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, especially in the tango, in the afrocuban and afrobrazilian culture. In 1997 he founded "Tango Tres" trio and in 2000 "Grupo Candombe".
He recorded 4 CD: "Guardia vieja" with Tango Tres (1998), about the tango's origins taking care of its arrangements; "Grupo Candombe" (2001), "Grupo Candombe 2" (2005) and "Nostalgia del presente" (2011), where he proposes compositions and arrangements of different latin american styles written by himself. This last CD was realized with the argentine singer Sandra Rehder, to Borgatti Musical Editions.
Over his groups, in 2009 Silvio Zalambani recorded in Rio of Janeiro (Brazil) a tune dedicated to him by Lulla Oliveira, pluri-instrumentalist and "Pae de Santo" of the afrobrazilian candomblé.
His music has been presented on RAI Radio3-suite and RAI Radio1-Brasil (Italy), RSI-Rete2 (italian Radio in Switzerland), Radio Swiss Jazz and Radio RaBe (Bern - Switzerland), Tango Globale (Berlin-Germany), RCV (Lille - France), Radio Nacional Argentina, Radio Palermo, Radio La Boca e Radio Urquiza, Radio 2x4 Tango, Radio Sentimiento Tanguero (Buenos Aires-Argentine), Radio Planice (Lima-Perù), Radio USC (Santiago of Cali-Colombia), KOOP Radio (Austin-USA).
Silvio Zalambani was invited many times in Brazil, like guess teacher into the clinics at the USP and UNAERP Universities of Ribeirão Preto (São Paulo) and EMAC-UFG of Goiânia (Goiás), he also played as soloist with Philarmonic USP & Cauim Jazz Band and also with the pluri-instrumentalist Arismar do Espirito Santo and with the pianist Mario Féres (of "Jobim Project" with Jacques Morelenbaum and Paulo Jobim, son of Tom).
With his Grupo Candombe he performed at the "XXIII Festival del Caribe - Fiesta del Fuego" (Santiago de Cuba and Guantànamo 2003), like the first italian group invited at this traditional music and culture festival, considered to be the most important festival of all caribbean countries.
Thanks to the cultural sponsorship of Emilia Romagna, he represented Italy at four last editions of the "World Tango Festival" (Seville - Spain 2005, Valparaiso - Chile 2007, Bariloche - Argentine 2009, Seinajoki-Finland 2011), also exhibiting with "Mimulus Dança", a brazilian contemporary dance company. 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.
Both his projects he performed many times in Argentine, in San Martín of Andes and Buenos Aires, on live from Argentine National Radio and others important clubs of tango music, like "Torcuato Tasso" cultural center, "El Vesuvio" and "Los Porteñitos".
Concerning jazz he performed with "Siena Jazz" Orchestra and with "O.F.P." Orchestra of Bologna, directed by Carla Bley and Bruno Tommaso (with whom he recorded the CD "Vento" in 1996), "Domenico Caliri Project", Walter Gaeta and Donovan Mixon (guitar's teacher at Berklee College of 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), Ravenna Festival (Italy '10), "XXIII International Tango Festival (Granada - Spain '11), "IX World Tango Festival" (Seinajoki - Finland '11), "Teatro Pedro II" (Ribeirão Preto - SP Brazil '11), "Teatro Santa Rosa" (Ribeirão Preto - SP Brazil '11), etc..
At this moment Silvio Zalambani works together with his projects Tango Tres and Grupo Candombe and also co-operates with the argentine singer Sandra Rehder, the argentine-spanish pianist Federico Lechner, the argentine pianist and composer Lucas Guinot, the argentine pianist and singer Laura Gamron, the brazilian guitarist Euclydes Mattos, the brazilian contemporary dance company Mimulus Dança and "Sax & the City Ensemble", a group entirely composed of his saxophonist pupils.
Since 2012 Silvio Zalambani will exhibit as soloist and composer with "Nuovo Quartetto Italiano", one of more important classical international chamber group.