Peppe Consolmagno
Peppe Consolmagno (* 1958 in Rimini ) is an Italian percussionist who is active in the field of jazz and world music .
Consolmagno played his improvisations inspired by Brazilian, African and Asian music at jazz and world music festivals such as Umbria Jazz , the Festival International de Jazz in Montreal, the Jazz o Brazil in Paris, the Stegliz Art Department in Berlin, at the Drum 2000 Percussion Festival in Bologna, the Festival di Musica da Camera in Tolentino, the World Music Festival , the 5th World Music Festival in Rome, the Festival Musica dei Popoli in Florence, the Festival I suoni delle Dolomiti , the Festival Internazionale di Sousse in Tunisia and the Festival Banlieues Bleues near Paris .
In addition to original African and Asian instruments, he primarily plays self-made percussion instruments made of calabashes , bamboo, wood and metal. He also built instruments for musicians such as Naná Vasconcelos , Cyro Baptista , Trilok Gurtu , Glen Velez , Flora Purim , Duduka da Fonseca and Paolo Vinaccia . He writes articles for numerous Italian journals for jazz and world music and gives seminars and workshops for non-European music.
In addition, he is also involved in multimedia projects and the incorporation of theater, painting, sculpture, lyric poetry and dance, and has worked on radio and television productions.
Discographic notes
- Kalungumachine with Antonio Marangolo (1994)
- Peppe Consolmagno Timbri dal Mondo (1999)
- Grifeo Beppe Ishk Bashad: Live at Womad 2001
- Vasconcelos-Salis-Consolmagno with Naná Vasconcelos , Antonello Salis (2004)
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| SURNAME | Consolmagno, Peppe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian jazz and world music percussionist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rimini |