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Maurizio Minardi is an Italian composer, pianist, and accordionist currently based in Paris. Throughout his career, he has explored a diverse range of musical genres, including classical, world music, jazz, neoclassical, and electronic music.
To date, he has released 14 albums across Italy, England, and France.
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He studied piano, organ, and composition at the Conservatorio Martini (Bologna, Italy). He later developed his jazz language through workshops with Barry Harris, Aaron Parks, Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Danilo Rea, and Simone Zanchini.
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In his early years, Maurizio founded, composed for, and arranged music for the electro-pop group Oz (4 albums) and the jazz-tango ensemble Quartetto Magritte (3 albums).
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In 2011, he released the electroacoustic album Works to critical acclaim. The following year, Italian broadcaster RAI featured Tangology, his collection of original compositions inspired by tango and electronic music.
His composition La Sonnambula was also included in the soundtrack of the 2010 American film Mango Tango.
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In 2012, Maurizio toured with the Royal Shakespeare Company and recorded the album My Piano Trio in London. This was followed by The Cook, the Clown, the Monk and the Accordionist (2013), an accordion quartet album recorded in London.
In 2014, he opened for Suzanne Vega at the Würzburg Festival in Germany.
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His 2015 release Piano Ambulance led to a UK tour supported by Arts Council England and Jazz Services.
The following year, he joined the Akkordeonale Germany Tour, performing 34 concerts across the country.
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Since relocating to Paris in 2017, Maurizio has collaborated with violinist and composer Gabriel Bismut, resulting in the 2020 album Le Chat Brel, produced under the artistic direction of Marc Berthoumieux.
More recently, he presented INVISIBLE, a piano trio project with Thomas Delor (drums) and Maurizio Congiu (double bass).
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He is currently working on a new neoclassical and electronic album, After The Rain,scheduled for release in late 2025.
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 a 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 an accordionist:
Le Strade di Notte (Georgia Mancio - Live at The ReVoice -2015)
Via Maris album (Melange - 2015)
Ardeche ( Akkordeonale album -2016)
As a 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)