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Riccardo Morpurgo
”Riccardo Morpurgo was born in Trieste on 9th April 1970.
He starts the classic piano studio in 1980, frequents the conservatory in Trieste and then receives piano diploma at the conservatory of Udine “J. Tomadini”.
In 1993 he follows the CEE biennial course at Siena Jazz and obtains the diploma of “Alta Qualificazione Professionale Per Esecutori Di Musica Jazz" ( High Professional Qualification for Jazz Musicians).
Among teachers: Bruno Tommaso, Stefano Battaglia, Franco D'Andrea, Stefano Zenni, Furio Di Castri, Gianluigi Trovesi, Paolo Fresu, Pietro Tonolo, Rudi Migliardi, Ettore Fioravanti.
In 2000 he starts a collaboration with the Casa della Poesia in Salerno (Multimedia Edizioni) setting to music readings of famous international poets in Italy and overseas: Agneta Falk, Jack Hirschman, Carmen Yanez, Luis Sepulveda, Leroi Jones. This collaboration is still going on.He works as editor and musician with the NienteBand sextet.
The band is part of the theatre show “Pupkin Cabaret” performed in Teatro Miela in Trieste. The band supports Paolo Rossi at the Zelig show in Milano in 2007.
During his carrier he is involved in several ballet projects and he plays live, with piano solo and piano trio, during silent film projection.
Discography:
1. 2000 “Notes from the borderline” – Trio: Riccardo Morpurgo, Bruno Romani, Alessandra Franco. Notamusicale Records.
2. 2002 “Los Lugares del sueño” – Quintet Earthbeat Ensemble: Riccardo Morpurgo, U. T. Gandhi, Andrea Lombardini, Flavio Davanzo, Alessandra Franco. Artesuono Records.
3. 2006 “Ricercare” – Quartet: Riccardo Morpurgo, Marco Collazzoni, Luca Colussi, Amin Zarrinchang. Special guests: Pietro Tonolo, Andy Gravish. Comar23 Records.
4. 2007 “As it is” – Trio: Riccardo Morpurgo, Giovanni Maier, Franco Dal Monego. Palomar Records.
5. 2008 “Answering” – Trio: Riccardo Morpurgo, Simone Serafini, Luca Colussi. Calligola Records.