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Giancarlo Gazzani
Giancarlo Gazzani

Born
1941 in Rom

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Was born in Rome 1941. He studied trombone, composition and orchestra conducting. He was then a student at the “Accademia Musicale Chigiana” of Siena, where he studied orchestra conducting, reading and harmonizing with Hermann Scherchen and Bruno Rigacci; following this he studied with Franco Ferrara and Daniele Paris. From 1967 - 69 he was orchestra director for R.C.A. (sound-track) and he directed, for the “Ente Autonomo del Teatro Comunale” in Bologna the first performance in Europe of “Jazz Mass” by Lalo Schifrin. In this period he also took part, directing an orchestra, in a festival dedicated to Gershwin which was held in Venice. From 1970 he has directed the “Orchestra Ritmo-Sinfonica of the R.A.I.” in Rome, recording for radio, television and cinema productions. He has composed many pieces, sound tracks and arrangements for wind orchestra. For many years he has collaborated with “Radio Stoccarda” writing for Erwin Lehen. Having taught in the “G. Verdi” Conservatory since 1979, he has been able to create a greate number of performances and concerts directing a lot of new young orchestras. From 1994, besides his activities as orchestra director, he has held seminars for the school of “Alto Perfezionamento musicale” of Saluzzo, near Turin.

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Cuban Sound

Cuban Sound

Lorenzo Pusceddu Works 2

Lorenzo Pusceddu Works 2

Santana - A Portrait

Santana - A Portrait

Music by Giancarlo Gazzani

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Cuban Sound

Cuban Sound

After the enormous success obtained with ''Santana a Portrait'', ''Oro Latino'', ''Corazon Espinado'', and ''Perez Prado'', Giancarlo Gazzani presents another Latin medley: ''Cuban Sound''. This...
Concert Band
ESB1097.21
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Lorenzo Pusceddu Works 2

Lorenzo Pusceddu Works 2

Festival - Divertimento - San Carlo - Quiet Song - Preludio e Danza - Reana - Prochytas - Suite Antique - Varcenum - Campus - Terre del Vino - Piccola Suite
CD (Compact Disc)
TDIV533
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Santana - A Portrait

Santana - A Portrait

The guitarist Carlos Santana has enjoyed, in recent years, great and renewed success. Giancarlo Gazzani has included, in this medley, some historic and more recent songs from Santana's...
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ESB683.21A
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