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Antoni O'Breskey
 complete
biography
Composer
He has composed more than 300 Celtic melodies, pieces
of flamenco, neoclassical and minimal compositions. He is mentioned
in the anthologies and magazines of World Music. He has contributed
to the creation of a new symphonic concept, combining classical
instruments, like the piano, with the most varied sounds of the
rich timbric scale of the various ethnic groups. He has won the
prize "Orione", held by RAI 3 Television, for "Best
young composer"; he prize "best LP of the year",
held by Jecklin in Zurich, for his CD "Ode to Ireland",
the prize Cittˆ di Milano "A dialogue with the other side
of the Mediterranean Sea" for his multiethnic and multiracial
compositions. He has recorded CDs and collaborated in many
others works.
Pianist, singer
and multi-instrumentalist
He introduced the piano into Irish and Flamenco music
and the trumpet in Celtic music. He created a fusion between
Celtic music, jazz and Andalusian Arabian world. The use of his
voice ranges from the interpretation of ancient traditional Celtic
ballads, Blue grass, latin-american (arranged by him), his own compositions,
to sophisticated researches which mingle Gregorian chant, flamenco,
Gaelic chant and Arabian reminiscences. He also plays the dulcimer,
and the spoons (not only at mealtimes!).
Studies, researches
educational and social activities
He started to study the piano at the age of 3, and
received his piano diploma from the Conservatorio Luigi
Cherubini of Florence (Italy). He has done classical studies, has
a diploma as a herbalist and has developed a big passion
for photography, cooking and cinema. He has founded the "International
Folk Group", the musical ensemble "Whisky Trail",
the centre of tradition and popular research "La radice"
(the root), the association "Firenze Jazz". He has done
educational activities in Italy and in Switzerland, working with
techniques of animation and rhythmic gestural expressiveness described
in his book " Ecologia: salviamo anche la musica" (Ecology:
let's save music too"). He has lived in Alabama side by side
with coloured people, exploring the authentic blues. He has worked
with Spanish immigrants in Switzerland, teaching literacy and studying
traditions of Iberian minorities. He has lived in Madrid and actively
contributed to development of that cultural explosion, that Madrilenian
"renaissance" called "Movida". He has lived
and still lives in the Basque country and in Ireland. He has worked
with outcasts and handicapped people and his music is used
all over the world for therapeutic purposes.
Written works
- aphorisms;
- "Ecologia: salviamo anche la musica";
- poems and ballads
Cinema, theatre and
television
- "La donna e il mare" ("The woman
of the sea", musical fairy tale produced by the Teatro Comunale
of Florence).
- "Il suono e la terra" ("The sound of the Earth",
TV programme in 2 episodes -2 hours-, produced by RAI 3 Television)
- Original sound track for "Il linguaggio dei luoghi"
("The language of the Places, TV programme in 13 episodes produced
by RAI 2 Television, by Folco Quilici and Paolo Portoghesi.
- Music for many videos documentaries, produced by F. Quilici such
like "Le coste", "Le isole", "Italia infinita",
"Le Alpi", "Le acque", etc.
- Music for " Le colline del Garda", film produced and
directed by Franco Piavoli.
- Music for the film produced by Dennis Mc Ardle in Ireland.
- Music for Shakespeare's Richard III, staged by the actor Giorgio
Albertazzi.
Collaborations
Some of the most significative figures belonging
to those musical cultures by which Antonio is inspired have collaborated
to his CD's: Antonio Carmona (of the group Ketama), Benito Lertxundi
(national singer of the Basque country), Keith Donald (of the Moving
Hearts), the legendary singer of the Dubliners, Ronnie Drew, the
African singer Gabin Dabiré and many others.
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