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Edgardo Javier Girotto was born in Cordoba on April 17, 1965. It introduced to music by their maternal grandfather ALCaroli, band director, first playing the snare, then the small clarinet in Eb, in Infanto Juvenil de Cordoba and in the band of Villa del Rosario, then move on to the one in B flat.
The transition to a clarinetist, the saxophone is natural. Chose the alto saxophone, began attending Buenos Aires, looking for someone who starts to jazz, unfortunately no luck. He returned to Cordoba forms his first group of jazz-inspired, also devoted himself to music trade of so-called "Cuartetos." At sixteen he began his classical studies, enrolling at the Conservatorio Provincial de Cordoba and there are no professor of saxophone, he enrolled in the courses of clarinet and flute reaching completion average in both instruments. During his studies at the conservatory shape and is working with several groups, including the Vertiente, a mix of fusion and Argentine folklore, the Jazz 440, "Jam", the Enzo Juan Ciallella Pigeons Quartet and the Quartet.
At age 19 he won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music and finally open wide the doors of the world of jazz. It remains in the prestigious Bostonian school for four years, majoring in Professional Music "Magna Cum Laude". The four-year U.S. are profitable, a period in which she studied composition and arrangement and saxophone and improvisation with masters such as Joseph Viola, George Garzone, Crook Hall and Jerry Bergonzi, learning then, "the job", playing with Danilo Perez, George Garzone, Crook Hall, Bob Moses, Herb Pomeroy and many other musicians from whom he collected a spark of their experience.
The Italian adventure by Javier Girotto begins at age 25, some business to take care of his family, from Apulia, (through the Italian citizenship), deciding in a short time in this country to start his professional career. Even in Italy alternates collaboration with groups of commercial music, Latin, with the formation of several jazz groups, with which he began his tireless work as a composer and arranger. His first Roman formation is "Tercer Mundo", along with Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, on the tracks of latin jazz, a sextet consisting of piano, bass, percussion, drums, trumpet and sax, closely followed by "Six Sax" , a quartet of saxophones, bass and drums, consisting of Rosario Giuliani and Tony Germani high, Gianni Savelli the tenor, baritone Javier, Marco Siniscalco Pietro Iodice on bass and drums, with whom he recorded his first CD "Homenaje "in 1995 with special guest Bob Mintzer and Randy Brecker. In this same period comes the group for which the soprano and baritone Girotto are better known, Aires Tango, with Alessandro Gwis on piano, Marco Siniscalco on bass and Michael Anger on drums and percussion, in a combination of reasons for the tango with those of jazz, starting from the pleasure associated with listening to the stylistic features of Argentine music, reassures the listener in dealing with the "rapids" of the "diversity" of its own. With Aires Tango affects as many as 10 disks and in 2009 celebrated 15 years of life with their album "10/15" (just to indicate 10 ° and 15 years of hard life of the group) gems in a location where Girotto was always accompanied from the unconditional approval of the public, who encouraged him to "open up" the project to the voice of Peppe Servillo and symphony orchestra. In 1999 he founded another group, "Cordoba Reunion", formed by four musicians from Cordoba, Javier Girotto the sax and flutes, Gerardo Di Giusto at the piano, Minino Garay on percussion and Carlos El Tero Buschini on bass, engaged in a project with which returns to the roots of his music, with an eye to the time that preceded the tango, dragging the listener on a journey in search of empathy and emotional rhythms of folklore as the Argentine milonga, chacarera, Zamba and candombe group, that this he recorded a first album with singer Mercedes Sosa. And a second in 2012, "Sin Lugar a Dudas" for radio network Two Lugano Switzerland.
In 2000, Javier Girotto forms a double duo: the first with the bandoneon of Daniele Di Bonaventura, with whom he recorded three albums: "Javier Girotto Plays Rava", "Recordando Piazzolla" and "Recordando Gardel" with an orchestra of 13 strings;
The second Duo with Luciano Biondini (accordion) with whom he recorded 3 CDs with all original compositions, but returning again to the more free improvisation. the first disk is 2002 for the label Philology "El Cacerolazo", the second in 2005 for the label ENJA RECORDS "Mother Earth". The third disc and DVD "Iguazu" with dvd live in Ukraine. Even this duo sees them protagonists in festivals and clubs not only Italian but more in Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Holland, Eastern Europe, Argentina, Peru, etc..
In this same year he began his collaboration with the prestigious ONJ, the Orchestre National du Jazz in Paris (France).
Among the formations Javier Girotto is the elegant duo formed by Argentinean pianist Natalio Mangalavite, with whom he recorded Hummingbird, a CD that represents the synthesis of the entire South American feel, which recently has added the voice of Peppe Servillo , going, so, to create the Trio GSM Servillo had already worked together in some projects to Girotto Aires Tango as a guest and time collaboration solidified into a desire to create a project together where the singer was the protagonist from start to finish and sees realize this project in their first album entitled "The Friend of Cordoba" for "The Manifesto CD" Peppe Servillo is the author of the lyrics and the music Girotto. In 2008, the trio recorded the second GSM cd entitled "Futbol" with guest Toni Servillo and Fausto Mesolella.
In 2002 he joined the quartet of Enrico Rava's "Plan less" with whom he recorded a CD "Full of Life" along with Ares Tavolazzi and Fabrizio Sferra.
Sucessivamente form and recorded his first album "Nauhel" and, from "Il Manifesto" Javier Girotto & Vertere String Quartet, favoring a repertoire arranged by Luigi Giannatempo with original music by Girotto supported by the string quartet.
Form 2006 along with Paolo Silvestri Ensemble and Luciano Biondini what would be the continuation of the album "Anniversary" made with Aires Tango and the Symphony Orchestra of Sofia, recording the first album for the Giotto Music
In the meantime, with the PMJO (Parco della Musica Jazz Orchestra - Auditorium of Rome), records the album "Argentina en Escenas Big Band" with original compositions by Girotto, arranged by Luigi Giannatempo, in 'December '08 he was invited by the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam for a tour throughout the Netherlands presenting this project of big band and in August 2010 will host dela WDR big band (the radio in Cologne - Germany) for a project "Tango Jazz" with Gary Burton and Marcelo Nisinman.
