【THU 08.18】SCHIRRU & LANCEROTTI: ITALIAN JAZZ TOUR 尼古拉&西蒙意大利爵士之夜

This Thursday, August 18th, we are welcoming amazing Italian touring musicians Simone Schirru & Nicola Lancerotti on stage. Having played internationally in many different locations, and collaborated with both local and foreign musicians, the duo is offering a very special show any jazz lover would like to miss. For the occassion, they will be accompanied by one of Beijing's new young music talents, Chengdu born lady drummer and pianist Liu Ziyi.

And, because Jazz at Modernista comes with happy hours, be sure you can enjoy our bubbly cocktail specials as it was Sunday... Come over for a relaxed summer night of delightful jazz music!

If you are interested in the amazing Beijing jazz music scene, 

we have a regular calendar of jazz concerts EVERY SUNDAY with different bands every week. Come to check it out!

如对本活动感兴趣，推荐关注摩登尼斯塔每周日的爵士之夜！

MORE ABOUT THE PERFORMERS

乐队成员介绍

SIMONE SCHIRRU

(Guitar)

Simone Schirru is a guitar player, composer and teacher. He graduated in “Jazz Guitar” Academy of Music “G.P. da Palestrina” in Cagliari, studying with M. Ferra. Afterwards, he got his master degree in Jazz Guitar at “Lemmens Institute” in Belgium studying with P. Hertmans, Frank Vaganée, Ron Van Rossum and Bo Van Der Werf. He joined the Master Classes led by D. Douglas, S. Coleman, Butch Morris, P. Metheny, A. Braxton, Muhal Richard Abrams, G. Fewell, Roscoe Mitchell, W. Leo Smith, John Scofield etc.

In 2005 and 2008, Simone won the Scholarship of the International Festival of Sant’anna Arresi as best guitar­ player and best band studying with G. Fewell (Berklee College) and R. Cecchetto. He played with “Guitto Gargle”, “Cuenta Contemporanea”, the solo project “Improsa Tongue”, “Ajo­jo mandi & the Youngers”, Progetto Nudo, Pixeldrama... in many festivals and prestigious places around the world like Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz (IT), Salon De Musique (IT), Jazz in It (IT), Salon de musique en fete (IT), Udin&Jazz (IT), Salon de Musique Jazz (IT), Musica Sulle Bocche (IT), Jazzando, Musiche dal Mondo (IT), Les Arts Florissant del la Sardigne (Paris, FR), Open City (IT), Englewood Jazz Festival (Chicago,USA), EJE – European Jazz Expo,  Jazzin’San Sperate (IT), Marina Caffe Noir (IT), Racconti D’Armenia (IT), Un isola in Festival (IT), Global Futur (IT), Fred Andreson’s Velvet Lounge (Chicago,USA), Chicago Cultural Center (Chicago, USA), Riff Festival (Jodhpur,India), IIT rendevuez Festival (Delhi, India), University of Mumbai (Bombay, India), Biella Jazz Club (IT), AB Ancienne Belgique (Bruxelles, Belgium), and recently, JZ Club (Hangzhou).

In Belgium he's active in the well­known soul band “Man on Fire and the Soul Soldiers” playing around the country in many events such “Féte de l'iris”, “1 May festival”, “Yo!Fest”, “Jazz Marathon” and many others. Beside a lot of jazz bands he also played with Kangling, Oghene Kologbo & the World Squad, Nestor Martin, Lorenzo Agnifili Big Band, and his brand new bands “Invisible” and “Elegant People”. He also collaborated in a theatrical events and musical reading.

