Fernando Fantini

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Fernando Fantini (born June 27, 1929 in Reggio Emilia ; † August 1, 2018 ) was a Swiss jazz and entertainment musician ( clarinet , soprano , alto , tenor and baritone saxophone , accordion ) of Italian origin.

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Fantini moved to France with his parents, where he spent his first years. After the outbreak of the Second World War , the family returned to Italy. There he received music lessons as a teenager between 1945 and 1951 and played in a small orchestra, which was led by his music teacher. After doing military service, he moved to Switzerland in 1953, where he began his career as a professional musician. Until 1964 he toured Europe and the Middle East with the Jean Couroyer dance orchestra and other bands.

Fantini was employed by Radio Beromünster's entertainment orchestra in 1964 , where he became one of the outstanding soloists. He was also used as a leader of smaller subgroups of the formation and so known to a wider audience. Until it was dissolved in 1986, it belonged to the DRS Bigband under the direction of Hans Moeckel and Peter Jacques .

With some colleagues from the DRS big band (Antonio Conde, Renato Anselmi , Roman Dylag , Curt Treier ) he had previously founded the Peacock Party Band , with which he subsequently worked more intensively and performed throughout Switzerland. Since 2002 he has formed a duo with guitarist Dani Solimine, with whom he recorded the CDs Parlez-moi d'amour and Source claire and went on tour. On his 80th birthday, the album Secret Dream with older recordings was released under his name . The Orchestra Antonio Conde released the album Melodien zum Träume (Tender Clarinet Sounds) with him as solo clarinetist in 1986 . Furthermore, he is on record with the Bert Campbell Orchestra , the Victor Burghardt & Mike Barone -Orchestra , the Rainbow Orchestra and Andreas Vollenweider heard.

His compositions are now part of the standard repertoire of accordionists all over Europe.

Discographic notes

  • Zurich Tenors Foot Pattin ' (Suisa 1983, with Bruno Spoerri , Richard Lipiec , Umberto Foletti, Rolf Cizmek , Hans Brunner)
  • Accordeon Musette (DRS 1988, with Renato Anselmi, Antonio Conde, Walter Teubner, Roman Dylag, Curt Treier)
  • Secret Dream (All Star Production 2009, with Vince Benedetti and Renato Anselmi and Piero Paganelli, Georges Schwarz, Roman Dylag, Alberto Canonico and Curt Treier, rec. 1983–1984)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fernando Fantini / Dani Solimine
personal data
SURNAME Fantini, Fernando
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss jazz and entertainment musicians (clarinet, saxophone, accordion)
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Reggio Emilia
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 2018