Frison) in 2004.
She adapted texts from the 12th century for the creation of «Rhapsody Lapidum» with
Antonini Trio and Ivan Gouillon (actor) for the Museum of Lyon, in 2007.
In 2012 and 2013 she sings in Encore quelques illusions (Choreography: Denis Plassard /
Compagnie Propos).
In 2006, she was in charge of the artistic and vocal coordination of the «West side story»
(L.Bernstein) adaptation for 15 singers ans 42 musicians.
As a vocalist, she has recorded Stephane Pelegri's «Concerto per Voce» (for Mezzo-soprano
amplified voice and symphony orchestra) and Olivier Massot’s contemporary creation «a
travers l’ennui» (CNSM of Lyon).
She also performed on «Ghardaïa Suite» (for Jazz trio & 30 percussionnists - CNR Chalon-sur-
Saône), «Ellora Suite» (for Jazz trio & eclectic ensemble - Rencontres Musicales de Savoie).
In 2003, she also recorded a solo album «Parole», a project based on jazz arrangements of
popular mediterranean songs with Alfio Origlio, Andre Ceccarelli, Remi Vignolo and Stephane
Pelegri.
In 2009, she is the guest of the Orchestre National de Lyon Percussion and Brass Ensemble for
a tribute to Billie Holiday (live performances and recording of the CD «Tribute to Lady Day»).
In 2012, she recorded the album «The last Etruscan» in duet with Stephane Pelegri (percussion
/vocal).
Since then, she has performed with the Orchestre National de Lyon Percussion and Brass
Ensemble and with a whole host of jazz musicians such as Marcus Printup, Victor Goines,
Wycliffe Gordon, Satoshi Takeshima, Nico Morelli, William Galison, Didier Del Aguila, Michel
Zenino, Mario Stantchev, Andy Barron, Eric Echampard, Roger Guerin, Alfio Origlio, Remi
Goutin, Yvan Oukrid, Stefano Nunzi, Andrea Nunzi, Eric Prost, Laurent Richard, Pascal Berne,
Manu Vallognes, Herve Meschinet, Chris Levan, Diego Imbert…etc.