Gabriele di Franco

Ciao there! Curious to know more about me? Well, here's a snapshot of who I am! It's in 3rd person like famous artists do! ___ Gabriele di Franco, born in Italy and currently living in Brussels is a composer, arranger, and guitarist. He defines himself as an ambiguous artist: living that undefined space between jazz, classical, and world music, focusing on deepness and consciousness in the process of making choices. In other words: composing. Gabriele has received several international awards and honours for his works. Among them, he won the 2nd prize at the three-year competition "Jazz Comp Graz 2017" for Jazz Orchestra composers under 30 (jury: Ed Partyka, John Hollenbeck, Michael Abene, Jörg Achim Keller). In June 2021, Gabriele was awarded 3rd prize at the “Helsinki International Big Band Composing Contest” with his composition Berlin (jury: Bob Mintzer, Ed Partyka, Antti Rissanen, Iro Haarla). Lately, Gabriele produced his first participative music-theatre project “LULELA”: a multi-layered jazz concert with storytelling where the destiny of the protagonist (and the whole performance) is in the hands of the audience. For LULELA (produced by LODmuziektheater) Gabriele composed music, text, and dramaturgy. In January 2021 the text of the music-theatre project LULELA, was also published as a book by Albatros il Filo. http://www.gabrieledifranco.com/