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Maurizio Minardi is an Italian composer, pianist, and accordionist currently based in Paris. Throughout his extensive career, he has traversed a multitude of musical genres, including classical, world music, pop, jazz, neoclassical, and electronic music. To date, he has released 14 albums across Italy, England, and France.
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Maurizio's formal education includes studies in piano, organ, and composition at the Conservatorio 'Martini' in Bologna, Italy. He further honed his jazz skills through workshops with esteemed musicians such as Barry Harris, Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Danilo Rea, and Simone Zanchini.
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In his early career, Maurizio founded, composed for, produced, and arranged music for the electro-pop group 'Oz' and the jazz-tango ensemble Quartetto Magritte, resulting in four and three albums respectively.
In 2011, he released the electroacoustic album 'Works' to critical acclaim. Additionally, Italian broadcaster Rai featured his album 'Tangology', which comprises original compositions inspired by tango and electronic music.
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Maurizio's composition ' La Sonnambula' was included in the soundtrack of the 2010 American film 'Mango Tango'.
In early 2012, he toured with the Royal Shakespeare Company. The same year, he recorded 'My Piano Trio' at Livingston Studios in London, collaborating with Nick Pini and Jason Reeve.
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In 2013, he released 'The Cook, the Clown, the Monk and the Accordionist', an accordion quartet album recorded in London with Nick Pini, Jason Reeve, Shirley Smart, and Marco Quarantotto.
The following year, he opened for Suzanne Vega at the Würzburg Festival in Germany.
In 2015, he unveiled 'Piano Ambulance', featuring Shirley Smart (cello), Nick Pini (double bass), and Jason Reeve (drums), and embarked on a UK tour supported by Arts Council and Jazz Services.
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During the spring of 2016, Maurizio participated in a 34-concert tour with the Akkordeonale Germany Tour.
After relocating to Paris in 2017, he collaborated with violinist and composer Gabriel Bismut, releasing the album 'Le Chat Brel' in 2020 under the artistic direction of Marc Berthoumieux.
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Recently, he introduced the piano trio album 'INVISIBLE', featuring Thomas Delor on drums and Maurizio Congiu on double bass.
Currently, Maurizio is working on a neoclassical and electronic album, scheduled for release in 2025.
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Maurizio Minardi Trio (piano):
Invisible (2024)
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Neoclassic & Electronic:
After the Rain (coming 2025)
Electronic composing:
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with Quartetto Magritte (accordion)
Le Vacanze di Hegel (1997)
Tulipano Nero (1999)
L'Amantenuta (2002)
Aspettando Cofferatzinger (2007)
Cofferatzinger (2007)
The Cook, the Clown, the Monk and the Accordionist (2013)
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with Gabriel Bismut: (accordion)
Le Chat Brel (2020)
with Oz: (piano)
Ozzigeno (2000)
Oz (2004)
Asse Verticale (2007)
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As songwriter:
Banane e Lampone (Gianni Morandi -1992)
Franz Campi album (1993)
Gemma (Barbara Cola -1995)
Sto Con Te album (1996)
Marcello Fragola (Franz Campi -Saluta i Gatti e Buonasera -2004)
Honestly (Dott Reed -2011)
Piccola Pioggia (Franz Campi - Il Sentimento Prevalente -2021)
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as accordionist:
Le Strade di Notte (Georgia Mancio - Live at The ReVoice -2015)
Via Maris album (Melange - 2015)
Ardeche ( Akkordeonale album -2016)
as pianist:
Il Canto della Vita (Vincenzo Incenzo - 1998)
Cattolica I Love You (album - 2004)
Improfives album (Francesco Locastro -2010)
In the UK Maurizio has performed with a number of artists including Carmen Souza, Antonio Forcione, the Royal Shakespeare Company, Maciek Pysz, Asaf Sirkis, Brandon Allen, Quentin Collins, Yuri Goloubev, Georgia Mancio, Gareth Lockrane, Shirley Smart. En France he performed with Guillaume Latil, Gabriel Bismut and in Italy with Paolo Fresu, Enrico Rava, Javier Girotto, Tino Tracanna, Antonio Marangolo, Simone Zanchini, Teo Ciavarella UK: Maurizio has played a range of venues and festivals, including London Jazz Festival, BBC London, Jazz FM, Pizza Express Jazz Club, Upstairs at Ronnie Scott's, Kings Place Festival, 606, Elgar Room at Royal Albert Hall, The Vortex, Wilton's Music Hall, the Apollo Hammersmith, the Lost Theatre, St. Ethelburga's , the Bloomsbury Theatre, The Crypt St Martins in The Field, The Crypt Camberwell, Jazz Café Posk, Green Note, Windmill Jazz, Marsden Jazz Festival, Hull Jazz Festival, Frome Festival, Ropetackle Arts Center, The Gate Arts Centre, Torfaen jazz club, Charlie Wright, Polish Art Festival festival Europe: London Jazz Festival (UK) Souillac en Jazz (FR) Akkordeonale Festival (D), Hafensommer Festival-Würzburg (D), Caldas Nice Festival (PT), Acordeoes do Mundo (PT), Umbria Jazz (I), Pineto Jazz Festival (I), Mantova Music Festival (I), Arezzo Wave Festival (I), Musicultura Festival (I), Beat Onto Jazz Festival (IT) Inter'Val Festival (FR) Jazz de Mars Festival (FR) Maderna Jazz Festival (I) Poët-Laval Jazz Festival (FR) Swing in the Wind Festival (CH) Cantina Bentivoglio (I) Bravo Cafe (I) Blue Note Jazz Club (PL), Grenoble Jazz Club (FR), Jazz Clubde Savoie (FR), 38 Riv Jazz Club (FR) Le Barbizon (FR) St Georges Jazz club (FR), Sunside Jazz Club (FR), Le Baiser Sale (FR) Studio de l'Ermitage (FR) Art Base (BE) L'Aquilone (BE) Theatre le Quai (FR) The Music Village (BE) A38 (HU) Blue Note jazz club (Poznan) Teatro Toniolo (I)