Claudio Jacomucci – Kathleen Delaney
Chamber Music Hall
Sibelius Academy, Helsinki
concert program:
Claudio Jacomucci: Wonderlands (2005)
Giorgio Tedde: Ballu (1998)
Claudio Jacomucci: Tarantolata (from “Aracne”)
Egberto Gismonti: Baiao Malandro – Agua y vinho – Loro (arr. by Claudio Jacomucci)
Claudio Jacomucci-Kathleen Delaney: Eurydice in the Earth, for accordion, electroacoustic support, dancer featuring Kathleen Delaney (dancer, choreographer)
bio
Claudio Jacomucci graduated with honors from Grenoble Conservatory (France) in 1992 and, in 2000, he graduated also as an Alexander Technique teacher from the Alexander Technique Centre in Amsterdam.
He also studied Southern Indian Music at the Sweelinck Conservatory of Amsterdam.
Winner of international contests such as Grand Prix International d’Accordéon in St. Etienne (1988), Trofeo Mundial de acordeón (C.M.A.) in Cuenca (1990), Premio Città di Castelfidardo (1990) and Arrasate Hiria (1994).
He has premiered a number of new works collaborating with composers such as Luciano Berio, Franco Donatoni, György Kurtag, Luis De Pablo, Akemi Naito, Francoise Barriere, Ivan Fedele among the others (who often dedicated their work to him).
He has been performing in Europe, USA, China, Mexico, Russia in many festivals and institution such as Cornell University (USA), Berlin Philharmonic, Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Salle Messiaen in Paris, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Gaudeamus Foundation in Amsterdam, Synthese Festival in Bourges (France), Nuova Consonanza in Rome, GoG/Teatro Carlo Feilce in Genova, Sala Chavez – Unam in Mexico City, Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Beethoven Haus in Bonn (Germany) to name a few.
He is the founder and teacher of the Italian Accordion Academy in Urbino and he holds masterclasses all over the world: Paris Conservatory of Music, Royal Academy of Music of London, Conservatory in Barcelona, Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Yoliztli Academy in Mexico, Danish Royal Academy of Music of Copenhagen, Tianjin’s Conservatory (China), Conservatorio “S.Cecilia” in Rome, Music Academies in Cracow and Wroclaw (Poland), Conservatory of Enschede, Tilburg and Arnhem (Netherlands).
He is the accordion teacher at the “Luisa D’Annunzio” Conservatory in Pescara (Italy) since 2011.
He has also played with Quartetto Prometeo, Francesco Dillon, Joel Rubin, Stefano Scodanibbio, Prometeo String Quartet, Michel Godard, David Moss, Terry Riley, Kálmán Balogh, Pierre Favre, AlterEgo and as a soloist with the Orchestra of “La Scala” Milan, Haydn Orchestra Bolzano, Filarmonica Marchigiana, Sinfonietta del Teatro Lirico Cagliari (Italy), Ostrobothnian Chamber Trio (Finland), Romanian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Since 2002 he works with Kathleen Delaney (choreographer and dancer) exploring the frontiers of dance and music creation in its diverse aspects: live interactions, electroacoustic music and video-dance.
His CDs are published by Schott Wergo, W & B Music, Bridge Records, Stradivarius, Rivoalto, StileLibero, Musica & Poesia, Ema Records, Adatto, Blowout Records. His performances were broadcasted by Radio3 RAI, ORF, DeutschlandRadio, RNE2, Vatican Radio, SFB, RSI, Radio Unam-Mexico, RadioFrance.
He is regularly invited as a jury member by international accordion competition such as Castelfidardo, Klingenthal, Arrasate and Moscow.
His book Technique I for button accordion about the modern accordion technique is published by Bèrben.
The book Mastering Accordion Technique: a new approach to accordion playing based on the Alexander Technique written together with Kathleen Delaney has been recently released.
He has edited the publication “Modern Accordion Perspectives” coordinating an international expert panel of the leading classical accordion schools in Europe.
Kathleen Delaney graduated with honors in Performing Arts at the University of Bologna, Italy and she also graduated as Alexander Technique teacher at ATCA Amsterdam.
She has been dancing and teaching all over Europe and Russia for festivals and institutions such as Biennale di Venezia, Italy; Mantica Societas Raffaello Sanzio, Italy; Middlesex University, London, UK;
SNDO, Amstedam, Nederlands; Academy of Dance in Vilnius, Lithuania; Festival de Danse Antilope, La Chaux des Fondes, Swiss, The Art of Movement, Yaroslavl, Russia, to name a few.
In 2011 she was in residence at the International Choreographic Arts Center in Amsterdam.
She has collaborated with several choreographers and composers and she is teacher at the Conservatory of Bolzano and Catania, Italy.