Handful of Jazz - Arezzo Jazz Festival 2009

Marco got involved in a new quintet this year, put together to open this year's summer season at the Arezzo Jazz Festival 2009.

The quintet, "Handful of Jazz", comprises the sultry voice of Marzia Neri, Marco Marconi on piano, Mauro Giorgeschi on drums, Mauro Maurizi on double bass and Fabio Roveri on guitar.

Artistic director Maurizio Bozzi was full of praise for the quintet after their stunning performance on Thursday 9th July and it was actually Mr Bozzi who recommended Marco's trio, Trio Lumière to the reknowned jazz club in Montepulciano, E Lucevan Le Stelle, where the trio also recently performed.

Handful of Jazz will be coming together again on the 3rd August in the beautiful hilltop town of Montone in Umbria, so don't miss this opportunity!

Trio Lumière Concerts during the summer!

Trio Lumière kicked off their mini-series of summer concerts in great style on the 10th July at the jazz club "E Lucevan Le Stelle" in Montepulciano, Tuscany and are looking forward to returning there in early September.

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The Castello in Caprese Michelangelo, also in Tuscany, is host to their next concert on 25th July, followed by a performance at the jazz festival in Monterchi, Tuscany on 12th August.

More details about the Trio can be found on Marco's website www.marcomarconi.com/trio_lumière.htm and at www.myspace.com/triolumiere

Fabrizio de Andrè Competition, Genova, 21 June 2009

The winner of the Fabrizio de Andrè music competition, Notturno per Faber", held in Genova in June, was Busciuba (www.myspace.com/busciuba), a great friend of Marco and Trio Lumière.

The competition was organised by the Genova Council in collaboration with the De Andrè Foundation and MySpace Italia, coinciding with the exhibition being held in the city at the Palazzo Ducale.

The competition, called "notturno per faber" involved writing a piece of music in the style of de Andrè based on two brief texts written by Fabrizio called "I Notturni".

When Basciuba found out that he had won first prize (joint with Fouve (010) in Trio), he called Trio Lumière to perform the piece with him during a gala dinner at the Palazzo Ducale on the evening of 21 June 2009.

Basciuba commented on MySpace "It was a great party last night at the Palazzo Ducale! A party which, as far as it concerned me, would not have been possible without the brotherly help and talent of Trio Lumière, a fantastic jazz trio, comprising Marco Marconi (piano and keyboard), Mauro Giorgeschi (drums and percussion) and Giulio Angori (bass and double bass)."