In 'November 2008 shows together with Paolo Silvestri's "Concerto Latino" for symphony orchestra and soprano sax composed Silvestri Girotto and in addition compositions of the same Girotto, with the symphony orchestra of San Marino, Marche Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of Magna Grecia in Taranto, regional orchestra of Rome and the Lazio region, a project that will see repeated with all the best European symphony orchestras.
Always in 'form in 2008 with Fabrizio Bosso the "Latin Mood" documenting this project on the album "Tribute" and recording for Blue Note in the same year the album "Sol", and in 2012 the album "Vamos"
Another project is that it has developed an original repertoire for saxophone quartet along with Atem Saxophone Quartet soloist, composer and arranger same Girotto, documenting this work on the album "Suix" produced by label Parco della Musica in Rome, and in 2013 the second disc of this project for his own label "Araucanos."
2009 recorded a disc as a solo artist for L'Espresso "Italian Jazz Live" recorded at the Casa del Jazz in Rome "together with Aires Tango and Luciano Biondini.
in 2011 he began his recording adventure inaugurating the "JG records" with his first album (recorded entirely in Argentina and Cordoba with musicians and old friends) "Alrededores de la Ausencia"
From 2009 to 2011 he was a teacher in the jazz chair of the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, gave countless seminars at the Conservatory of Pesaro, Lecce, Salerno, etc. .... and in various music schools throughout Italy and the world.
In 2012 she forms a duo with the renowned classical pianist Michele Campanella "Musique sans frontiers" project, which proposes the repertoire of the great classical authors such as Debussy-Ravel-Guastavino, etc. .. contaminating this wonderful piano music with improvisation and the insertion of extra saxophone.
Also in November and December 2012 realiza a jazz festival tour in South American (Uruguay - Argentina - Brasil) with guitarist and pianist Ralph Towner, with whom in 2014 he plans to record their first album for the label ECM
Infinite are the collaboration of Javier Girotto, Enrico Rava with which we find it interesting pianoless baritone in the quartet, tribute to Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan, with whom he recorded Full of Life, Roberto Gatto, the backbone of the quintet, with which participated in three compact "# 7," Sing sing Sing "and" Deep ", with trombonist Gianluca Petrella, with whom he recorded" X-Ray ", by Rita Marcotulli, of which it is the soul ethnic formations in-argentina which alternates with the Andean flute and soprano, with whom he recorded "The woman next door" "Koine" and a drive for the magazine L'Espresso in 2009, "Nana", "Variations on the Theme", etc. ...
and again:
Bob Mintzer - Randy Brecker - Danilo Perez - Gary Burton - Antonello Salis - Kenny Wheeler - Ralph Towner - Jeff Ballard - Ben Street - And Simon - Avishai Cohen - Paul McCandless - Paolo Fresu - Miroslav Vitous, Quique Sinesi - Michele Campanella - WDR Big Band Koln Germany - Jazz Orchestra Concertgebouw Amsterdam Holland - Battista Lena - Alexander Balanescu - Zlatko Caucic - Gianni Coscia - George Garzone - Anga 'Diaz - Furio di Castri - Jean Pierre Como - Bill Pierce - Tony Scott - Bob Moses - Limb Tuncboyaciyan - Michel Benita - Danilo Rea - Carlo Rizzo - Paolo Di Sabatino - Aldo Romano - Raul Carnota - Luis Agudo - Maurizio Giammarco - Stefano Battaglia - Louis Sclavis - Michel Godard - Anouar Brahem - Gianluigi Trovesi - Lella Costa - Arnoldo Foa '- Raffaello Baldini - Toni Servillo - Leo Gullotta - Mercedes Sosa - Paolo Damiani - Rita Marcotulli - Roberto Gatto - Peppe Servillo - Sulman Rushdi - Dado Moroni - Nada - Stefano Bollani - Fabrizio Bosso - Roma Jazz Ensemble of Corvini, Iodice - Rosario Giuliani - M. Pia de Vito - Michael Anger - Luciano Biondini - Rome Symphony Orchestra - Symphony Orchestra of San Marino - Paolo Silvestri - Enrico Rava - Avion Travel - Ares Tavolazzi - Horacio Hernandes - Gianluca Petrella - Bebo Ferra - Orchestre National de Jazz (ONJ - Paris) -Paul Rogers - Anders Jormin - Dario Deidda - Danilo Perez - Nicola Piovani - Massimo Carlotto - PMJO (Parco della Musica Jazz Orchestra) Zadie Smith, Elizabeth Rasy - Valerio Mastandrea - Daniele Formica - Enzo De Caro-Andy Sheppard - Blacks Marcorè, Samuel Berzani, Giuliana de Sio, Trio Medusa, Giorgio Scaramuzzino, Ugo Dighero, Roberto Citran, David Riondino, Massimo Popolizio and many others
He has played and plays in the most important festivals, theaters, festivals and jazz clubs of Italian as "Umbria Jazz" Theatre "Ambra Jovinelli", "Villa Celimontana - Jazz Image", "La Palma - Fandango," Quirinale - SalaConcerti, Radio RAI 3, Roccella Ionica, University "La Sapienza", Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, medicine and surgery "Agostino Gemelli, Literature and Philosophy University of Tor Vergata, Theatre" N. Piccinni "in Bari, Maxentius-Rome, Trajan's Markets - Rome," House of Jazz "in Rome," Jazz & Wine "of Cormon, Montalcino, Altomonte, Auditorium and Santa Cecilia in Rome, Capitoline Museum Marcus Aurelius in Rome, Embassy of the Repub. Argentina, Italian Culture in Nairobi, Institute of Culture in Lima (Peru) and the International Festival of Jazz and institutions eiuropei in Lima Jazz Festival in Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Cordoba, endless artistic presentations are in the best theaters and jazz festivals around the world, many others and citing some of these per year ...........
