Thanks to the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, for one night only, the Théâtre Outremont is presenting Paolo Angeli, “one of jazz’s best-kept secrets.” The wildly inventive Sardinian guitarist- composer draws on the folk heritage of his homeland, adding elements of jazz, Baroque and post-folk to create unclassifiable sonorities. “With strings going in all directions, motorized propellers and hammers, he creates shimmering drones and bass-lines as he bows, strikes, plucks and strums,” turning his prepared guitar into a veritable orchestra.
Friday, February 2, 2018 – 8 pm
Théâtre Outremont
1248 Bernard Avenue West – Montreal
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Born in Palau, Sardinia in 1970, Paolo Angeli began playing guitar at the age of 9 in a highly stimulating environment, accompanied by the vocals and guitar of his father, his first mentor. In 1989 he moved to Bologna, where he formed the Laboratorio di Musica & Immagine, a group of fourteen musicians that broke down musical barriers with its collective composition and improvisation. It quickly made a name for itself at the major European festivals devoted to musical innovation. In 1993, the artist began to rediscover his musical roots after a pivotal encounter with Giovanni Scanu, from whom he learned the forms and modulations of the Sardinian guitar, the canto a chitarra. In 1997, after collaborating with experimental musicians, he began to give solo concerts with his prepared Sardinian guitar, which impressed the likes of Pat Metheny, who saw new horizons for the guitar.