Giovanni Amighetti
| Giovanni Amighetti | |
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Amighetti playing for Nintendo. Photo by Elisa Caldana. ©Arvmusic
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| Background information | |
| Born |
21 February 1971 Parma, Italy |
| Origin | Italy |
| Genres | Contemporary |
| Occupation(s) | Musician and composer |
| Instruments | Keyboards |
| Associated acts | Ayub Ogada |
Giovanni Amighetti (born in Parma, Italy, on 21 February 1971) is a contemporary Italian musician.
He studied classical piano and began playing with avantgarde band Fondamenta and drummer Giulio Capiozzo in late eighties. With the world music boom he started promoting in Italy some of the Real World recording label artists. His first world music cd production is "No, Russia cannot be perceived by wit" by Terem Quartet, realised by Schott Musik/Intuition in 1998. Then he works in many studio and live projects, often collaborating with musicians from Mari Boine Band (Gjermund Silset, Helge Norbakken, Roger Ludvigsen).
To be reminded among others: "Salimie" with Ayub Ogada, "La voce del mondo" with Tiziana Ghiglioni and "Anastasia" with Vladimir Denissenkov.
He has composed music with Guo Yue for DVD Shan Qi by Ozella Music, 2009.
In 1998 he played with Ayub Ogada in front of an audience of 500.000 by the Colosseum in Rome for FAO
He is honorary citizen of Santa Cruz, California.
In contemporary music also worked on some solo and Fondamenta projects, with Union Nowhere, on Guido Ponzini´s cd "Twilight town" and with the Shan Qi ensemble featuring Chinese flute player Guo Yue. Produced Wu Fei's "A Distant Youth" in 2007, featuring Fred Frith, Carla Kihlstedt and Helge A. Norbakken. He is also engaged in multimedia productions merging music and interactive digital media with Arvmusic.
In 2009 worked with Adel Salameh and Naziha Azzouz for "Dardasha" and with Nintendo for the Wii Music Live gigs , in 2010 he has been main producer for historical work "La musica di Secondo Casadei" by Casadei Sonora. In 2012 he recorded "windy valley" with Morricone-related classical players using a rig of old ARP, Prophet and Moog synthesizers.
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