Abroad: concerts in Italy, Europe and other countries as:
1999 - Genève "L'oreille du chat" - France, Cormon "Jazz & Wine" Teatro Comunale. (GO), Amiens, etc. ..
2000 - Paris, Epinal "Café Jazz" - France, etc. ..
2001 - Paris, Zagreb "Istraetnojazz" - Svetvincenat, Kastel Grimani - Valladolid "Estival Sta Cruz", Spain.
2002 - Epinal, Macau International Festival - China, the Netherlands' North See Jazz "
2003 - Cormon "Jazz and Wine," Tenerife "Atlantic Jazz", "Jazz Ambra" - Theatre Jovinelli, Pas de Calais,
Monaco of Bavaria "Unterfahrt," Maerz (Linz) "Künstlervereinigung Maerz Musik" - Austria, Prague "Struny Podzimu, mezinárodní hudebni Festival" - Austria, Amsterdam "BassDrumBone" guest Michel Godard - The Netherlands, Nairobi - The Italian Institute of Culture - Kenya
2004 - Auditorium "Centro Cultural de Belem", Brussels, Mons, Cologne, Linz "Maerz Musik" - Austria Innsbruck "Treibhaus" - Austria, Passau "Jazz Cafe im Museum" - Germany, Esslingen "Dieselstrasse Kulturzentrum" - Germany, Belgrade " October International Festival of Jazz and More "Serbia, Bad Ischl" Jazzfreunde "- Austria, Innsbruck" Treibhaus Festival "- Austria, Zurich" Moods im Schiffbau "- Switzerland
Ulm "Stadthaus" - Germany, Vienna's "Porgy & Bess Jazz Club" - Austria, Saalfelden "Kunsthaus Nexus Saalfelden" - Austria, Cologne "Entdeckung Europe Folklore Imaginaire" - Germany -
2005 - Paris, Epinal, Quimper "Aprem Jazz Festival" - France, Coutances "Jazz sous les Pommiers" - France, Besancon "Nouveau Théâtre" - France - Nevers' Pac des Ouches »France -
2006 - Austria "Burgcultur" Ljubiana, Slovenia "Cankarjevjazz"-Kladno (CZ) Kladenske Divadelko - Dresden (D) Neue Tonne jazz club-Passau (D) "Jazz Cafe im Museum" - Wendelstein (D) Jegelscheune-Heidelberg (D ) DAI-Wien (A) Porgy and Bess-Graz (A) Stockwerk Allensbach-(D)-St.Gallen (CH) - Amsterdam (Holland) Bimhuis Jazz Club - Rotterdam (Holland) Lantarem Venster - Marseille (FR) "The Cri du Port '-Cannes (FR) MJC Picaud-Caen (FR) Theatre-Paris (FR) Duc Des Lombard - Dukerque (FR) jazzclub-Brussels (Belgium) - Charleville Mésière (FR)-Liege (Belgium) - Luxembourg " The Inoui »-Orléans (FR)-Guerande (FR) Athanor-Nantes (FR) Pannonian-Tours (FR) LePetit Faucheux - Joze Clermont-Ferrand (FR)-Montlucon (FR) Guingois-House of Jazz (Rome) white paper J.Girotto Bolzano-jazz-festival jazz festival Clusone-Villa Celimontana (Rome) Jazz-Gubbio-Fest. Rocella Ionian jazz Fest.-Tour-Tour in Denmark Austria-etc ....
2007 - In theaters and jazz festivals: Rosny sous Bois (FR) - Véliz theater del'Onde (FR) - Arnhem (NL)-Krefeld (D) - Amsterdam (NL) - Tilburg (NL) - Rotterdam (NL) - Dordrecht (NL) - Issoudum (FR) - Houilles (FR) - Chevrouse (FR) - Chisinau (Moldova) - Odessa (Ukraine) - Vinnitsa (Ukraine) - Elles (FR) - Charleville Meziere (FR) - Groningen (NL) - Republic of San Marino - Eindhoven (NL) - Innsbruck (A) - Vienna (A) - Italian Jazz Festival in Buenos Aires (RA) - Ginza Tokyo Japan jazz festival
Etc ... and many other festivals and clubs around the world
2008 - Theaters of Ljubljana - Verona - Cologne (Koln), Munster, Duseldorf (DE) along with the WDR Big Band - Bonn to the auditorium of the house of L. Van Beethoven - Ravenna Festival - festival Vignola - Duisborg jazz festival (DE) - Noth Sea Jazz Festival (NL) - Atina Jazz Festival. South Tyrol Jazz Festival - Villa Celimontana jazz - Ravello festival - House of Jazz (Rome) - Brussels (BE) - Stocolma (Sweden) - Perpignan jazz festival (FR) - Tilburg (NL) - Zagreb (Croatia) - Nova Gorica (SLO ) - Paris (FR) - among the most important, etc. ....
2009 - one of the most important theaters and festivals: Bonn Beethovenhaus - Castle Sannicandro (BA) - Fidenza - Senigalia - Palermo - Lumezzane - Sesto Fiorentino - Salzburg (A) - Fasano - Lecce - Brindisi - Bari - Savona - Alghero - Fano - Jesi - Fermo - Trevi Cremona - Rimini - Imperia - San Sebastian, Hernani, Valladolid, Salamanca (Spain) - Vienn (A) - Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome - Taranto Italy - Trento - Messina - La Spezia - Genoa - Greek Theatre Taormina - Corregio - Verona - Hertogenbosch (NL) - Villa Celimontana Jazz (RM) - Gubbio. Santa Teresa di Gallura - Italy - Campobasso - Benevento - Pesaro - Avellino - Ancona - Tuscania - Bern, Zurich (Switzerland) - Vienna (A) Nymegen, Amsterdam, Arnem, Tilburg (Holland) - Teatro Comunale Ferrara - Jazz Festival Buenos Aires, Cordoba, La Plata (Argentina) - Montevideo (Uruguay) -, etc. .... and many others .....
