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Francesco Forges

alt - jazz - prog - world - "off market" musician

About Me

Singer, composer and flutist, was born in Milan, Italy, where he still lives. He studied humanities and music. He worked as a socio-educationalist, singing teacher and chorister. Composer, performer and improvisor he has collaborated with: Zètema Orchestra (with Steve Lacy, Glenn Ferris, G. Trovesi, P. Fresu, E. Colombo), Coro Cantosospeso (with Nanà Vasconcelos, Miriam Makeba), Bruno Tommaso, Gianni Lenoci, Ferdinando Faraò & Artchipel Orchestra, Micrologus Ensemble, “Coro del Teatro Regio” – Turin (under the conduction, a.o. of Semyon Bichkov, Pinchas Steinberg, Bruno Bartoletti), Athestis Chorus (under the conduction a.o. of Myun Wun Chung, Jeffrey Tate), “Teatro alla Scala” – Milan, “Teatro alla Fenice” – Venice, “Piccolo Teatro” – Milano. He created and directed the vocal groups: Voice Band / Concerto per sole voci (with Anna Lauverganc, Maurizio Nobili, Monika Trotz), One More Language (with Shinobu Kikuchi, Francesca Breschi, Beñat Achiary, Carlo Rizzo, etc …). He has performed in concerts and opera productions in Europe, Brazil, Japan and Lebanon participating, among others, the festival “Errobiko Festibala” in Itxassou and “Le Fruit des voix” in Lons Le Saunier (France), “Resonanzen” in Vienna (Austria), “XXIX Festival of Contemporary Music” of Santos (Brazil), “Clusone Jazz”, “Bordighera Jazz & Blues,” “Progetto Jazz” (Cremona), “Jazz in Bocconi (Milan) in Italy.