Many of the courses at Tanz Bozen will have live accompaniment. Teachers and participants alike appreciate the sensitivity and professionalism of the excellent musicians, who sprinkle magic into the lessons with their music. Sound and movement unite, with the resulting energy clearly engaging and inspiring all.
Please find here the musicians, who will be joining us for this year's edition of the workshop program:
piano
Luis Carmona Barrio will accompany the lessons of:
Armando Braswell, Alex Frei, Gabriela Haslinger, Robert Hewitt, Jennifer Mann, Natalia Viñas Roig
Luis M. Carmona Barrio was born in San Sebastián, where he studied piano and composition. He worked as dance accompanist and composer in many parts of Europe, in the USA and Japan with artists such as María de Ávila, Lola de Ávila, Carmen Roche, Victor Ullate, Carmina, Ida Vasilieva, Azari Plizetski, Jean Claude Gallotta, Anne Teresa de Keersmaker, David Zambrano, Susanne Linke, Milton Myers, Wim Vandekeybus, with the José Limón Dance Company and the Jennifer Muller Company, the Institut del Teatre, Barcelona, and Internationale Tanzwochen Wien.
He has composed music for films, dance and theatrical performances and has taken part in most of the major music festivals as a pianist. Carmona Barrio has also recorded a number of CDs and is currently recording his own piano compositions.
Percussion
François Ceccaldi will accompany the lessons of:
Armando Braswell, Alex Frei, Jennifer Mann, Natalia Viñas Roig
François Ceccaldi has been engaged with dance as a musician for the past 15 years. He has composed for various ensembles (Cie de la Mentira, Voie E) and accompanies dance lessons at the Conservatoire de Montpellier, Epse Danse and at various international festivals. He has worked with artists such as Anne Marie Porras, Rita Quaglia, Michèle Rust, Eve Jouret, Yann Lheureux, Jean-Pierre Alvarez and Leonardo Montecchia.
His basic instruments are the traditional percussion instruments (Zarb, Darbuka, Tablas, Jenbé Toms). By combining them with the latest technology Francois has opened a broad new field of sound. .
Piano
Sandro Cuccuini will accompany the lessons of:
Gabriele Haslinger, Anna Herrmann, Robert Hewitt, Audrey van Herck
Sandro Cuccuini, graduated as a pianist in 1988 from "Conservatorio G. Verdi", Turin.
BALLET: The highlights of Sandro Cuccuini's creative career include collaborations, occasional or continuing, with important Schools of Dance, Festivals and Institutions such as: “Staatsballet Berlin”, “Alvin Ailey” (New York), “Metropolitan Fine Arts Center” (Washington), “Royal Conservatoire of Scotland” (Glasgow), “The Wells Ballet Courses” with "Royal Ballet" Dancers (London), “London Contemporary” (London), and many many others. In 2018 he was nominated Member of the International Dance Council – CID. Since 2015 he has been Tutor and Head of Music Department for ACSI D.E.E. Since 2003 he has been trainer in musicality fields for international institutions. In 2018 he created a training programme for students and ballet teachers named “TBM PROJECT_Teaching Ballet through Music”. He composed and recorded three Cd's: "Music for Ballet” vol. 1, 2, 3. He composed nine Cd's for the modern methodology: “MDA”.
THEATRE: Since 1982 he is Musician and Conductor for Operetta Companies, Opera Singers and Actors. He has hundreds of performances in Italy, Europe and Japan under his belt. Between 2000 and 2006 he was Artistic Director of the “Torino Teatro Operetta“. During the 2016/17 theater season, he was conductor in the "Compagnia Grandi Spettacoli", Milano. He is also Composer and Arranger of the Musical “Valjean”, that in 2013 received a nomination at the "Italian Musical Awards" in the "Best Musical off" section.
Percussion
Thierry Galand will accompany the lessons of:
Chantal Loial
Trained in Afro-Cuban, Caribbean and Guinean drumming since the 90s, Thierry Galand continues to transmit his art through percussion classes and workshops to various audiences. Specialized in Gwoka Guadeloupe, he participated in many evenings Lewoz in Paris and Guadeloupe. He regularly accompanies dance classes and workshops and plays in many carnival parades. He regularly accompanies the Martinican storyteller Igo Drané in his shows.
Guitar
Jose Torres Vicente will accompany the lessons of:
Juan Carlos Lèrida
José Torres Vicente is a guitarist with a multidisciplinary profile. For dance, he has composed music for choreographies by Javier Latorre, Rosario Toledo, and he has accompanied Carmen Linares and Manuel Lombo, among others. He collaborates on the show Le duende Volé by Pilar Albarracín of the Flamenco Festival of Mont-de-Marsan.
He directed the videodance Café Cantante in 2012.
He has participated in and led different discography projects. With his main group, José Torres Trío, he published their first record in 2013, with the same title as their group name, and (Un)Still Life in 2020. Together with the singer Rocío Guzmán, he published an EP of adapted versions of classic lyrics, La virtud en aire.
He has been awarded as a performer by the Instituto Nacional de Juventud and as a composer in the Escenarios de Sevilla awards for the Suite del Reloj by the José Torres Trio.