2010 - one of the most important theaters and festivals: Bolzano - Martina Franca - Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome - Carpi - Chiasso - Klosters (Switzerland) - Eschen (FL) - Perugia Umbria Jazz - Ivrea - Prato - Fiorenzuola - Trento - Bordeaux ( FR) - Gorizia - Nova Gorica (SLO) Ljubljana (SLO) Mass - Plzen, Prague, Trutnov, Ceske Biudejovice (CZ, Czech Republic) - Genoa - L'Aquila - Palermo - Catania - Forli - Capitoline Museum 'Marcus Aurelius' of Rome - Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome - Corregio - Pompei - Salerno - Torino - Victoria - Lake Maggiore fest. - Piazza Armerina fest. - Cerveteri fest. - Avellino - Villa Celimontana Jazz (RM) - San Marino - Napoli - Zeche, Zollverein, Essen, Dusseldorf, Filarmonic of Cologne (DE) along with the WDR Big Band guest Javier Girotto, Gary Burton, Marcelo Nisinman - Ara Pacis in Rome - Brescia - Jazz Festival Brugge (BE) - Paris (FR) - Epinal (FR) - Torino - Varese - etc ... and many more .....
2011 - one of the most important theaters and festivals; Morbegno (SO) - Catanzaro - Milan - Palermo - Rome - Venice - Brescia - Salerno - Napoli - Alba-Senigalia - Monte Urban (AN)-Telese Terme (AV) - Bologna Jazz Festival - Bari - Cagliari - Catania-Bolzano - Poggibonsi - Casa del Jazz Festival (RM) - Paris (France) - Ferrara - Osimo - Barletta - Florence - Genoa-Catholic University (RM) - Coutance jazz Festival (France) - Lecce - Siena - Brianza jazz fest. (Monza) - Carpi - Rimini - Pordenone - Montalcino jazz fest. - Foggia - Villa Celimontana (RM) - Casalgrande - Clusone jazz festival - Maratea - Festival Sounds of the Dolomites Trentino - Teramo - Brindisi - Reggio Emilia - Novi Ligure jazz fest. - Berchidda Time in Jazz - Roselle (GR) - Sassari time in jazz - Noto - Como - Polignano a Mare - Martina Franca - Italy - Perugia - Orbetello - Lima (Peru) - Mantova - Matera - Parma - Chieti - Dunkerque (France) - Torino - Bergamo - Busto Arsizio - Avelino - Brugge (Belgium) - Dordecht (Holland) - Heerlen (Holland) - Tilburg (Holland) - Alkmaar (Holland) - Amsterdam (Holland) - Auditorium Parco della Musica (Rome Jazz festival) - Umbria Jazz Winter, 2011 - and many other festivals and clubs around the world ....
2012 - Epinal, Paris, Coutance, Dunquerke, etc ... France) - Luxemburg, Belgium, Holland, Germany, etc. ... Jazz Festival in Lima (Peru) - Jazz Festival Argentines of Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Rosario, Salta, Mendoza Argentina - jazz festival in Montevideo (Uruguay) - in Italy at festivals and theaters of Naples, Sicily, Trieste, Bari, Bergamo, Asti, Rome, Genoa, L'Aquila, Bressanone, Foggia, Casalgrande, Piacenza, Gorizia, Pesaro, Legnano, Modena, Forli, Fano, Florence, Pordenone, Marche, Milan, Perugia, Salerno, Cagliari, Italy, Imola, Cormons, Ancona, Ravenna, Gubbio, Garda, Cassino, Trento, Iseo, Verona, Udine, Monopoly, Modica, Basilicata, Avellino, Pescara, Roccella Ionica, Viterbo, Ischia, Lugano and Zurich in Switzerland, Jazz Festival Bucharest (Romania), Moscow and St. Petersburg (Russia), Jazz Festival Chissinau (Moldova), Ukraina, Jazz Festival Kralove, Pilsen, Karbvyvany , Ceske, Prague, in the Czech Republic,
MUSIC AND LITERATURE
He has collaborated with Ivano Marescotti "There was three times" by Raphael Baldini. With Lella Costa and Arnoldo Foa. "The Thousand and One Nights. Scheherazade. " With Valerio Mastrandrea "Futbol San Isidro." With Leo Gullotta, Salman Rushdi, Tony Servillo, Zadie Smith, Elizabeth Rasy - Daniele Formica - Enzo De dear - Blacks Marcorè - Samuel Berzani - Giuliana de Sio - Trio Medusa - Giorgio Scaramuzzino - Ugo Dighero - Roberto Citran - Gene Gnocchi - David Riondino - Maximum Popolizio, and many others.
His concert activity is focused on the following formations:
AS A BAND LEADER:
Javier Girrotto Aires & Tango - Duo with Gianni Iorio (piano and bandoneon) and string orchestra "Recordando Piazzolla y Gardel" - Duo Javier Girotto & Michele Campanella - Javier Girotto & Cordoba Reunion - Javier Girotto & Six Sax - Duo with Luciano Biondini (accordion) - J.Girotto, L.Biondini, P.Silvestri & Ensemble - Trio Girotto, Servillo Mangalavite (saxes, piano and vocals) - Duo Javier Girotto & Bebo Ferra - Duo Javier Girotto & Francesco Nastro - concerts "only "- J & Girotto Vertere String 4tet., - J. Girotto & Atem Saxophone 4tet. - Javier Girotto & PMJO "Argentina en Escenas Big Band" - "Concerto Latino" for symphony orchestra and soprano sax - Fabrizio Bosso & Javier Girotto "Latin Mood" - Ralph Towner & Javier Girotto Duo - Trio "Dos Soles" with Javier Girotto - Quique Sinesi - Martin Bruhn - duo "Music sans frontiers" along with classical pianist Michele Campanella, and many collaboration projects with other musicians.
