From the Lips to the Moon: 'In times of darkness' launch
Dec
6
7:30 PM19:30

From the Lips to the Moon: 'In times of darkness' launch

I am honoured to be part of this amazing event by live-electronic music wizard Pouya Ehsaei and voice-shifting writer-performer Tara Fatehi.

Join us for our end of year gathering and the launch of From the Lips to the Moon first publication: 'In times of darkness' a journey through poetry, music and illustrations. Expect riveting live music, twisted beats, absurd texts, fierce poetry and hypnotic visuals. Another unique line-up of poets and musicians + hang out time.

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CARE album launch
Nov
30
9:30 PM21:30

CARE album launch

FUWAH is a four people band including bass player Luca Pissavini, saxophonist Filippo Cozzi, drummer Fabrizio Carriero and vocalist Maddalena Ghezzi.

At Corte Dei Miracoli they will launch their album CARE, a multifaceted album that aims to explore the different aspects of caring. Hypnotic drum and bass grooves infused with intimate harmonised sax and voice lines are at the core of CARE.

Tickets on the door

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Two Voices For One Sound - EFG London Jazz Festival
Nov
24
1:30 PM13:30

Two Voices For One Sound - EFG London Jazz Festival

I am delighted to be part of an improvisation organised and envisioned by singer and psychologist Diana Torti and singer Germana Stella La Sorsa as part of her masterclass, Two Voices For One Sound: reconnecting with ourselves here and now.

The masterclass is divided in two parts. The first, lead by Diana Torti and the second lead by Germana Stella La Sorsa.

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Maddalena Ghezzi, Ruth Goller, Maria Chiara Argirò
Oct
10
7:30 PM19:30

Maddalena Ghezzi, Ruth Goller, Maria Chiara Argirò

Doors 6:30 PM, Music 7:30 PM – 1 set(s) of music

Emerald with Maria Chiara Argirò and Dolomite with Ruth Goller are my most recent releases part of my series Minerals. At the Vortex Emerald “delicate world in osmosis with nature and humans” is meeting Dolomite “quixotic moments” in a trio concert that will see Ruth Goller, Maria Chiara Argirò and me merging the two works.

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Jessica Ackerley, Eli Wallace and Maddalena Ghezzi at Vortex Jazz Club
Jul
3
8:30 PM20:30

Jessica Ackerley, Eli Wallace and Maddalena Ghezzi at Vortex Jazz Club

Ackerley, Wallace and Ghezzi will present a 1-hour concert featuring compositions by each artist in a song cycle woven with spontaneous interludes as an inquiry into causes and broader social issues such as climate change impact. Ackerley and Ghezzi connected across distances through a mutual friend they found instant commonalities having both worked under the mentorship of NYC vocalist, Sara Serpa. Ackerley and Wallace both have a long standing collaboration in their trio, MAW.

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Dolomite EP Launch + opening Anything Pointless
Jun
14
8:30 PM20:30

Dolomite EP Launch + opening Anything Pointless

Dolomite is the fifth release of my series Minerals. This work is a collaboration with bassist, vocalist, composer and environmentalist RUTH GOLLER (International Anthem). Both linked to the Dolomites mountain range, we reckon with themes around climate change, nature and healing spaces. This is a water journey through a changing landscape. Dolomite is supported by women hiking brand LaMunt and innovative sustainability project Vaia.

Doors 7PM

Opening set by Anything Pointless 8:30PM

Dolomite (Maddalena Ghezzi + Ruth Goller) 9:30PM

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TooSeriouslyCommittedPeople feat Maddalena Ghezzi
May
10
7:30 PM19:30

TooSeriouslyCommittedPeople feat Maddalena Ghezzi

I am excited to join TooSeriouslyCommittedPeople (TSCP) at Hundred Years Gallery.

TSCP is a duo from composers and improvisers Stefano Grasso and Alessio Dal Checco. Both rooted in jazz and active in many different musical situations (from ska to hip hop to afrobeat to radical improvisation), they gather in a shared approach to total music, expressing their love, suffering, gratitude to life. Clashing explosive sounds melting in wavy drones, organic rhythms, whispers from mountains to above. Their first album, Truth Seeker, is out for the experimental italian label Mupe Records (MUPE 004, Oct 22nd 2023).

Inspired by the concept of listening with curiosity and by The Book Of Delights by Ross Gay, I have embarked on a daily listening activity ending on the day of the gig where I'll present my delights alongside TSCP.

Alessio Dal Checco – tenor and soprano saxophones, fxs

Stefano Grasso – drums and cymbals

Doors 7:30PM

Music 8PM

Tickets on the door

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Orbit
Mar
12
8:00 PM20:00

Orbit

Petra Haller Double Bill: "Shoulders I Stand On" Release + " Orbit"

1st set: Petra Haller's debut album, Shoulders I Stand On, a unique tapestry composed of rhythmic tap dance and harmonious piano melodies.

