Stefano Corradi Matheric Quartet

Stefano Corradi

Clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and teacher Stefano Corradi graduated in clarinet in 1988. Classically trained, he has maintained a passion for music without boundaries, from jazz and world music to electronics. He worked for many years in the theatre with Moni Ovadia and co-founded the multiethnic Orchestra di Via Padova. He has composed theatre music and performs as a soloist and in live-electronics projects. His educational work includes activities for children and motivation and team-building programmes for businesses. In 2013, his musical work Pierino e il Bruco was performed at the Sala Verdi of the Milan Conservatorio with an orchestra, Giovanni Falzone, Tino Tracanna and Bebo Ferra, and Claudio Bisio as narrator.

Tiziano Tononi

Born in 1956, Tiziano Tononi began playing drums as a self-taught musician. In 1978 he met American percussionist Andrew Cyrille and studied with him in New York and Europe. He returned to New York in 1981 to study with Bob Moses and, that same year, co-founded Nexus with saxophonist Daniele Cavallanti. A founding member of the Italian Instabile Orchestra, he has appeared with the ensemble at major international festivals. He has performed and recorded with Tiziana Ghiglioni, Gianluigi Trovesi, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Enrico Rava, Pierre Favre, David Friedman, Dave Liebman, Oliver Johnson, Maggie Nicols, Barre Phillips, Mark Dresser, Steve Lacy, Dewey Redman, Tony Scott, William Parker, Cecil Taylor and Glenn Ferris.

Luca Garlaschelli

Double bassist Luca Garlaschelli developed his jazz training at the Siena Jazz seminars from 1982 to 1984, studying with Tommaso Lama, Riccardo Zegna, Giancarlo Schiaffini and Bruno Tommaso. He has worked with Harold Land, Bruce Forman, Jimmy Cobb, Franco D’Andrea, Giulio Capiozzo, Tullio De Piscopo, Piero Bassini, Paolo Fresu, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Enrico Rava, Gaetano Liguori, Franco Cerri, Enrico Intra, Ettore Fioravanti, Antonello Salis and Gianluigi Trovesi, among others. He began collaborating with Moni Ovadia in 1999 and completed advanced jazz studies at the Conservatorio Arrigo Boito in Parma in July of that year. His teaching career has included the Conservatorio in Cosenza.

Dora Scapolatempore

Born in 1987, classical and Celtic harpist Dora Scapolatempore graduated with top marks and honours from the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, studying with Lisetta Rossi. She has performed as a soloist with the Conservatorio and appeared at festivals with Italian orchestras. She received a scholarship to study popular music at Mogol’s Centro Europeo di Toscolano, and Younghi Pagh-Paan dedicated Silbersaiten V to her. Alongside her classical work, she studied jazz at the Nuoro Jazz seminars. Her concert activities encompass classical music, jazz, pop and folk.