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Nicola Stranieri
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 Nicola
Stranieri first studied drumming with Enrico Lucchini and
Tullio
De Piscopo, before he completed his musical training attending workshops
by Peter Erskine,
Enrico Rava
and John Riley.
Since the 1980s he's been constantly
playing the most famed italian jazz clubs and festivals; he's also played abroad
on occasions.
 Throughout
his career he played with many jazz musicians, such as Ralph Alessi, Gianni
Basso,
Enrico Rava,
Gianni Coscia,
Ares Tavolazzi,
Claudio Fasoli,
Bebo Ferra,
Luis Agudo,
Franco Cerri,
Garrison
Fewell,
Andrea Pozza,
Rosario Bonaccorso,
Mauro Negri,
Giulio Visibelli, Bob Mover, Johannes Faber, Arrigo Cappelletti,
Michael Rosen,
Paolo
Dalla Porta,
Max De Aloe,
Carlo Actis Dato,
Bruno
de Filippi,
Barbara
Casini,
Ada Montellanico,
Simone Guiducci,
Fausto Beccalossi, Frédéric Viale,
Michele
Franzini, Alberto Mandarini, Adi Sousa and
Yuri Goloubev.
His longtime collaboration with pianist
Paolo Paliaga
resulted in two albums, both critically acclaimed by the italian and american jazz
press ("Cadence", Feb. 1999).
Most recent activities:
He's recently played the 2007 international
"Novara Jazz Festival" with Ralph Alessi from New York City on trumpet and
pianist Arrigo Cappelletti: the show was recorded and eventually broadcast
on RAI Radio 3, and released as "Hard Lights"
(Music Center).
 He's
also featured in two recent releases: "My Jazz Flutes"
by the Michele
Gori Quartet on Splas(c)h Records, and "Meu
Silencio" by the Antonella Montrasio Mudança Quintet, on the Videoradio
label.
The combos he regularly plays with are
Max De Aloe
Quartet, Cappelletti/Alessi/Stranieri Trio,
Michele Gori
Quartet, Alberto Barattini Trio, Fiorenzo Bodrato Trio (featuring
Carlo Actis Dato).
Didactical activities:
He teached drums at the "Civico Istituto Musicale Brera" in Novara and at the "A.
Toscanini" music school in Verbania.
He's also teached at the "Centro Teatro Attivo" in Milan,
Tullio
De Piscopo's drum course.
Currently he's teaching at the "Scuola di
Musica Dedalo" in Novara, in which he also coordinates the jazz and modern
music sections.
Contacts and Information:
Nicola Stranieri
email: info@nicolastranieri.it
web: www.nicolastranieri.it
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Last Modified Date: 16/08/2008
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