The transition to a clarinetist, the saxophone is natural. Chose the alto saxophone, began attending Buenos Aires, looking for someone who starts to jazz, unfortunately no luck. He returned to Cordoba forms his first group of jazz-inspired, also devoted himself to music trade of so-called "Cuartetos." At sixteen he began his classical studies, enrolling at the Conservatorio Provincial de Cordoba and there are no professor of saxophone, he enrolled in the courses of clarinet and flute reaching completion average in both instruments. During his studies at the conservatory shape and is working with several groups, including the Vertiente, a mix of fusion and Argentine folklore, the Jazz 440, "Jam", the Enzo Juan Ciallella Pigeons Quartet and the Quartet.
At age 19 he won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music and finally open wide the doors of the world of jazz. It remains in the prestigious Bostonian school for four years, majoring in Professional Music "Magna Cum Laude". The four-year U.S. are profitable, a period in which she studied composition and arrangement and saxophone and improvisation with masters such as Joseph Viola, George Garzone, Crook Hall and Jerry Bergonzi, learning then, "the job", playing with Danilo Perez, George Garzone, Crook Hall, Bob Moses, Herb Pomeroy and many other musicians from whom he collected a spark of their experience.
The Italian adventure by Javier Girotto begins at age 25, some business to take care of his family, from Apulia, (through the Italian citizenship), deciding in a short time in this country to start his professional career. Even in Italy alternates collaboration with groups of commercial music, Latin, with the formation of several jazz groups, with which he began his tireless work as a composer and arranger. His first Roman formation is "Tercer Mundo", along with Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, on the tracks of latin jazz, a sextet consisting of piano, bass, percussion, drums, trumpet and sax, closely followed by "Six Sax" , a quartet of saxophones, bass and drums, consisting of Rosario Giuliani and Tony Germani high, Gianni Savelli the tenor, baritone Javier, Marco Siniscalco Pietro Iodice on bass and drums, with whom he recorded his first CD "Homenaje "in 1995 with special guest Bob Mintzer and Randy Brecker. In this same period comes the group for which the soprano and baritone Girotto are better known, Aires Tango, with Alessandro Gwis on piano, Marco Siniscalco on bass and Michael Anger on drums and percussion, in a combination of reasons for the tango with those of jazz, starting from the pleasure associated with listening to the stylistic features of Argentine music, reassures the listener in dealing with the "rapids" of the "diversity" of its own. With Aires Tango affects as many as 10 disks and in 2009 celebrated 15 years of life with their album "10/15" (just to indicate 10 ° and 15 years of hard life of the group) gems in a location where Girotto was always accompanied from the unconditional approval of the public, who encouraged him to "open up" the project to the voice of Peppe Servillo and symphony orchestra. In 1999 he founded another group, "Cordoba Reunion", formed by four musicians from Cordoba, Javier Girotto the sax and flutes, Gerardo Di Giusto at the piano, Minino Garay on percussion and Carlos El Tero Buschini on bass, engaged in a project with which returns to the roots of his music, with an eye to the time that preceded the tango, dragging the listener on a journey in search of empathy and emotional rhythms of folklore as the Argentine milonga, chacarera, Zamba and candombe group, that this he recorded a first album with singer Mercedes Sosa. And a second in 2012, "Sin Lugar a Dudas" for radio network Two Lugano Switzerland.
In 2000, Javier Girotto forms a double duo: the first with the bandoneon of Daniele Di Bonaventura, with whom he recorded three albums: "Javier Girotto Plays Rava", "Recordando Piazzolla" and "Recordando Gardel" with an orchestra of 13 strings;
The second Duo with Luciano Biondini (accordion) with whom he recorded 3 CDs with all original compositions, but returning again to the more free improvisation. the first disk is 2002 for the label Philology "El Cacerolazo", the second in 2005 for the label ENJA RECORDS "Mother Earth". The third disc and DVD "Iguazu" with dvd live in Ukraine. Even this duo sees them protagonists in festivals and clubs not only Italian but more in Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Holland, Eastern Europe, Argentina, Peru, etc..
In this same year he began his collaboration with the prestigious ONJ, the Orchestre National du Jazz in Paris (France).
Among the formations Javier Girotto is the elegant duo formed by Argentinean pianist Natalio Mangalavite, with whom he recorded Hummingbird, a CD that represents the synthesis of the entire South American feel, which recently has added the voice of Peppe Servillo , going, so, to create the Trio GSM Servillo had already worked together in some projects to Girotto Aires Tango as a guest and time collaboration solidified into a desire to create a project together where the singer was the protagonist from start to finish and sees realize this project in their first album entitled "The Friend of Cordoba" for "The Manifesto CD" Peppe Servillo is the author of the lyrics and the music Girotto. In 2008, the trio recorded the second GSM cd entitled "Futbol" with guest Toni Servillo and Fausto Mesolella.
In 2002 he joined the quartet of Enrico Rava's "Plan less" with whom he recorded a CD "Full of Life" along with Ares Tavolazzi and Fabrizio Sferra.
Sucessivamente form and recorded his first album "Nauhel" and, from "Il Manifesto" Javier Girotto & Vertere String Quartet, favoring a repertoire arranged by Luigi Giannatempo with original music by Girotto supported by the string quartet.
Form 2006 along with Paolo Silvestri Ensemble and Luciano Biondini what would be the continuation of the album "Anniversary" made with Aires Tango and the Symphony Orchestra of Sofia, recording the first album for the Giotto Music
In the meantime, with the PMJO (Parco della Musica Jazz Orchestra - Auditorium of Rome), records the album "Argentina en Escenas Big Band" with original compositions by Girotto, arranged by Luigi Giannatempo, in 'December '08 he was invited by the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam for a tour throughout the Netherlands presenting this project of big band and in August 2010 will host dela WDR big band (the radio in Cologne - Germany) for a project "Tango Jazz" with Gary Burton and Marcelo Nisinman.
In 'November 2008 shows together with Paolo Silvestri's "Concerto Latino" for symphony orchestra and soprano sax composed Silvestri Girotto and in addition compositions of the same Girotto, with the symphony orchestra of San Marino, Marche Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of Magna Grecia in Taranto, regional orchestra of Rome and the Lazio region, a project that will see repeated with all the best European symphony orchestras.
Always in 'form in 2008 with Fabrizio Bosso the "Latin Mood" documenting this project on the album "Tribute" and recording for Blue Note in the same year the album "Sol", and in 2012 the album "Vamos"
Another project is that it has developed an original repertoire for saxophone quartet along with Atem Saxophone Quartet soloist, composer and arranger same Girotto, documenting this work on the album "Suix" produced by label Parco della Musica in Rome, and in 2013 the second disc of this project for his own label "Araucanos."
2009 recorded a disc as a solo artist for L'Espresso "Italian Jazz Live" recorded at the Casa del Jazz in Rome "together with Aires Tango and Luciano Biondini.
in 2011 he began his recording adventure inaugurating the "JG records" with his first album (recorded entirely in Argentina and Cordoba with musicians and old friends) "Alrededores de la Ausencia"
From 2009 to 2011 he was a teacher in the jazz chair of the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, gave countless seminars at the Conservatory of Pesaro, Lecce, Salerno, etc. .... and in various music schools throughout Italy and the world.
In 2012 she forms a duo with the renowned classical pianist Michele Campanella "Musique sans frontiers" project, which proposes the repertoire of the great classical authors such as Debussy-Ravel-Guastavino, etc. .. contaminating this wonderful piano music with improvisation and the insertion of extra saxophone.
Also in November and December 2012 realiza a jazz festival tour in South American (Uruguay - Argentina - Brasil) with guitarist and pianist Ralph Towner, with whom in 2014 he plans to record their first album for the label ECM
Infinite are the collaboration of Javier Girotto, Enrico Rava with which we find it interesting pianoless baritone in the quartet, tribute to Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan, with whom he recorded Full of Life, Roberto Gatto, the backbone of the quintet, with which participated in three compact "# 7," Sing sing Sing "and" Deep ", with trombonist Gianluca Petrella, with whom he recorded" X-Ray ", by Rita Marcotulli, of which it is the soul ethnic formations in-argentina which alternates with the Andean flute and soprano, with whom he recorded "The woman next door" "Koine" and a drive for the magazine L'Espresso in 2009, "Nana", "Variations on the Theme", etc. ...
and again:
Bob Mintzer - Randy Brecker - Danilo Perez - Gary Burton - Antonello Salis - Kenny Wheeler - Ralph Towner - Jeff Ballard - Ben Street - And Simon - Avishai Cohen - Paul McCandless - Paolo Fresu - Miroslav Vitous, Quique Sinesi - Michele Campanella - WDR Big Band Koln Germany - Jazz Orchestra Concertgebouw Amsterdam Holland - Battista Lena - Alexander Balanescu - Zlatko Caucic - Gianni Coscia - George Garzone - Anga 'Diaz - Furio di Castri - Jean Pierre Como - Bill Pierce - Tony Scott - Bob Moses - Limb Tuncboyaciyan - Michel Benita - Danilo Rea - Carlo Rizzo - Paolo Di Sabatino - Aldo Romano - Raul Carnota - Luis Agudo - Maurizio Giammarco - Stefano Battaglia - Louis Sclavis - Michel Godard - Anouar Brahem - Gianluigi Trovesi - Lella Costa - Arnoldo Foa '- Raffaello Baldini - Toni Servillo - Leo Gullotta - Mercedes Sosa - Paolo Damiani - Rita Marcotulli - Roberto Gatto - Peppe Servillo - Sulman Rushdi - Dado Moroni - Nada - Stefano Bollani - Fabrizio Bosso - Roma Jazz Ensemble of Corvini, Iodice - Rosario Giuliani - M. Pia de Vito - Michael Anger - Luciano Biondini - Rome Symphony Orchestra - Symphony Orchestra of San Marino - Paolo Silvestri - Enrico Rava - Avion Travel - Ares Tavolazzi - Horacio Hernandes - Gianluca Petrella - Bebo Ferra - Orchestre National de Jazz (ONJ - Paris) -Paul Rogers - Anders Jormin - Dario Deidda - Danilo Perez - Nicola Piovani - Massimo Carlotto - PMJO (Parco della Musica Jazz Orchestra) Zadie Smith, Elizabeth Rasy - Valerio Mastandrea - Daniele Formica - Enzo De Caro-Andy Sheppard - Blacks Marcorè, Samuel Berzani, Giuliana de Sio, Trio Medusa, Giorgio Scaramuzzino, Ugo Dighero, Roberto Citran, David Riondino, Massimo Popolizio and many others
He has played and plays in the most important festivals, theaters, festivals and jazz clubs of Italian as "Umbria Jazz" Theatre "Ambra Jovinelli", "Villa Celimontana - Jazz Image", "La Palma - Fandango," Quirinale - SalaConcerti, Radio RAI 3, Roccella Ionica, University "La Sapienza", Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, medicine and surgery "Agostino Gemelli, Literature and Philosophy University of Tor Vergata, Theatre" N. Piccinni "in Bari, Maxentius-Rome, Trajan's Markets - Rome," House of Jazz "in Rome," Jazz & Wine "of Cormon, Montalcino, Altomonte, Auditorium and Santa Cecilia in Rome, Capitoline Museum Marcus Aurelius in Rome, Embassy of the Repub. Argentina, Italian Culture in Nairobi, Institute of Culture in Lima (Peru) and the International Festival of Jazz and institutions eiuropei in Lima Jazz Festival in Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Cordoba, endless artistic presentations are in the best theaters and jazz festivals around the world, many others and citing some of these per year ...........
