Artists
Arianna Moro - voice
Film and theater actress, singer of contemporary music and jazz, is specializing in 'free improvisation. Performer in the arts performing in multiple international projects. Improvisational dancer, expert in Authentic Movement and teacher of Mindfulness.
After attending the Visual and Performing Arts course at the University of Architecture of Venice IUAV and studying piano at the B.Marcello Conservatory in Venice, she graduated from the International School of Film and Dubbing in Rome and specialized on the Strasberg Method in Rome at CTR and in New York City at the Susan Batson studio. Currently a graduate student in Jazz Singing.
Benjamin King - cello
Born in Reggio Emilia, Beniamino Re began studying cello at the age of 8. He studied with Maestro Luca Franzetti and participated in master classes with Cecilia Radic and Walter Vestidello. After his classical studies, he began to explore in the pop and electronic spheres by collaborating with various artists, mainly in the Venetian music environment. Prominent among them is the Italian-American singer Marc Cortese, with whom he has been collaborating for several years.
He is currently a student of Digital & Graphic Design at IUSVE in Venice. After founding the communications agency Ben Fatto media, dedicated to emerging music artists, Beniamino expanded his professional scope by becoming content creator and marketing developer at Only Stage Ltd. a London-based music management agency.
Valerio Urzì - piano
Valerio Urzì (Luxembourg, 2000) began his piano career at the age of 8. In 2017, he obtained his 1er Prix diploma at the Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg where, with composer Claude Lenners, he also had the opportunity to deepen techniques of contrapuntal writing and composition. In the same year, he won the Prix Special "Pianissimo" in composition at the international competition Artistes en Herbe with a piece written for solo piano entitled La Ballade de Satie.
In 2022, he graduated in 'Languages, Cultures and Societies of Asia and Mediterranean Africa' from Ca' Foscari University in Venice. He is currently a student of Linguistics at the University of Padua. In parallel, he continues his musical training under the supervision of pianist Laura Pinnella.
Julia Gellér - violin
Julia Gellér, a violinist born in Budapest, came to Italy at age 23 to learn and understand the language of Giuseppe Verdi. Until 2019 she continues her career in the most important Italian symphony orchestras (Venice, Verona, Parma) performing on major stages around the world. Since 2020 she has been performing solo and in various chamber groups, going to the most diverse experiences, artistic and otherwise, which are a source of inspiration for her. She is RTB, founding member AN.TE.CO, activist of the group "Artists on the March."
Sara Nastos - voice
Sara Nastos graduated with honors in opera singing and piano from the Athens Conservatory of Music. In 1996, she made her debut at the National Opera of Athens, and since then has sung in major Italian Festivals and Opera Foundations, in Rossini and Baroque contralto roles. She trained, in Paris, in the vocal method " La voixlibereè" (2012) and established the "School of the Voice" of which she is director and teacher. She has been an activist in Comilva since 2017, with which she creates emotional workshops for parents. During the pandemic period she is invited to sing in the main protest squares the song "Danser encore," of which she is the official Italian translator.
Pietro Carra - guitar
Pietro Carra (Ivrea, 1969) completed musical and literary studies, the latter under the guidance of Marzio Pieri. He has been active as a concert performer in various chamber ensembles. He has several publications in the philosophical-literary field to his credit. He practices mountaineering, which he considers a fundamental discipline of psycho-physical-spiritual elevation.
Laleh Mozafari - harp
Born in Feltre, Laleh Mozafari began studying harp at the age of 7, first privately and then at the Conservatorio Agostino Steffani in Castelfranco Veneto. She has performed in chamber ensembles and participated in several master classes, including classical harp classes with Elizabeth Fontan-Binoche and Celtic harp classes with Enrico Euron.
Passionate about ancient history and historiography, manuscript tradition and linguistics, she graduated with a bachelor's degree with a thesis in Classical Philology and is now a graduate student in the master's program in the Sciences of Antiquity at Ca' Foscari University in Venice.
Pasodoble21 (Michele Pucci and Alberto Chicayban) - flamenco guitar, classical guitar, 10-string guitar and vocals
Michele Pucci Began studying cello at age 10 under Mario Brunello, but after five years switched to classical guitar as a self-taught musician. He collaborates with the ethnofolk quartet La Frontera and Progetto Marilenghe, performing in Italy and Europe. He composed music for the monologue "Children of the Same Father" and has recorded 14 CDs, two of them under his own name. He is involved in musical and theatrical projects for children. Proceeds from his CD "Atras per undas" fund a project of the non-profit organization Funima International. Her 2015 CD "Mistral" explores Arab-Andalusian music.
Alberto Chicayban Born in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, he is a guitarist, composer and arranger. He has worked for TV Globo and TV Fuji and founded Grupo Maria Déia, collaborating with artists such as Caetano Veloso. In Italy he has recorded several CDs, including "Tango y Misterio" and "Amori Bolivariani." He has given concerts in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, France, Italy and Slovenia. He was professor of Brazilian Music History and Musical Language in Rio de Janeiro and published by Henry Lemoine Editeur in Paris.