2nd set: Petra’s new project Orbit with Alcyona Mick on piano, Kate Shortt on cello, Jeffrey Durrant on spoken word, Petra Haller on tap dance and myself on voice.

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Emerald EP launch + Anything Pointless
Oct
19
7:30 PM19:30

Emerald EP launch + Anything Pointless

Emerald is a sci-fi feminist EP by Maddalena Ghezzi and is part of her series Minerals. This work features Maria Chiara Argirò (Innovative Leisure) on synth and electronics. The EP described as, "this gorgeousness" by Tom Ravenscroft BBC6, explores an empowering world, "a delicate world in osmosis with nature and humans" (Ma Track Bien Aimée, Prun) that sees women at the centre.

At Vortex Ghezzi and Argirò will present Emerald with live sound manipulation by Anything Pointless.

Anything Pointless is an expansive and uncompromising experimental producer from Turin and now based in London. He delivers bright and glassy sound-art landscapes and makes use of granular technology to expand, stretch and move digital air in unexpected ways. Like many intriguing artists, just when you feel you might have understood the process it takes you on new and exciting turns.

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MOMENT’S NOTICE, EPISODE 7 SEASON 3
Aug
31
6:45 PM18:45

MOMENT’S NOTICE, EPISODE 7 SEASON 3

Moment's Notice showcases five leading lights in the art of spontaneous composition. Each episode consists of one duo and one trio playing fully-improvised, 40-minute sets. The evening culminates with a combo quintet set. Line-ups are curated by the event creator, George Nelson.

I am thrilled to be part of this incredible line up:

DUO: Matana Roberts and Liam Noble

TRIO: Maddalena Ghezzi, Neville Malcolm, Will Cleasby

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Recreational Grounds VII
May
6
2:00 PM14:00

Recreational Grounds VII

  • Wendover House ground floor car park (map)
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Recreational Grounds is a reaction to the issues of limits and accessibility of the more typical exhibition spaces in London, with an aim to encourage experimentation and create a dialogue around the alternative presentation of artwork. The project encourages ephemeral approaches to react to the restrictions of creating outdoor site-responsive work for the 48 hour exhibition.

I will be part of a music and dance event alongside amazing musicians: Francis Moore (shakuhachi, flute, bagpipes), Kirke Gross (cello), Emily Shapiro (bass clarinet) and dancers: Laura Doehler, Elisa Vassena, Pepa Ubera.

The event takes place in Wendover House ground floor car park, SE17 2UD.

Recreational Grounds VII will be guest curated by Catherine Long, Jesus Crespo and Dido Hallett, who are all currently undertaking the Turps Studio Painting Programme on the Aylesbury Estate. This will be the seventh event to be held at the carpark and will be the first one held there since the pandemic.

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Musicking feat. Miryam Solomon
Apr
30
7:00 PM19:00

Musicking feat. Miryam Solomon

Musicking is the verb for engaging in music, and musicking is a lovely evening curated by musician, curator and radio host Francis Moore.

On the night I will present two solo work-in-progress works: Transitions and Trees/Humans and then I’ll join forces with singer, composer and improviser Miryam Solomon for some duos…I am truly looking forward to it. Come along!

£10 / pay what you can (tickets on the door)

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Women composers' recital
Mar
17
4:30 PM16:30

Women composers' recital

Inspired by the work of organisations like Mutual Mentorship for Musicians and the words of Shanta Nurullah at the latest This Is A Movement talk.

I curated a women composers’ recital at The City Academy Hackney in which I teach singing and lead senior choir. This is the first women composer celebration ever hosted in the school and it will include pieces by contemporary jazz artists (many included in the 2022 New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers by Berklee Press), classical composers from the 18th century and hip hop artists from the 2000s. Among them: Shunaji, Tomeka Reid, Little Simz and more…

I will perform a piece by contemporary vocalist-composer Sara Serpa together with the musicians: Liz Jones, Sophie Ali, Hannah Monkhouse, Meghan Marshall and Harriet Crawford.

The event will be held at the school at 16:30.

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Improv per voci e chitarra preparata
Mar
4
9:00 PM21:00

Improv per voci e chitarra preparata

"Tre corpi di voci in un gioco di echi e risonanze: libere improvvisazioni per tre voci, chitarra, chitarra preparata.

Francesca Naibo, Beatrice Arrigoni e Maddalena Ghezzi si incontrano nel 2022 per sperimentare insieme nell'ambito dell'improvvisazione estemporanea. Attualmente lavorano ad un progetto di musica originale a confine tra improvvisazione e composizione, il cui intento è quello di musicare alcune poesie tratta dalla raccolta "Monologo addosso" della poetessa Elena Cornaggia".

