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Matteo Brancaleoni
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 Matteo
Brancaleoni was born in Milan in 1981.
Young artist with versatile and original personality: actor, singer, journalist,
musician.
In 2006 it has been released his critic
acclaimed debut album "Just Smile" with
pianist
Renato Sellani, featuring first rate Italian musicians guests
like Gianni Basso,
Franco Cerri,
Fabrizio
Bosso,
Stefano Bagnoli,
Massimo Moriconi.
 Critic
acclaimed him as a true successor to
Frank Sinatra.
By the time he was 16, he began singing and performing in jazz clubs around
Northern Italy.
Finalist for the IMUA "International
Massimo Urbani
Jazz Music Award" in 2006.
His recordings were also featured in the Radio Festival of Italian Jazz
Singers as one of the most talented young italian jazz vocalist.
His performances have also been heard on on Radio Palermo in Buenos Aires,
RTSI (Swiss Radio) Broadway Las Vegas conducted by Giuliano Fournier, an Punto Radio
FM from Pisa, Radio Jazz Portugal.
He studied at State Conservatory Of Cuneo Course of Jazz - Afro American
Music, singin technique with Danila Satragno, and Berklee Summer School
at Umbria Jazz Clinics with Donna Mcelroy.
He is currently attending his last year at Performing Arts University
of Turin with theatre specialization. In 2002
he is selected as singer and actor by PromoArt of Montecarlo and takes part in the
cast of "Musical Dreams".
 He
has performed in Italy, USA, France, Australia, Switzerland: Bollate Jazz Fest,
Saluzzo Jazz D.O.C., Umbria Jazz, National Museum of Motion Picture, International
Book Fair Turin, Not Just Jazz Milano, Italian Jazz SongsFestival Sanremo,
Massimo Urbani
International Jazz Award, Musicamdo Jazz &Blues, Savona Jazz, New Orleans Cafè,
Grand Visconti Hotel Milan, Hyatt Hotel Chicago.
In 2002 he is invited by the President
of ISA (Instrumen Society of America), to perform in the prestigious ballroom of
the McCormick Center of Chicago.
 He
had, so far, the honour to perfom with some great jazz artists:
Franco Cerri
(g),
Renato Sellani (p),Fabrizio
Bosso (tr),
Stefano Bagnoli
(dr), Gianni Basso (sax), Massimo Moriconi (b),Lino
Patruno (g),
Riccardo Zegna
(p),
Massimo
Manzi (d),
Claudio Filippini
(p), Fulvio Albano (sax),
Lino Patruno
(g), Skip Hadden (dr), Aldo Zunino (b) Luca Velotti
(s), Dino Cerruti
(b), Jimmy Villotti (g), Pinuccio Calì (b), John Ramsey
(dr), John Melnick (p).
As a journalist he interviewed artists like Tony Bennett,
Freddy Cole, Jane Monehit, Jamie Cullum. He also duetted with
the Canadian pop star Michael Bublè for his Italian fan club web site.
In 2002 he attends the Dramatic
Art Academy "Sergio Tofano" of Turin, where he studies acting and diction and follows
a course of television dubbing.
In 1996 he begins to study
at a drama school, under Director Leonardo Gazzola, at Milan Theater Laboratory.
He remains, with this Group, for 5 years and he directs and acts in a number of
theatre works like "The little Prince" of A. de Saint-Exupery, "Othello" of W. Shakspeare,
"St. John's smile" of R. Cappuccio. In 2000
he plays, at Verga Theater in Milan, "Murder without reason" of E. Ionesco.
Official Discography:
- Just Smile (Philology W 356.2)
- Matteo Brancaleoni with
Renato
Sellani (2006)
- Un sanremese a Londra (Mellophonium Multimedia)
– Le jazzy songs di Demo Bruzzone (2006)
– Guest with Red Cat Dance Band on "Spring Time"
with Renato Sellani
For further informations:
Press Request:
press@matteobrancaleoni.com
Management
Renato D'Herin - D'Herin Records
viale Buridani, 6 Venaria (TO)
mail. dherin@dherin.com
web. www.dherin.com
tel. (+39) 011.45.94.000
fax. (+39) 011.45.93.800
Official Sites
www.matteobrancaleoni.com
www.myspace.com/matteobrancaleoni
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Last Modified Date: 18/01/2007
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