Up to date classical, digital and ambient music mix within the work of Federico Albanese. The multi-instrumentalist and composer blurs the traces between genres in his fashionable works. He’s coming to Canada on tour, together with a cease in Toronto on March 5, in help of his latest album Blackbirds and the Solar of October.
Federico has launched three albums beforehand, together with The Houseboat and the Moon (2014), and The Blur Hour (2016), each idea albums revolving round particular themes. In 2018, he launched the extra personally reflective By the Deep Sea. Earlier than And Now Appear Infinite adopted, (2022), after which in September 2023, Days of Passage. He’s toured extensively all through Europe.
The brand new album is piano-centric, with some orchestral accompaniment, and represents a change in path. It was launched on XXIM, Sony’s new cross-genre label, and each composed and recorded in Monferrato in Northern Italy.
Federico Albanese performs within the UK in 2023:
Federico Albanese
Born in Milan, Italy, Federico started his musical journey with research on the piano as a baby. He grew to become fascinated with jazz, and took up the clarinet. Later, as a youngster, he performed bass and bought into punk music. In his 20s, he grew to become enamoured of the brand new age model music of artists like Brian Eno.
All these influences, from jazz to punk to classical, may be present in his music.
He has additionally composed music for movie, TV and promoting, and toured and carried out with singer-songwriter Jessica Einaudi in an avant-garde duo referred to as La Blanche Alchimie, releasing three albums.
Federico had been residing and dealing in Berlin throughout most of his recording profession, however moved again to his native Italy in 2022. It proved to be inspirational. He felt extra in contact with the panorama and his music started to replicate that renewed reference to the pure world, and likewise the historical past, myths and legends connected to the area.
He feedback in regards to the work in a statement, “I can sense the liberty on this music,” he says, “and there’s extra positivity in it. I can really feel it’s one thing totally different than earlier than.”
The brand new album ranges from the quieter and extra reflective piano and string mixture of The Prince and the Emperor, which relies on a medieval story, to the busier, extra fashionable piano and percussion of Blackbirds And The Solar Of October, the title observe.
- He’ll be performing in Toronto on March 5, following dates in Quebec Metropolis (March 1), Montreal (March 2), and Ottawa (March 4). Discover particulars and tickets [HERE].
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