Born in spring of 1997 Musica Officinalis is an original group of sounds exploration between ancient music and traditional-etno music.
The character of the group is the spirit of freedom in the style of interpretation, the sense of experimentation with the material of
study and the search of a vital and exciting interpretation. Coming from different musical experiences like classic study, schools of
popolar music, etno-musical search on field, Musica Officinalis they carry out an intense activity of concerts in different review,
festivals and middleage commemoration in Italy and Europe.
The character of the group is the spirit of freedom in the style of interpretation, the sense of experimentation with the material of
study and the search of a vital and exciting interpretation. Coming from different musical experiences like classic study, schools of
popolar music, etno-musical search on field, Musica Officinalis they carry out an intense activity of concerts in different review,
festivals and middleage commemoration in Italy and Europe.
•Medieval music, with particolar interest for the ages from XI° to XIV°.
•Music from the Balkans and the Middle-East.
Catia Gianessi: voice,
tamburello, duf, tapan, cimbals
Gabriele Bonvicini:
hurdy-gurdy, nyckelharpa, saz,
bouzouki, voice
Igor Niego: caval, bulgarian bagpipe,
gaita gallega, piva, recorders,
chalumeaux, clarinet, darbouka,
zarb, duf, riqq, tamburello, tammorra
Massimo La Zazzera: recorders,
chalumeaux, bansuri, cialamello,
piva emiliana, bouzouki
Walter Rizzo: shawms, breton oboe,
tarota, musette, hurdy-gurdy
Roberto Romagnoli:
duf, tapan, djembè, darbouka,
riqq, oudu drum, triangolo
We summon the major initiatives:
“Appennino Folk Festival”, Dir. artistico Maddalena Scagnelli. Piacenza, 2006
“Infrasuoni 2006”, Direttore artistico Claudio Carboni. Vergato (Bo),
“Voci, suoni, musica dal mondo”, Dir. artistico Cinzia Zandonai. Rovereto (Tn), 2006
“I Luoghi dello spirito e del tempo 2006”, Dir. art. Maria Luisa Baldassarri. Prov. di Ravenna.
“Musica Insieme Panicale 2006”, Dir. artistico Klaus Huber. Panicale (PG).
“Itinerari musicali – Sentieri acustici”, Festival nella Provincia di Pistoia, 2005
“Civitafestival 2005”, Civita Castellana (Vt)
“XI° Festival di musica popolare di Forlimpopoli”, Forlimpopoli (FC), 2005
“Concerti Scaligeri”, Battistero Duomo di Verona, 2005
“Festival Naturalia”, riserva di Torreguaceto, Brindisi 2005
“Soireen, Serate”, Castel Tirolo (Bz), 2004 e 2005
“I suoni della devozione”, Brindisi, 2004
“ParcoMurgia Festival 2004”, Matera.
“Arcipelaghi Sonori”, San Cesario sul Panaro (Mo), 2004
“Echi musicali” concerts in Modena, 2001 and 2004.
“Concerti per l’Archivio di Stato di Viterbo”, ’99, 2000, 2001 and 2004.
“Itinerari musicali sacri e profani”, 2000, 2001 and 2004 Valle d’Aosta.
“Corti, chiese e cortili”, ’99, 2001, 2002, Bologna.
“Concerti a Cividale” in collaboration with Ass. sviluppo e studi storici di Cividale (Ud), from 1999 to 2005.
“Natale a Napoli” concert in Monastry of Santa Chiara”, 2001.
“Concerto per il wwf”, 2001, Forlì.
“Oltrepò Medievale 2000”, Pavia.
“Alia Musica”, 1998, 1999, Parma and Piacenza.
“European Medieval Festival”, Horsens (DK), 1999, 2000 and 2001 in collaboration with the Italian culture Institute of Denmark.
“Reinaissance Festival of Rethymnon” Creta (Greece), 1998 and 1999.
“International Folk Festival”, 1997, Arhus (Denmark).
Recordings:
2000: “Aqua Mater” the woman in medieval music
2004: “Siro Yerk” Demo
2004: “Amorei – d’amore e di passione” love and passion in the Middle-Ages
2004: “Arcipelaghi sonori” sampler
2006: "Sedjanki -songs around the fireplace", music from the Balkans and the Near East. Prod. Musica Officinalis
“Appennino Folk Festival”, Dir. artistico Maddalena Scagnelli. Piacenza, 2006
“Infrasuoni 2006”, Direttore artistico Claudio Carboni. Vergato (Bo),
“Voci, suoni, musica dal mondo”, Dir. artistico Cinzia Zandonai. Rovereto (Tn), 2006
“I Luoghi dello spirito e del tempo 2006”, Dir. art. Maria Luisa Baldassarri. Prov. di Ravenna.
“Musica Insieme Panicale 2006”, Dir. artistico Klaus Huber. Panicale (PG).
“Itinerari musicali – Sentieri acustici”, Festival nella Provincia di Pistoia, 2005
“Civitafestival 2005”, Civita Castellana (Vt)
“XI° Festival di musica popolare di Forlimpopoli”, Forlimpopoli (FC), 2005
“Concerti Scaligeri”, Battistero Duomo di Verona, 2005
“Festival Naturalia”, riserva di Torreguaceto, Brindisi 2005
“Soireen, Serate”, Castel Tirolo (Bz), 2004 e 2005
“I suoni della devozione”, Brindisi, 2004
“ParcoMurgia Festival 2004”, Matera.
“Arcipelaghi Sonori”, San Cesario sul Panaro (Mo), 2004
“Echi musicali” concerts in Modena, 2001 and 2004.
“Concerti per l’Archivio di Stato di Viterbo”, ’99, 2000, 2001 and 2004.
“Itinerari musicali sacri e profani”, 2000, 2001 and 2004 Valle d’Aosta.
“Corti, chiese e cortili”, ’99, 2001, 2002, Bologna.
“Concerti a Cividale” in collaboration with Ass. sviluppo e studi storici di Cividale (Ud), from 1999 to 2005.
“Natale a Napoli” concert in Monastry of Santa Chiara”, 2001.
“Concerto per il wwf”, 2001, Forlì.
“Oltrepò Medievale 2000”, Pavia.
“Alia Musica”, 1998, 1999, Parma and Piacenza.
“European Medieval Festival”, Horsens (DK), 1999, 2000 and 2001 in collaboration with the Italian culture Institute of Denmark.
“Reinaissance Festival of Rethymnon” Creta (Greece), 1998 and 1999.
“International Folk Festival”, 1997, Arhus (Denmark).
Recordings:
2000: “Aqua Mater” the woman in medieval music
2004: “Siro Yerk” Demo
2004: “Amorei – d’amore e di passione” love and passion in the Middle-Ages
2004: “Arcipelaghi sonori” sampler
2006: "Sedjanki -songs around the fireplace", music from the Balkans and the Near East. Prod. Musica Officinalis