Abroad: concerts in Italy, Europe and other countries as:
1999 - Genève "L'oreille du chat" - France, Cormon "Jazz & Wine" Teatro Comunale. (GO), Amiens, etc. ..
2000 - Paris, Epinal "Café Jazz" - France, etc. ..
2001 - Paris, Zagreb "Istraetnojazz" - Svetvincenat, Kastel Grimani - Valladolid "Estival Sta Cruz", Spain.
2002 - Epinal, Macau International Festival - China, the Netherlands' North See Jazz "
2003 - Cormon "Jazz and Wine," Tenerife "Atlantic Jazz", "Jazz Ambra" - Theatre Jovinelli, Pas de Calais,
Monaco of Bavaria "Unterfahrt," Maerz (Linz) "Künstlervereinigung Maerz Musik" - Austria, Prague "Struny Podzimu, mezinárodní hudebni Festival" - Austria, Amsterdam "BassDrumBone" guest Michel Godard - The Netherlands, Nairobi - The Italian Institute of Culture - Kenya
2004 - Auditorium "Centro Cultural de Belem", Brussels, Mons, Cologne, Linz "Maerz Musik" - Austria Innsbruck "Treibhaus" - Austria, Passau "Jazz Cafe im Museum" - Germany, Esslingen "Dieselstrasse Kulturzentrum" - Germany, Belgrade " October International Festival of Jazz and More "Serbia, Bad Ischl" Jazzfreunde "- Austria, Innsbruck" Treibhaus Festival "- Austria, Zurich" Moods im Schiffbau "- Switzerland
Ulm "Stadthaus" - Germany, Vienna's "Porgy & Bess Jazz Club" - Austria, Saalfelden "Kunsthaus Nexus Saalfelden" - Austria, Cologne "Entdeckung Europe Folklore Imaginaire" - Germany -
2005 - Paris, Epinal, Quimper "Aprem Jazz Festival" - France, Coutances "Jazz sous les Pommiers" - France, Besancon "Nouveau Théâtre" - France - Nevers' Pac des Ouches »France -
2006 - Austria "Burgcultur" Ljubiana, Slovenia "Cankarjevjazz"-Kladno (CZ) Kladenske Divadelko - Dresden (D) Neue Tonne jazz club-Passau (D) "Jazz Cafe im Museum" - Wendelstein (D) Jegelscheune-Heidelberg (D ) DAI-Wien (A) Porgy and Bess-Graz (A) Stockwerk Allensbach-(D)-St.Gallen (CH) - Amsterdam (Holland) Bimhuis Jazz Club - Rotterdam (Holland) Lantarem Venster - Marseille (FR) "The Cri du Port '-Cannes (FR) MJC Picaud-Caen (FR) Theatre-Paris (FR) Duc Des Lombard - Dukerque (FR) jazzclub-Brussels (Belgium) - Charleville Mésière (FR)-Liege (Belgium) - Luxembourg " The Inoui »-Orléans (FR)-Guerande (FR) Athanor-Nantes (FR) Pannonian-Tours (FR) LePetit Faucheux - Joze Clermont-Ferrand (FR)-Montlucon (FR) Guingois-House of Jazz (Rome) white paper J.Girotto Bolzano-jazz-festival jazz festival Clusone-Villa Celimontana (Rome) Jazz-Gubbio-Fest. Rocella Ionian jazz Fest.-Tour-Tour in Denmark Austria-etc ....
2007 - In theaters and jazz festivals: Rosny sous Bois (FR) - Véliz theater del'Onde (FR) - Arnhem (NL)-Krefeld (D) - Amsterdam (NL) - Tilburg (NL) - Rotterdam (NL) - Dordrecht (NL) - Issoudum (FR) - Houilles (FR) - Chevrouse (FR) - Chisinau (Moldova) - Odessa (Ukraine) - Vinnitsa (Ukraine) - Elles (FR) - Charleville Meziere (FR) - Groningen (NL) - Republic of San Marino - Eindhoven (NL) - Innsbruck (A) - Vienna (A) - Italian Jazz Festival in Buenos Aires (RA) - Ginza Tokyo Japan jazz festival
Etc ... and many other festivals and clubs around the world
2008 - Theaters of Ljubljana - Verona - Cologne (Koln), Munster, Duseldorf (DE) along with the WDR Big Band - Bonn to the auditorium of the house of L. Van Beethoven - Ravenna Festival - festival Vignola - Duisborg jazz festival (DE) - Noth Sea Jazz Festival (NL) - Atina Jazz Festival. South Tyrol Jazz Festival - Villa Celimontana jazz - Ravello festival - House of Jazz (Rome) - Brussels (BE) - Stocolma (Sweden) - Perpignan jazz festival (FR) - Tilburg (NL) - Zagreb (Croatia) - Nova Gorica (SLO ) - Paris (FR) - among the most important, etc. ....
2009 - one of the most important theaters and festivals: Bonn Beethovenhaus - Castle Sannicandro (BA) - Fidenza - Senigalia - Palermo - Lumezzane - Sesto Fiorentino - Salzburg (A) - Fasano - Lecce - Brindisi - Bari - Savona - Alghero - Fano - Jesi - Fermo - Trevi Cremona - Rimini - Imperia - San Sebastian, Hernani, Valladolid, Salamanca (Spain) - Vienn (A) - Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome - Taranto Italy - Trento - Messina - La Spezia - Genoa - Greek Theatre Taormina - Corregio - Verona - Hertogenbosch (NL) - Villa Celimontana Jazz (RM) - Gubbio. Santa Teresa di Gallura - Italy - Campobasso - Benevento - Pesaro - Avellino - Ancona - Tuscania - Bern, Zurich (Switzerland) - Vienna (A) Nymegen, Amsterdam, Arnem, Tilburg (Holland) - Teatro Comunale Ferrara - Jazz Festival Buenos Aires, Cordoba, La Plata (Argentina) - Montevideo (Uruguay) -, etc. .... and many others .....
