Gerardo Di Giusto
Gerardo Di Giusto (born January 30, 1961 in Córdoba ) is an Argentine pianist and composer.
Life
After training at the conservatory in his native city, Di Giusto continued his studies from 1985-88 at the Paris jazz school CIM with Laurent Cugny and studied composition at the Conservatoire Régional de Saint Maure .
He then worked as a piano accompanist and arranger for the tango musicians Amelita Baltar and Juan José Mosalini , the interpreters of Latin American music Orlando Poleo , Miguel "Angá" Díaz and Orlando "Maraca" Valle and jazz musicians such as Julien Lourau and "Magic" Malik Mezzadri . From 1994 to 1999 he studied orchestral conducting with Dominique Rouits at the École Normale de Musique in Paris.
Di Guisto has also been active as a composer since the 1990s. In addition to numerous piano works, compositions for orchestra (including the Suite Concertante para Piano y Orquesta de Vientos ) and chamber music were created. He also remained active as a jazz musician in the group Córdoba Reunion (with Javier Girotto , Minino Garay and Carlos "El Tero" Buschini ). In 2003 he founded the group Gaïa Cuatro with the Japanese musicians Aska Kaneko and Tomohiro Yahiro , with whom he performed in Japan and Europe. In 2006 he recorded a solo album as a pianist, in 2008 a duo album with Minino Garay.
Discography
- Córdoba Reunion: Argentina Jazz
- Suite concertante pour piano et orchester with the Orchester d'Harmonie de l'Armée, 2003
- Gaïa Cuatro: Gaïa , 2004
- Di Giusto y Camerata Ambigua: La Cambiada , 2005
- Gaïa Cuatro: Udin , 2006
- Piano solo , 2006
Works
- Solidar 89 , quintet for piano, guitar, bandoneon, flute and double bass, 1989
- A la Una , quintet for piano, guitar, bandoneon, flute and double bass, 1990
- Triptango , trio for flute, guitar and double bass, 1990
- El Arcangel , oratorio for mixed choir, (text: Luis Rigou ), 1999
- Milonga - longa , trio for piano, flute and percussion, 1999
- Aconcagua , Trio for piano, flute and percussion, 1999
- Matis , Trio for piano, flute and percussion, 1999
- Musica Argentina para Cuerdas , 2000
- Primero for piano and string quintet, 2000
- La Recordada for piano and string quintet, 2000
- La Cambiada for piano and string quartet, 2000
- Huayno for piano and string quintet, 2001
- Chacarrara for piano and string quintet, 2001
- Himno a algo for piano and string quintet, 2001
- Chacalenta for piano and string quintet, 2001
- Bach - Ando la Loma for piano, 2001
- Melodia Dedicada for piano, 2001
- Suite Concertante para Piano y Orquesta de Vientos , 2002
- Chacabuena for piano, 2002
- La Cuadrera for piano, 2003
- Suite N ° 1 for Piano , 2004
- El Alma de Martin Fierro for two soloists, children's choir and wind orchestra, 2005
- Suite de Centro for piano and saxophone quartet, 2005
- La Revancha del Indio for harmony music , 2006
- Nueva America , quintet for piano, violin, bandoneon, flute and double bass, 2006
- Fantaisie pour Euphonium , 2007
Web links
- Homepage of Gerardo Di Giusto (biography, discography, works)
- Seven Productions - Gerardo Di Giusto
- Art Base - short biography
- Musica Argentina en el Mundo - Gerardo Di Giusto ( Memento from August 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Di Giusto, Gerardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine composer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cordoba, Argentina |