Ingresso 5 € + tessera associativa 10 €

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Sound painting: RUN, Simone Baron and Maddalena Ghezzi
Sep
21
8:00 PM20:00

Sound painting: RUN, Simone Baron and Maddalena Ghezzi

RUN, acclaimed London street artist, is welcoming Simone Baron (accordion) and I in his Hackney studio, Bodega Gallery Studio, to paint and play. RUN will live paint a wall of his studio and Simone and I will accompany each strokes.

Music from 8PM

Free event


Known as RUN, Giacomo Bufarini is a London based Italian artist whose works can be seen adorning streets from China to Senegal. RUN is interested in street art as a language of communication. His recognisable style shows a level of detail and complexity rarely seen in street art today, evidenced through his vivid rendering of interlocking bodies in symbolic poses, pattern like, friezes in bright, arresting colours.

Simone Baron is a polyglot pianist, accordionist, improviser and composer whose work “ego-less, genre agnostic and without expectations” (JazzTimes) engages curiously and charismatically with a broad spectrum of experimental idioms. Educated at Oberlin and Tel Aviv University and joyfully de-educated at festivals and performances across Europe and the Americas, Simone has won grants, fellowships and residencies from Chamber Music America, South Arts, Maryland State Arts Council, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Hambidge Center, i-Park Foundation, Strathmore Foundation, ArtOMI, UMD, Avaloch Farm, the Banff Centre, and Spectrum Toronto. Simone is a Victoria Artist and plays a Poeta XB Accordion.

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SKRONK #117 with Simone Baron
Sep
20
7:30 PM19:30

SKRONK #117 with Simone Baron

I am very excited to play with Simone Baron (accordion) as a featured act at Skronk improv night in London . Simone and I met at Conserere, an improvising lab in Milan. We will present a series of improvised and written pieces inspired by nature and painters.

Music from 8PM

Free event

Simone Baron is a polyglot pianist, accordionist, improviser and composer whose work “ego-less, genre agnostic and without expectations” (JazzTimes) engages curiously and charismatically with a broad spectrum of experimental idioms. Educated at Oberlin and Tel Aviv University and joyfully de-educated at festivals and performances across Europe and the Americas, Simone has won grants, fellowships and residencies from Chamber Music America, South Arts, Maryland State Arts Council, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Hambidge Center, i-Park Foundation, Strathmore Foundation, ArtOMI, UMD, Avaloch Farm, the Banff Centre, and Spectrum Toronto. Simone is a Victoria Artist and plays a Poeta XB Accordion.

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Residency with Francesca Naibo and Beatrice Arrigoni
Aug
15
to Aug 21

Residency with Francesca Naibo and Beatrice Arrigoni

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I am delighted to be spending a week composing with two incredible Italian composers: Francesca Naibo (guitar and voice) and Beatrice Arrigoni (voice).

We have been asked to put in music some poems…more to come! Stay tuned!

Follow Francesca Naibo on https://www.instagram.com/francesca.naebow/

Follow Beatrice Arrigoni on https://www.instagram.com/beatrice.arrigoni.127/

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Ariwo Jam
Jul
13
8:30 PM20:30

Ariwo Jam

Every month you can find me at the amazing Ariwo Jam together with Ariwo’s members Pouya Ehsaei, Hammadi Rencurrell Valdes, Sam Warner and guests.

This is a great night to spot many amazing London musicians improvising with an Afro -cuban/electronic/dub/jazz/techno feel and to dance!

To know more follow Ariwo on IG. https://www.instagram.com/ariwo.music/

photo by: Jozef Kozmon https://www.instagram.com/spiegelhund_photography/

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Maddalena Ghezzi + Maurizio Ravalico + Tasos Stamou at Hundred Years Gallery
May
6
7:30 PM19:30

Maddalena Ghezzi + Maurizio Ravalico + Tasos Stamou at Hundred Years Gallery

At Hundred Years Gallery

Maurizio Ravalico - solo congas

Maurizio Ravalico and I - Calcite a Mineral in the making.

Tasos Stamou - solo electronics

19:30 doors

20:00 music

Tickets £7 on the door

For the safety of all musicians and attendees we ask everyone to wear a mask. Thank you!

Maurizio Ravalico is a percussionist, improviser, composer and indefatigable searcher of the sound hidden inside inanimate things. Based in London since 1991, he has toured and recorded with, among others, Jamiroquai, Paul McCartney, James Taylor, Jesus Alemani, Snowboy, Alex Wilson, Dennis Rollins, Greg Osby, Kaidi Tatham, Dego McFarland, Finn Peters, John Edwards, Steve Beresford, Orphy Robinson, Rowland Sutherland, Oren Marshall, Shabaka Hutchings, Andrea Parkins, Dele Sosimi, Tamar Osborn’s Collocutor and the choreographers Lea Anderson, Bill T. Jones, Maja Garcìa, Jane Turner and Laura Simi. His most recent projects area solo percussion album, entitled “Nobody’s Husband, Nobody’s Dad”, and the creation of “The Loud Atlas” a duo piece for one percussionist and one dancer, produced with the Normandy-based company Silenda.