2010 - one of the most important theaters and festivals: Bolzano - Martina Franca - Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome - Carpi - Chiasso - Klosters (Switzerland) - Eschen (FL) - Perugia Umbria Jazz - Ivrea - Prato - Fiorenzuola - Trento - Bordeaux ( FR) - Gorizia - Nova Gorica (SLO) Ljubljana (SLO) Mass - Plzen, Prague, Trutnov, Ceske Biudejovice (CZ, Czech Republic) - Genoa - L'Aquila - Palermo - Catania - Forli - Capitoline Museum 'Marcus Aurelius' of Rome - Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome - Corregio - Pompei - Salerno - Torino - Victoria - Lake Maggiore fest. - Piazza Armerina fest. - Cerveteri fest. - Avellino - Villa Celimontana Jazz (RM) - San Marino - Napoli - Zeche, Zollverein, Essen, Dusseldorf, Filarmonic of Cologne (DE) along with the WDR Big Band guest Javier Girotto, Gary Burton, Marcelo Nisinman - Ara Pacis in Rome - Brescia - Jazz Festival Brugge (BE) - Paris (FR) - Epinal (FR) - Torino - Varese - etc ... and many more .....
2011 - one of the most important theaters and festivals; Morbegno (SO) - Catanzaro - Milan - Palermo - Rome - Venice - Brescia - Salerno - Napoli - Alba-Senigalia - Monte Urban (AN)-Telese Terme (AV) - Bologna Jazz Festival - Bari - Cagliari - Catania-Bolzano - Poggibonsi - Casa del Jazz Festival (RM) - Paris (France) - Ferrara - Osimo - Barletta - Florence - Genoa-Catholic University (RM) - Coutance jazz Festival (France) - Lecce - Siena - Brianza jazz fest. (Monza) - Carpi - Rimini - Pordenone - Montalcino jazz fest. - Foggia - Villa Celimontana (RM) - Casalgrande - Clusone jazz festival - Maratea - Festival Sounds of the Dolomites Trentino - Teramo - Brindisi - Reggio Emilia - Novi Ligure jazz fest. - Berchidda Time in Jazz - Roselle (GR) - Sassari time in jazz - Noto - Como - Polignano a Mare - Martina Franca - Italy - Perugia - Orbetello - Lima (Peru) - Mantova - Matera - Parma - Chieti - Dunkerque (France) - Torino - Bergamo - Busto Arsizio - Avelino - Brugge (Belgium) - Dordecht (Holland) - Heerlen (Holland) - Tilburg (Holland) - Alkmaar (Holland) - Amsterdam (Holland) - Auditorium Parco della Musica (Rome Jazz festival) - Umbria Jazz Winter, 2011 - and many other festivals and clubs around the world ....
2012 - Epinal, Paris, Coutance, Dunquerke, etc ... France) - Luxemburg, Belgium, Holland, Germany, etc. ... Jazz Festival in Lima (Peru) - Jazz Festival Argentines of Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Rosario, Salta, Mendoza Argentina - jazz festival in Montevideo (Uruguay) - in Italy at festivals and theaters of Naples, Sicily, Trieste, Bari, Bergamo, Asti, Rome, Genoa, L'Aquila, Bressanone, Foggia, Casalgrande, Piacenza, Gorizia, Pesaro, Legnano, Modena, Forli, Fano, Florence, Pordenone, Marche, Milan, Perugia, Salerno, Cagliari, Italy, Imola, Cormons, Ancona, Ravenna, Gubbio, Garda, Cassino, Trento, Iseo, Verona, Udine, Monopoly, Modica, Basilicata, Avellino, Pescara, Roccella Ionica, Viterbo, Ischia, Lugano and Zurich in Switzerland, Jazz Festival Bucharest (Romania), Moscow and St. Petersburg (Russia), Jazz Festival Chissinau (Moldova), Ukraina, Jazz Festival Kralove, Pilsen, Karbvyvany , Ceske, Prague, in the Czech Republic,
MUSIC AND LITERATURE
He has collaborated with Ivano Marescotti "There was three times" by Raphael Baldini. With Lella Costa and Arnoldo Foa. "The Thousand and One Nights. Scheherazade. " With Valerio Mastrandrea "Futbol San Isidro." With Leo Gullotta, Salman Rushdi, Tony Servillo, Zadie Smith, Elizabeth Rasy - Daniele Formica - Enzo De dear - Blacks Marcorè - Samuel Berzani - Giuliana de Sio - Trio Medusa - Giorgio Scaramuzzino - Ugo Dighero - Roberto Citran - Gene Gnocchi - David Riondino - Maximum Popolizio, and many others.
His concert activity is focused on the following formations:
AS A BAND LEADER:
Javier Girrotto Aires & Tango - Duo with Gianni Iorio (piano and bandoneon) and string orchestra "Recordando Piazzolla y Gardel" - Duo Javier Girotto & Michele Campanella - Javier Girotto & Cordoba Reunion - Javier Girotto & Six Sax - Duo with Luciano Biondini (accordion) - J.Girotto, L.Biondini, P.Silvestri & Ensemble - Trio Girotto, Servillo Mangalavite (saxes, piano and vocals) - Duo Javier Girotto & Bebo Ferra - Duo Javier Girotto & Francesco Nastro - concerts "only "- J & Girotto Vertere String 4tet., - J. Girotto & Atem Saxophone 4tet. - Javier Girotto & PMJO "Argentina en Escenas Big Band" - "Concerto Latino" for symphony orchestra and soprano sax - Fabrizio Bosso & Javier Girotto "Latin Mood" - Ralph Towner & Javier Girotto Duo - Trio "Dos Soles" with Javier Girotto - Quique Sinesi - Martin Bruhn - duo "Music sans frontiers" along with classical pianist Michele Campanella, and many collaboration projects with other musicians.
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