For many years, Alberto Braida has been active as pianist, improviser and composer. He has collaborated and played with musicians such as Liz Albee, Ab Baars, Antonio Borghini, John Butcher, Cristiano Calcagnile, George Cremaschi, Wilbert De Joode, John Edwards, Lisle Ellis, Massimo Falascone, Wolfgang Fuchs, Ig Henneman, John Hughes, Hans Koch, Peter Kowald, Giancarlo Locatelli, Paul Lovens, Paul Lytton, Edoardo Marraffa, Filippo Monico, Gino Robair, Wadada Leo Smith, