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Maurizio Minardi

Maurizio Minardi is an Italian composer, pianist, and accordionist currently based in Paris. Throughout his extensive career, he has traversed a multitude of musical genres, including classical, world music, pop, jazz, neoclassical, and electronic music. To date, he has released 14 albums across Italy, England, and France.

Maurizio's formal education includes studies in piano, organ, and composition at the Conservatorio 'Martini' in Bologna, Italy. He further honed his jazz skills through workshops with esteemed musicians such as Barry Harris, Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Danilo Rea, and Simone Zanchini.

In his early career, Maurizio founded, composed for, produced, and arranged music for the electro-pop group 'Oz' and the jazz-tango ensemble Quartetto Magritte, resulting in four and three albums respectively.

In 2011, he released the electroacoustic album 'Works' to critical acclaim. Additionally, Italian broadcaster Rai featured his album 'Tangology', which comprises original compositions inspired by tango and electronic music.

Maurizio's composition ' La Sonnambula' was included in the soundtrack of the 2010 American film 'Mango Tango'.

In early 2012, he toured with the Royal Shakespeare Company. The same year, he recorded 'My Piano Trio' at Livingston Studios in London, collaborating with Nick Pini and Jason Reeve.

In 2013, he released 'The Cook, the Clown, the Monk and the Accordionist', an accordion quartet album recorded in London with Nick Pini, Jason Reeve, Shirley Smart, and Marco Quarantotto.

The following year, he opened for Suzanne Vega at the Würzburg Festival in Germany.

In 2015, he unveiled 'Piano Ambulance', featuring Shirley Smart (cello), Nick Pini (double bass), and Jason Reeve (drums), and embarked on a UK tour supported by Arts Council and Jazz Services.

During the spring of 2016, Maurizio participated in a 34-concert tour with the Akkordeonale Germany Tour.

After relocating to Paris in 2017, he collaborated with violinist and composer Gabriel Bismut, releasing the album 'Le Chat Brel' in 2020 under the artistic direction of Marc Berthoumieux.

Recently, he introduced the piano trio album 'INVISIBLE', featuring Thomas Delor on drums and Maurizio Congiu on double bass.

Currently, Maurizio is working on a neoclassical and electronic album, scheduled for release in 2025.

Maurizio Minardi: Invisible

Read "Invisible" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
April 22, 2024

Success, if it is attained, comes quickly to only a small minority of musicians. Being in the right place at the right time is often a major factor. Others have a longer journey, one that involves a gradual refinement of their craft over a range of projects. It may take more time, but those experiences can be rewarding to the artist and to the listener. One artist who appears to be on such a journey is Italian composer, pianist and ...

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Georgia Mancio: Live At ReVoice!

Read "Live At ReVoice!" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
November 29, 2015

The name at the top of the cover of Live At ReVoice! is that of Georgia Mancio, the London-based vocalist who appears on every one of the 12 tracks. A quick glance lower down the cover adds a dozen more names--a list of Mancio's accompanists that reads like a veritable “Who's Who" of the UK jazz scene. A baker's dozen of talented performers, twelve beautifully performed songs, captured with exceptional sound quality. Mancio has organised the ReVoice! festival ...

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Maurizio Minardi: Piano Ambulance

by Phil Barnes
February 18, 2015

Moving to London in September 2008 appears to have set Italian pianist Maurizio Minardi on a creative hot streak. A new name to me Piano Ambulance is the third album in which Minardi has chosen to share his love of jazz with us since 2012 and leaves the listener with an abiding impression of precision in both expression and melody. Intended to evoke his London home these tight, classically influenced compositions, gain a significant emotional pull from the contrast between ...

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Maurizio Minardi: The Cook, The Clown, The Monk And The Accordionist

Read "The Cook, The Clown, The Monk And The Accordionist" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
March 31, 2013

It's not the snappiest album title ever, but The Cook, The Clown, The Monk And The Accordionist, by the UK-based Italian musician Maurizio Minardi, is one snappy album. This is a standout recording, full of atmospheric music that combines immediately engaging hooks with sweeping narrative and emotional depth.Minardi's My Piano Trio (Belfagor Label, 2012) mixed jazz and European classical influences with great success. Minardi used two different trio lineups, one of which included bassist Nick Pini and drummer ...

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Maurizio Minardi: My Piano Trio

Read "My Piano Trio" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
August 10, 2012

There's something rather endearing and self-effacing about Maurizio Minardi's decision to name this album My Piano Trio--even if the title isn't strictly accurate. The unpretentious title reflects the accessible and open nature of the music, but it's actually the product of two talented and imaginative trios: one from the UK, and the other from Italy.Minardi studied music in Bologna, Italy, before moving to London in 2008. He's released half a dozen albums, written jingles and worked with the ...