Harmonia Ensemble
directed by Giampiero Bigazzi

Biografia

Biography

Works:

Ulixes
2001 - MATERIALI SONORI
With this meeting with the famous gypsy brass band, the Koçani Orkestar, Harmonia move into an unpredictable musical and cultural terrain…

Gypsies - i nostri zingari
2001 - SUONI & CULTURE
Gypsies is a miscellany of music and musicians, ideas and friendships, stories and journeys, passion and melancholy, love and pain. It reproduces the expressions, different yet heterogeneous, of artists distanced by geography but united in feeling.

Fellini [L’Uomo dei Sogni]
2001 - MATERIALI SONORI

The North Shore
1999 - NEW CLASSICS
Contains a composition for trio written by Bryars for Harmonia, unedited version of "Allegrasco" for clarinet and piano and "The North Shore" for cello and piano.

Events line
1996 - MATERIALI SONORI
An intensely socially committed work which recalls dramatic world events: the flames of the Fenice Theatre and the wailing prayers of Mecca, the haunting bell of Hiroshima, shots ringing out Sarajevo, and also a touching tribute to Yitzhak Rabin.

Harmonia meets Zappa
1994 - MATERIALI SONORI
Frank Zappa is one of the most extraordinary figures in modern music, who deserves to rank alongside the masters of the 20th century. Harmonia again brings to life some of his remarkable music by means of an unconventional chamber study.

Classical music for those with no memory
1994 - MATERIALI SONORI
This mini cd offers the complete version of the suite "Classical Music for Those…" featured on the cd "In A Room". A brief interview released by Arturo Stàlteri with Roger Eno closes the recording.

In a Room
1993 - NEW CLASSICS

Nino Rota
1992 - MATERIALI SONORI
A tribute to one of the most fascinating Italian composer of the 20th century. A collection of music taken from various Fellini and Visconti movies, plus three tracks composed by Orio Odori

HECTOR ZAZOU
Strong Currents - Sonora Portraits 2
2003 SONORA
Damiano (with Archea Strings) and Orio contribute to this project, composed and produced by Zazou. Orio plays in “Mmmh”, “Under My Wing”, “Is This”. Damiano plays in “Mmmh”, “Beauty”, “In The Middle Of The Night”, “Under My Wing”, “Is This”, “Morning”

ARTURO STALTERI
coolAugustMoon
from the music of Brian Eno
2000 MATERIALI SONORI
Damiano makes his contribution, participating in the ensemble lead by Stàlteri.

ARLO BIGAZZI
[2]
1998 MATERIALI SONORI
Damiano Puliti plays in "She Walks Alone", "I Cappelli di Herma", "Memory Lost!" and "Nello Like a Sultan". Paolo Corsi is the percussionist of the project and Orio Odori also lends his hand in "Alicante"

MILITIA
Elvengamello
1997 MATERIALI SONORI
Damiano is implicated in this unusual project that mixes recited texts with urban beats. He plays in "A Map of Valentine", "Giorno Dopo Giorno", "Atuan e Shia-Hua", "Il Fuoco e Il Vino" and "Il Male, il Peggio" with a mysterious "ghost cello"…

PAOLO LOTTI
Hendrix
1997 MATERIALI SONORI
Harmonia actively participated in this homage to the guitarist from Seattle, forming the nucleus of the extraordinary ensemble lead by Paolo Lotti. Giancarlo Cardini, Arturo Stalteri and Paolo Carlini are also present.

CLARE ANN MATZ
Some Secrets
1996 MATERIALI SONORI
Damiano Puliti, Orio Odori and Paolo Corsi contribute to this choral project, produced by Arlo Bigazzi and Arturo Stalteri.

NICOLA ALESINI & PIER LUIGI ANDREONI
Marco Polo
1995 MATERIALI SONORI
Damiano Puliti makes a fleeting but intense appearance in "The Golden Way". The track, sung by David Sylvian, appears with a different mix on the double anthological Cd released by the English artist at the end of 2000 (Everything And Nothing).

ARLO BIGAZZI
Polvere nella Mente
1994 MATERIALI SONORI
Orio Odori's presence is fundamental in Arlo Bigazzi's first soloist project. He plays in almost all the tracks on the clarinet and bass clarinet.

ARTURO STALTERI
Cirlces - music by Philip Glass
1992 NEW CLASSICS
Damiano contributes to the only piece that is not exclusively for pianos: "Ave".

ARTURO STALTERI
Syriarise [acoustic suite - electric suite - electric session]
1992 MATERIALI SONORI
The first collaboration among Orio and Damiano and Arturo Stàlteri. Orio plays in "Pianure del Sorriso", "A Secret Passage To The Core of Mars" and "Viking 1". Damiano in "Broadwood & Fredi", "Pianure del Sorriso" and "Syriarise".

Various Artists
Alternative Meditations #2
1998 MATERIALI SONORI/RE NUDO
This Cd, which originally accompanied the magazine Re Nudo, contains an unedited version of "Yitzhak" (by "Event Lines") in which samples, loop and drums machine are inserted(!).

Various Artists
Unlimited Ambient
1997 MATERIALI SONORI/GRUPPO FUTURA
Compilation accompanying "La Grande Guida Alla Musica New Age" edited by Gruppo Futura. Includes "Accordeon Music" and "Perfumed Garden" composed by Roger Eno and performed by Harmonia.

Various Artists
The Materiali Sonori Guide To Intelligent Music vol. 2
1995 MATERIALI SONORI
Includes the unedited "Esito" composed by Orio Odori. Orio also appears in "Ni-Inaru" by Arlo Bigazzi and the unedited "Adiuvi" composed and performed by Orio on clarinets and Giampiero Bigazzi, synth.

Various Artists
Sonora 4/94 - dedicato a Frank Zappa
1994 SONORA
Another homage to Zappa. Harmonia took part with a live version of "Intro To Music For Low Budget Orchestra" and Damiano arranged "Alien Orifice" for 13 cellos. Orio participated with "Costruzione", a piece composed by him for wind ensembles.

Debussy / Ibert / Fauré / Dubois / Ravel / Milhaud / Bolling
Classique et Divertissement
1993 CLASSIQUE ET DIVERTISSEMENT
Orio Odori and Giampiero Bigazzi produced this live cd dedicated to the composers of the twentieth century for the collection "Classique et Divertissement", embryo of the collection "New Classics".

Various Artists
Sonora 3/92
1992 SONORA
In this edition of the book-magazine, Sonora, almost entirely dedicated to the piano, Alessandra Garosi interprets "Totem Ancestor" by John Cage and "Pieces Froids II" by Erik Satie.

Various Artists
The Materiali Sonori Guide To Intelligent Music
1992 MATERIALI SONORI
Includes "Buongiorno Nino" taken from Nino Rota.

Various Artists
Sonora 2/91
1991 SONORA
Includes an unedited "Amarcord" and the live recording (1990) of "Two Children Threatened By A Nightingale" by Roger Eno. This track documents the meeting between Orio and Damiano that lead to the birth of Harmonia and an artistic brotherhood with Roger.