Paolo Fresu (Sardinian: Pàulu; born 10 February 1961)[1] is an Italian jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, as well as a composer and arranger of music.
Paolo Fresu
Fresu in 2010
Background information
Born
(1961-02-10) 10 February 1961 (age 63) Berchidda, Sardinia, Italy
He has taught at the Siena Jazz National Seminars, as well as jazz university courses in Terni, and is the director of Nuoro Jazz Seminars in Nuoro, Italy.[7]
Fresu composes music for theatre, poem, dance, radio, television, and film.
In 2007, he recorded and toured with Carla Bley's quartet, the Lost Chords.
In 2011, he released Mistico Mediterraneo, which featured him, Daniele di Bonaventura and five other members playing bandoneons in A Filetta style.[8]
In 2012, his quintet performed at the Sirifort Auditorium, New Delhi, India, to celebrate 10 years of the Italian culture center there.[9]
^"Paolo Fresu - Artist Profile". Eventseeker.com. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
^Tommaso Starace Tommaso Starace Biography, Tommasostarace.com, Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^Ken Bader (23 February 2011). "Trumpet virtuoso Paolo Fresu". Public Radio International. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
^"Delhiites have a date with Italian jazz quintet". The Times of India. 14 May 2012. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
^"Berklee Presents Umbria Jazz Founder Carlo Pagnotta with George Wein Impresario Award and Honorary Doctorates to Paolo Fresu and Charles Lloyd". Back Bay, MA Patch. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
Paolo Fresu. "Tempo e relazione" in Brooklyn Rail (September 2021), as part of section "How Long Is Now?" guest edited by Francesca Pietropaolo: https://brooklynrail.org/2021/09/criticspage