Giuseppe Doronzo, baritone sax Lucio Tasca, el. guitar
Federico Pozzer, piano Andrea Caruso, double bass
Aleksandar Škorić, drums
The Falga was born in October 2013 in Groningen, NL. Its members met and started first playing improvised music in duo or trios, in various combinations; subsequently they decided to blend their strong spiritual connections into a quintet.
The crusade of the ensemble is compelling a musical language which is the synthesis of the personal background of each member, the tradition of jazz music which is innovation, and last but not least the cathartic power of the moment.
Following to mantra of “now”, the band has been working with perseverance on original music; every composition is a different and always intimate story, but at the same time it’s nothing more than a piece of clay ready to be shaped into something radically different, depending on the free will of any member.
Therefore, what the audience should be ready to attend to is a process of constant metamorphosis and creative flow, a research for the less traveled path and the enjoyment of a friendship facing endless unresolved questions.
Giuseppe Doronzo
After obtaining a Master and Bachelor Degree in classical and contemporary music in Italy, he moved to Holland to study jazz with Michael Moore, Miguel Martinez and Kurt Weiss.
A lover of art, improvisation and experimentation in all its forms, he is working with actors, theater companies, dancers, video designers of national and international renown such as: Cora Bos-Kroese, Aretè Ensemble, the Rex Estenza Company. He has recently recorded a solo for the dancer Cora Bos-Kroese that will be played in New York. He will be part of the “Michael Moore Bigtet”, touring in Holland and Belgium starting from the BIMhuis in Amsterdam.
He has worked with people covering various fields of the national and international art including: Joe Lovano, Vince Mendoza, Mariem Hassan, Robin Eubanks, Paolo Fresu, Matt Wilson, Michael Mossman, John Ruocco, Grzegorz Nagorski, Taylor Ho Bynum, Steve Potts, Roberto Ottaviano, Ralph Alessi, Gianni Lenoci, Lothar Sthal, Irene Aebi Lacy, Carlo Actis Dato.
Lucio Tasca
Lucio Tasca was born in 1993 in Palermo, where, at the age of 14, being attracted for the first time by the world of jazz, he began taking guitar lessons at the folk music school where he played with the Brass Group and subsequently Palermo Jazz. Here he had the opportunity to study with musicians such as: Salvatore Bonafede, Francesco Guaiana and Dario Carnovale and to discover the world of improvisation and experimental music. In 2011 he won a scholarship for Berklee in Boston, where he will have the opportunity to study with musicians like Ned Rothemberg, Mark White and privately in New York with Gilad Hekselman.
During those years he was part of many musical projects of really different nature that played in many places of Europe.
He currently lives in Amsterdam.
Federico Pozzer
He started to study classical piano when he was 10 years old. When he was 13 he started to play in different blues, rock groups, and then, when he was 16 years old, he discovered jazz and improvised music. He attended the Jazz Department of the Conservatory “Arrigo Pedrollo” in Vicenza (Italy) studying with Paolo Birro. Now he’s studying Jazz Piano in the Prince Claus Conservatory in Groningen. In October 2011 he won a scholarship as a promising student of the Conservatory of Vicenza from the Italian Association “Jazz Musicians and Friends”. He attended the “Siena Jazz summer workshop 2013” where he studied with Kenny Werner, John Taylor, Jeff Ballard, Gilad Hekselman.
Andrea Caruso
Born in Foggia in 1988, he began at early age his clarinet studies under the guide of Alberto Mione.
In 2004 he began taking electric bass private lessons with Sergio Picucci, who is well known for his works with Italian singer Fausto Leali. Subsequently, he started his double bass studies, first privately with S. Picucci, and then by attending the double bass course in Conservatorio U. Giordano under the guidance of Massimiliano Mauthe Von Degerfield. After attending Orsara’s International Summer Jazz master classes, he won a scholarship which led him to play several concerts in Cantina Bentivoglio (Bologna, one of the main jazz clubs in Italy) with other young talents. In July 2011 he performed a concert with Enzo Nini and Marco Tamburini, one of the most famous Italian trumpet players, for an exhibition called “Corti di Capitanata”.
In January 2012 he participated as double bass player in a final concert after a masterclass with the great Italian arranger and composer Bruno Tommaso, and he performed original music written by B. Tommaso and Luigi Giannatempo. He graduated in Jazz Double Bass in 2013 from the Conservatorio U. Giordano in Foggia (bachelor), after his jazz studies with teachers like Maurizio Rolli, Enzo Nini, Luigi Giannatempo and Sandro Satta.
He won an Erasmus scholarship and moved to Groningen (Netherlands) in August 2013, where he became a student of Sorin Orcinschi (classical double bass). In December 2013 he went on a tour in Asia with “Italian Philarmonic Orchestra” and performed in all the biggest theaters of China (Beijing, Jangmen, Shanghai, Shengzhen, Dalian, Xuzhou and many others). In September 2014, he performed music written by Alex Correa for jazz quartet and orchestra, during a concert featuring the Netherlands Northern Orchestra and Steve Altenberg at the drums.
He’s currently a Master student in the Jazz Department of the Prince Claus Conservatoire (Groningen, Netherlands).
He has attended master classes and lessons with: Jerry Bergonzi, Franco D’Andrea, Frank Gambale, Alain Caron, Lew Tabackin, Robin Eubanks, Alex Sipiagin, Roberto Gatto, Giuseppe Bassi, Vincenzo Maurogiovanni, Marco Panascia, Otmaro Ruiz, Fahir Atakoglu, Horacio Hernandez, John Webber, Jim Rotondi, Billy Harper, Greg Burk, Bruno Tommaso, Luca Santaniello, Jim Rotondi, Lucio Ferrara, Mark Sherman, Joe Farnsworth, Greg Hutchinson, Steve Kirby, Renaud Garcia Fons, Catalin Rotaru.
He has performed with: Franco D’Andrea (master class), Mark Sherman (jam), Billy Harper (master class), Antonio Ciacca (master class), Steve Altenberg, Marco Panascia (master class), Bruno Tommaso (as director), Lucio Ferrara (jam), Luca Santaniello (jam), Dario Mazzucco, Armando Bertozzi, Enzo Nini, Marco Tamburini, Francesco Palmitessa, Nicola Jocola, MimmoCampanale (jam), Guido di Leone, Arema Arega, Ebis Yenifer and … lots of young talents!
Born in Serbia, drummer Aleksandar Škorić, began his music mission as a teenager. Being a part of Groznjan Jazz Camp, he met Professor Howard Curtis, a great teacher and influence. In 2011, he played with East West European Jazz Orchestra with conductors Uwe Plath and Andrey Machnev. His goal is to create music that exists beyond borders, spiritually and honestly. Recently, he has been living and studying music in Groningen, Netherlands.