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Francesco Turrisi Album launch for Northern Migrations at Triskel Christchurch
Italian pianist Francesco Turrisi will be celebrating the launch of his new album ‘Northern Migrations’ with a performance at lunchtime at Triskel Christchurch, Cork, on Saturday 26th May as part of his album launch tour.
“Northern Migrations” features original solo piano compositions and improvisations by Francesco Turrisi and the 10 year journey of Italian pianist from the heart of the Mediterranean to the North of Europe.
If a musician is defined by the company he keeps, then it is little wonder that Italian pianist Francesco Turrisi skirts facile categorization. The Turin-born, Dublin-based jazz musician has collaborated with former Miles Davis reedsman Dave Liebman, flamenco icon Pepe El Habichuela, kaval player Theodosii Spassov and singer extraordinaire Maria Pia de Vito. He has toured with Bobby McFerrin, played the music of Steve Reich with NY ensemble Bang on A Can and, since 2004, has been a core member of early music ensemble L’Arpeggiata.
In spite of his numerous collaborations, it’s as a leader that Turrisi has earned his spurs. His four beautifully crafted solo albums and two co-led releases have garnered widespread critical acclaim and positioned Turrisi as one of the most original voices of his generation. This April 14th, he launches first piano solo album ‘Northern Migrations’, and embarks on an album launch tour. The album features original solo piano compositions and improvisations by Francesco Turrisi, and encompasses the ten-year journey of the Italian pianist from the heart of the Mediterranean to the North of Europe.
Northern Migration has been a recurrent theme in Turrisi’s life and it’s the source of inspiration for this solo project. Francesco’s family migrated from an impoverished Sicily in the 1970’s to the more industrially developed north of Italy in search of work and a better life. After growing up in the city of Turin, Turrisi himself then migrated north, at the age of 19, to study music at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in the Netherlands. After completing his studies in jazz and baroque music, he went further north towards Ireland, ultimately settling in Dublin.
Francesco’s music is layered with a multitude of different stylistic references, reflecting his myriad musical experiences and his life journey. Early baroque ostinato bass lines, evocative Mediterranean modal melodies, minimalistic grooves, renaissance counterpoint woven into a core of jazz improvisation all co-exist organically in Turrisi’s music, creating a unique, and hard to define musical language.
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Venue Information - The Triskel Arts Centre
Triskel Arts Centre is a vibrant cultural HUB in the heart of Cork City and we celebrated 40 years in 2018. Our main auditorium Triskel Christchurch is a multidisciplinary space housed in a fully refurbished neoclassical Georgian Church.
This state of the art venue, which launched in 2011, is programmed with a rich bill of live music, with a focus on Classical and Jazz concerts, cultural cinema, visual art exhibitions and literary events. Triskel also runs a contemporary art room Triskel Gallery Space. Unique in Ireland, Theatre Development Centre is the only fulltime operation dedicated to the development of theatre, this is managed by Corcadorca Theatre Company.