ARTISTIC CURRICULUM
Silvio Zalambani gained his diploma in saxophone, clarinet and jazz music.
For several years he has been interested in the study of the latin american music and culture, especially in the tango, in the afrocuban and afrobrazilian culture. In 1997 he founded "Tango Tres" trio and in 2000 "Grupo Candombe".
In 1998 he recorded his first CD with Tango Tres taking care of its arrangements. His first recording was released in 2001 with Grupo Candombe and the second one in 2005 with the same members of the group; in both you find original compositions and arrangements of different latin american styles written by himself.
Both the projects were given unanimous agreements by the public and the music critics and his music has been presented on RAI Radio3-suite, RAI Radio1-Brasil, RSI-Rete2 (an italian Radio in Switzerland), Radio Swiss Jazz and Radio RaBe of Bern (Switzerland), RCV of Lille-France, Radio Nacional Argentina, Radio Palermo, Radio La Boca e Radio Urquiza Buenos Aires (Argentine), Radio Planice of Lima (Perù) and Radio USC of Santiago de Cali (Colombia), KOOP Radio of Austin-Texas (USA).
In 2002, 2005 and 2007 Silvio Zalambani made seminars and concerts at the USP and UNAERP Universities of Ribeirão Preto-SP (Brazil), also playing with Mario Féres quartet (famous pianist of "Projeito Jobim" with Jacques Morelenbaum and Paulo Jobim son of Tom).
In 2003 Silvio Zalambani and his Grupo Candombe performed at the XXIII Festival del Caribe - Fiesta del Fuego in Santiago de Cuba and in Guantànamo and they were the first italian group of this kind. The group was invited by Dr José Millet, president of this traditional music and culture festival, considered to be the most important festival of all caribbean countries.
In 2005 with thanks to the cultural sponsorship of Emilia Romagna, he represented Italy with both his projects ("Tango Tres" and "Grupo Candombe") at the "VI World Tango Festival" that took place at "Lope de Vega" Theatre in Seville (Spain). Thanks to the success he was interviewed by Mr Gabriel Soria, the vice-president of the Tango National Academy of Buenos Aires for the argentinean "Solo Tango" TV.
In 2007 with both his projects he partecipated again to "VII World Tango Festival" at Valparaíso (Chile), then he performed at Radio Nacional and at Cultural Center "T.Tasso" in Buenos Aires (Argentine).
Also in 2007 he was invited as a teacher to make seminars and to play in Goiânia "Teatro Municipale", inside of the "32nd International Festival" of Goiás state (Brazil) EMAC-UFG University, playing also with brazilian pluri-instrumentalist Arismar do Espirito Santo.
In 2009 he partecipated at "VIII World Tango Festival" in San Carlos of Bariloche (Argentine) with his Tango Tres and Grupo Candombe, performing with "Mimulus Dança" brazilian contemporary dance company. Then, thanks to the cultural sponsorship of Emilia Romagna, the groups performed also in San Martín de los Andes and following in the culturals clubs "El Vesuvio" and "Los Porteñitos" in Buenos Aires (Argentine).
Again in 2009 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), he recorded a composition dedicated to him that was put inside the new CD by Lulla Oliveira (multi-instrumental composer and "Pae de Santo" of afrobrazilian Candomblé); he partecipated as a teacher to seminars of the "34th International Festival" of Goiás state (Brazil) EMAC-UFG University, also playing with the seminar's band in Teatro Goiânia Ouro; again, he played with Mario Féres in the theatre of Ribeirão Preto (Sao Paulo state) UNAERP University.
Concerning jazz he performed with "Siena Jazz" Orchestra and with "O.F.P." Orchestra of Bologna, directed by Carla Bley, Steve Coleman and Bruno Tommaso (with whom he recorded the CD "Vento" in 1996), "Domenico Caliri Project", Donovan Mixon (guitar's teacher at Berklee University in Boston-USA), etc..
Concerning classical music, he has been the winner of several music contests and auditions ("Ente Lirico Arena" of Verona), "Accademia Bizantina Ravenna", "Orchestra civica di Fiati Città of Milano", "Teatro Comunale G. Verdi" of Trieste) and he has collaborated with different Orchestras, "Orchestra Città di Ferrara", "Teatro Sociale" of Rovigo, "Filarmonica of Bacau - Rumania").
He has taken part in important concert reviews: "X and XI Festival Mondiale del Sax" (Pesaro '92, Valencia - Spain '97), "Accademia Chigiana" (Siena '96), "Asolo Musica" (Castelfranco Veneto '94), "Bergamo Jazz '95", "Bologna Sogna '95", "Mister Jazz " (Ravenna '96), "Fiati Festival" (Riv a del Garda '96), "I Cortili di Modena" ('99), "Ferrara Buskers Festival '99", "Vicenza Jazz 2000", "Rai Radio3-Suite" (Roma '02 ), " Teatro Municipal" (Jaboticabal - SP Brasile '02), "Festival del Caribe - Fiesta del Fuego" (Santiago de Cuba, Guantànamo '03), "VI World Tango Festival" (Seville - Spain '05), "Jazz & Co." (Trapani '05), "UNAERP Theatre" (Ribeirão Preto - SP Brazil '05), "XI Metastasio Jazz" (Prato '06), "EtnoJazz&TasteFest" (Milano '06), "Galleria d'Arte Moderna" (Cagliari '06), "VII World Tango Festival" (Valparaíso - Cile '07), "National Radio and Cultural Center T.Tasso" (Buenos Aires - Argentine '07), "Teatro Municipal Goiânia" (Goiânia - GO Brasile '07), "Rovigo Jazz Club (Rovigo '08), "VIII World Tango Festival" (S.Carlos of Bariloche - Argentine '09), "El Vesuvio" and "Los Porteñitos" (Buenos Aires - Argentine '09), "Teatro Goiânia Ouro" (Goiânia - GO Brasile '09), "Teatro UNAERP" (Ribeirão Preto - SP Brasile '09), ecc..
At this moment Silvio Zalambani works together with his projects Tango Tres and Grupo Candombe and also the italian pianist and composer Walter Gaeta, the argentine singer Sandra Rehder and Lucrecia Longarini, the argentine pianist and composer Lucas Guinot, the brazilian pianist and singer Mario Féres, the guitarist and composer Lulla Oliveira, the brazilian flutist-pianist and composer Diana Horta Popoff, the brazilian contemporary dance company "Mimulus Dança" from Belo Horizonte, the argentine tango choreographer Oscar Benavídez and "Sax & the City Ensemble", a new group entirely composed of his saxophonist pupils.
In 2010 the third CD will be realized with Grupo Candombe project together with argentine singer Sandra Rehder.