DISCOGRAPHY :

Guitto Gargle– Nubop Records, 2008

Progetto Nudo– Ultrasound Records, 2010

Rural Electrification Orchestra ­ “Col Fiato Sospeso”– Clair de lune, 2010

Man on Fire & the Soul Soldier – EP – Autoproduction, 2012

Eterno/Schirru – “Around Three Minutes Long Short Movie Songs” ­ - Clinical Archives, 2012

Man on Fire & the Soul Soldiers – Ragtime Production, 2014

Francesca Palamidessi ­ “In other words, I am Three”  -­ Ragtime Production, 2015

Simone Schirru 毕业于卡利亚里的G.P.daPalestrina音乐学院爵士吉它专业，之后在比利时Lemmens学院获硕士学位，并在大师班中学习，受D. Douglas, S.Coleman, Butch Morris, Pet Metheny, A. Braxton, Muhal Richard Abrams, G. Fewell,Roscoe Mitchell, W. Leo Smith, John Scofield等大师的指导。2005-2008年期间赢得Sant’anna Arresi 音乐节的最佳吉它手和最佳乐队奖项及奖学金，获得跟随G. Fewell(柏克利大学)和R.Cecchetto学习的机会。Simone是比利时著名soul乐队Manon Fire and the Soul Soldiers的成员，巡演至欧洲各地; 同时他也创立了自己的两支乐队“Invisible”和”Elegant people”，他也是拉丁爵士大乐队等乐团的固定成员，并参与剧场音乐会项目。

NICOLA LANCEROTTI

(Double Bass)

Born in 1975 in Padova, Italy, Nicola first enrolled in 1994 in the Aerospace Department of the University of Pisa and became Engineer in 2003. Progressively introduced to the academic world of music by the hand of Master Nino Pellegrini, he started to learn jazz doublebass at the private school Scuola di Musica "G. Bonamici" in Pisa, in 2000. He simultaneously worked with school combos lead by Andrea Pellegrini with monographic project on Mingus, Monk and Parker. He took part into workshops for talented musicians with Italian doublebass players Paolino Dalla Porta (Pisa, 2000) and Furio Di Castri (Terni, 2001). He also took part into a special 2 ­years course oriented to the "Piano trio language" with pianist Enio Corsaro and drummer Roberto Traverso, taught by masters Stefano Battaglia, Paolino Dalla Porta and Fabrizio Sferra. As a result of their trio's work over a year time, they were awarded the first prize First Pisa Jazz Contest in 2002. Later that year, he followed the prestigious SIENAJAZZ Summer Workshops. He increased his skills studying jazz doublebass with Master Pietro Leveratto, combo class and refined ear training with Master Pietro Tonolo and theory and analysis with Stefano Zenni. In 2003 he was granted a place for studies on jazz doublebass class at The Hague Conservatory, in the Netherlands. In 2004 he switched to Brussels Conservatory where he studied for two years with Bart De Nolf, Diederik Wissels, Jeroen Van Herzeele, among others.

His performances since 2002 have taken him to play in many jazz and non­jazz clubs in Europe (Italy, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Germany, Latvia) as well as in China and Taiwan with various bands, all of which were rich in sound diversity, techniques and repertoire; from the duo to the Big Band, from gipsy jazz to avant­ garde, including singer­songwriters of French (Brazùk), Arab (Jawhar Basti – winner Octaves de la musique 2014), African (Oghene Kologbo and World Squad), Italian (Giacomo Lariccia), English (Kirsty McGee) tradition or élite­pop (Silver Junkie).

Currently he's leading his own group, a two saxes­bass­drums quartet with which he's trying to meet the jazz tradition with the innovation of purely improvised music. As sideman he's working with ZOLA quartet, KIND OF BLUE TRIBUTE (Bruno Castellucci, Gino Lattuca, Eve Beuvens, Michel Mainil and Thomas Champagne) and many other temporary projects.

In 2013 he's held a series of concerts in Taiwan with a special project with local musicians and friends he met in Brussels Conservatoire: Hsieh Min­Yen, Chen Kuo Hua, Tseng Tseng Yi (Mike Tseng), Andrew Salim.

