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Immagine dell'artista Armando Battiston
He has a diploma in instruments for band taken at the public conservatory Jacopo Tomadini of Udine. He has studied composition with the music teacher Daniele Zanettovich.
He has taught music in public schools.
In over thirty-years activity, he has done recordings, given concerts and has done festivals in Italy and in Europe, working with internationally famous musicians.
Participates in radio transmissions, television shows, regional and national and for private networks. In 2000 and 2001 from the studios of Rai 3 Rome has done four cycles of afternoon shows “Fahrenheit” from Milan Rai Studio.
Has participated in the evening show “Radio 3 Suite”, here he presented “Fermental Jazz in Friuli”. He does seminars and conferences on the history of classic music compared to jazz (provinces of Udine, Pordenone and Venice).
He also interacts with gospel and spiritual choirs, composes and plays original music for artistic, cultural, theatrical and scholastic events. Examples are performances with sculptor Vincenzo Balena, astrophysical Steno Ferluga, with writer Stanislao Nievo, Mauro Covacich, with poet and writer Amedeo Giacomini and the French Philosopher Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, “Schermo sonoro” for Cinema Zeno, where he commented silent movies. Archaeological exhibition “7000 years ago the first bread”. Theatrical Events: “Il piccolo principe” (“The small prince”) by Antoine De Saint-Exupery e “Fulgor j muerte de Joaquin Murieta” by Pablo Neruda. Musical performances at the modern art gallery of Udine, “Mosaic in New York city” in 2003. Other scholastic examples are “Il gioco e la fiaba” (“The fable and the game”), for elementary schools “Mito e realtà” (“Myth and reality”), for the middle schools and “Gineceo” for the high schools.
Recently he has composed, recorded and directed, the musical event “Specchi sonori” on lyrics from the Friulan poet Amedeo Giacomini.
Recordings: “Revelations in solitude”, “Cardinal Points”, “Gospels”, “Ninfe”, “Foolish Heart”, “Jazz reflections only for jazz accordion”, the book and cd “Tanche Giaiutis” interacting with Amedeo Giacomini and “Live in Ceglie” with qintet Echos. CD “The Contact” with jazz percussionist and drummer Andrew Cyrille. CD "la poesia nel friulano concordiese".
Has composed music for literary parks Nievo foundation. Has done classes on music education. He’s also music critic for Gazzettino and weekly magazine “Il Friuli” for several years.
He has been the artistic director for years for “Lignano Jazz” and “Jazz Esponenziale” on the medio Friuli project. In 2007 has been again confirmed to direct the Friuli Venezia Giulia Jazz, born in 1997 and takes place in the Sesto al Reghena Abbey.
He has written and played music for regional and national Rai network shows, has given concerts for the Italian Institute of Culture in Strasburg and given conferences of contemporary music and “Jazz in Italia”.
In August 2002 participates at the “Colonos Project poetry and music” with his own original composition and other events of “music and poetry” again with his own musical compositions like “Concerto per tre poeti e pianoforte” (“concert for three poets and piano”), played in January 2003 in Codroipo.
In 2005 he composes the music for the theatrical piece “Barber Shop” by Alberto Severi, collaborates with M. Covacich. In 2007 participates in important Italian jazz festivals.