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Giovanni Ceccarelli pianist, composer, arranger, educator

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  • Launching my Online Music Education Program on Patreon!
  • 13.04.2021 Article
  • I have been enjoying and devoting myself to   music education for thirty years . Last November I joined the artists platform  Patreon  where I launched an Online Music Education Program  for  music lovers ,  pianists, instrumentalists and vocalists of all levels .  Through becoming a member, the user has access to one-to-one lessons, play/sing-along audio tracks, video tutorials, transcriptions, arrangements, compositions, exercises, articles and suggested ...
  • "More Morricone" is a homage to the great, late composer Ennio Morricone
  • 13.04.2021 Article
  • Last September I released   “More Morricone” ,  a   tribute album to the late great composer Ennio Morricone . It is the first duo album that I have recorded with a dear friend, wonderful musician with whom I have been sharing thirty years of friendship and musical adventures, double bassist  Ferruccio Spinetti . It is a tribute album to an artist whose music we love and admire very much, an artist who composed some outstanding and memorable film music, Ennio Morricone. “More ...
  • Publishing online my own compositions, arrangements, études, and practice tips.
  • 05.06.2018 Article
  • Hi! I am happy to join MusicaNeo, publishing online my own compositions, arrangements, and practice tips . My music is influenced and inspired by various and very different musicians and music traditions. My music core is jazz , moreover I had the opportunity to perform, record, and study with musicians coming from many different musical cultures - European, Brazilian, North Indian, Cuban, African music, and songwriting . I also took part in projects merging music with cinema, dance, poetry, and ...
  • Recording a Tom Jobim tribute album.
  • 29.05.2018 Article
  • Since 2013 I have been playing steadily as a  duo  with great bandoneon player Daniele di Bonaventura . Together we published album  "Mare Calmo"  in 2015, a DVD+CD set containing a selection of original compositions. Our new record is a homage to great Brazilian composer Antônio Carlos Jobim . Daniele and I selected some less known, yet absolutely outstanding compositions, whose mood and sound would best fit the bandoneon-piano setting. We played solo and duo interpretations, ...