He plays regularly or has played with: Eve Beuvens, Jordi Grognard, Jean Paul Estievenart, Paolo Loveri, Bruno Castellucci, Tommaso Cappellato, Hsieh Min­Yen, Chen Kuohua, Andrew Salim, Mike Tseng, João Lobo, Phil Abraham, Jan De Haas, Vincent Bruyninckx, Alain Deval, Thomas Champagne, Augusto Pirodda, Daniele Martini, Nelide Bandello, Giovanni Di Domenico, Gino Lattuca, Didier Van Uytvanck, Mathieu Robert, Guillaume Vierset, Laurent Delchambre, Etienne Plumer, Marco Locurcio, Waso De Cauter, Koen De Cauter, Myrddin De Cauter, Tom Callens, Lionel Beuvens, Fred Delplancq, Fred Becker, Els Vandeweyer, Michail Griener, Robert Menzel, Toon Van Dionant.

Nicola has also participated in many festivals like Jazz à Liège, Brussels Jazz Marathon, Rigas Ritmi, Saint Jazz Ten Noode, Esperanzah!, Fam' and Jazz, International Jazz Day des Lundis d'hortense, Audi Jazz, Ça jazz à Woluwé, Gentse Feesten, Paperbacks by Centro d'arte dell'università di Padova, Montreux Jazz Festival.

DISCOGRAPHY:

MEMORIA UNO Crisis – Discordian Records 2014

NICOLA LANCEROTTI QUARTET Lux – work in progress

ZOLA QUARTET – work in progress

JAWHAR Qibla Wa Qobla – Naff rekordz 2013 (vincitore Octaves de la Musique 2014)

NO VIBRATO QUARTET – work in progress

NICOLA LANCEROTTI QUARTET Skin – dEN Records 2013

SILVERJUNKIE Streets and Boulevards

BRAZÙK Le Vietnam sous la neige – EP self produced

TRIO INCONTRI 2001­2002 Edizioni Siena Jazz

SERATE ILLUMINATE 1998­2002 Edizioni Blu Cammello – Frammenti

Nicola Lancerotti于1975年在意大利出生。1994年进入比萨大学宇宙航天学院，并于 2003年成为宇宙航天工程师。2000年在Nino Pellegrini的引领下进入比萨的私立音乐学院开始学习爵士乐，并很快加入学校的爵士乐队开始演奏Mingus、 Monk和Parker的音乐。他与钢琴手和鼓手伙伴一起完成了由大师Stefano Battaglia, Paolino Dalla Porta及FabrizioSferra教授的“钢琴三重奏语言”特别课程，并在 2002年赢得第一届比萨爵士大赛的冠军。2003年Nicola前往荷兰海牙音乐学院学习大贝司演奏，2004年转入布鲁塞尔音乐学院继续两年的学习。
自2002年开始Nicola跟不同的乐队一起在世界各地演出，从二重奏至大乐队，从吉普赛爵士至先锋前卫，合作的音乐家有法国创作歌手，有阿拉伯音乐人，也有非洲音乐，再到英伦摇滚…目前除了在中国停留三个月的布鲁塞尔五重奏之外，Nicola也主领一支双萨克斯的四重奏乐队。

LIU ZIYI

(Drums)

Liu Ziyi is an up and coming drummer from Chengdu, China. At age 6 she began studying piano but found her true voice in 2010 when she relocated to Beijing and began studying drums. She is the drummer for local rock group Tone which has participated in many festivals and tv performances including MIDI music festival, Guizhou satellite TV，and the CCTV-1,《I'm not Jackie Chan》drama. Liu Ziyi is now in her final year in the Jazz department of the Beijing Contemporary Music Academy and studies under some of China's best Jazz musicians including Chaoren Luo, Wangbin, Izumi Koga, Alex Morris, Xiao Dou, Dan Callaghan.

刘紫旖 六岁学习钢琴.2010年来到北京现代音乐学院.现任瞳乐队鼓手，跟随多次参加MIDI音乐节等各类大型音乐节 以及贵州卫视、央视一套星光大道等电视节目录制、《我不是成龙》话剧伴奏.先后跟随罗超文、王斌、izumi、小豆、Alex、Daniel学习.