Tasos Stamou is an electroacoustic music composer and performer, alternative electronic music instrument maker, tutor and sound technologist. During a decade of sound performances and recordings, Tasos Stamou has developed a unique style of live electroacoustic music composition. Long and continuous pieces are created in situ using a “portable electroacoustic music studio”. His work explores the space between ancient and contemporary transcendental music, using both traditional and advanced media. His gear consists of acoustic (prepared strings, reeds, recorders, objects) and electronic instruments (self-made electronics, modular synthesizer system and live processed feedback loops). Based on sustained tonal textures and free improvised instrumental solos, his live compositions create a particular and unique atmosphere of ritual noise.

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Presentazione EP Opal
Apr
12
to Apr 13

Presentazione EP Opal

Io e Francesca Naibo presenteremo il nostro nuovo EP Opal parte della mia serie Minerals.

Francesca Naibo and I will present our recent collaboration, Opal, part of my series Minerals.

Ingresso e tessera ArteMadia 12 euro (Ticket for the concert and membership card 12 euros)
Solo ingresso 8 euro (Ticket for the concert 8 euros)
Prenotazione consigliata via fb o email artemadia.giardino@gmail.com (booking required)

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Maddalena Ghezzi and Ruth Goller at Hundred Years Gallery
Feb
19
8:00 PM20:00

Maddalena Ghezzi and Ruth Goller at Hundred Years Gallery

At Hundred Years Gallery Ruth Goller and Maddalena Ghezzi are presenting their work inspired by South Tyrol plateau's, Seiser Alm, where Ruth was born and Maddalena has a deep connection to. Using improvisation and video they are aiming to create a sonic map of the Dolomite paths that they have both walked on many times.

Door 19:00

Music 20:00

£7 on the door

For the safety of all musicians and attendees we ask everyone to wear a mask. Thank you!

Ruth Goller, originally from South-tyrol (IT), is a London based electric and double-bass player, arranger, composer and improviser. Hailed by the Guardian for her “thunderous bass-guitar hooks", Goller helped lay the foundation for the UK’s jazz renaissance whilst playing in many of its most influential and popular bands, from her years on stage with Acoustic Ladyland and Melt Yourself Down, to more recently Let Spin and Vula Viel, whilst performing and recording with the likes of Shabaka Hutchings, Mercury-Award nominee Kit Downes, Sam Amidon, Bojan Z, Marc Ribot, Rokia Traoré, and Paul McCartney. Her recent release Skylla was featured among the 10 best jazz albums of 2021 by the Guardian and among the 100 best 2021 albums by The Quietus. Ruth is endorsed by Orange Amplifiers.

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FUWAH - Jam the Future contest - JazzMI
Sep
23
7:00 PM19:00

FUWAH - Jam the Future contest - JazzMI

My band FUWAH has been shortlisted to participate to Jam The Future a contest in which seven jazz bands will present original compositions.

“After an online call launched in May 2021 counting over 100 bands and 400 artists, JAZZMI has selected 7 jazz bands that will present their original compositions at Volvo Studio Milano.

On Thursday, September 23rd, a jury composed of guests from the music world, together with the audience both in person and online, will decide the 3 bands finalists that will perform again on September 30 for the final.

The winning jazz band will be given the special opportunity to perform on one of the great stages of JAZZMI 2021.”

The audience will be able to vote online between September 23rd and September 30th.

Book your ticket below for 23rd September.

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FUWAH at Circolo Galileo
Sep
17
9:30 PM21:30

FUWAH at Circolo Galileo

FUWAH presenterà il secondo album!!!

Free entry

Prenotazioni - 0331.1130431

Durante il 2020/21 la band abbiamo composto il nostro secondo album, ora nelle fasi finali di produzione. L'album è ispirato al continuo oscillare tra una dimensione personale, solitaria e meditativa, e la forza che scaturisce dall'interazione tra individui.

FUWAH è costituita dalla cantante Maddalena Ghezzi, il bassista Luca Pissavini, il sassofonista Filippo Cozzi e il batterista Fabrizio Carriero

Il nostro primo album è Eŭropo: sen limoj (Europa senza confini), un album in 8 lingue con testi scritti da 8 donne sul tema Europa. L’album racconta un’immagine dell’Europa contemporanea dal punto di vista di 8 donne in un viaggio umano senza confini. Abbiamo presentato Eŭropo: sen limoj al Southbank Centre di Londra. La traccia Grekio e’ stata trasmessa nello show Prospettive Musicali di Radio Popolare. 

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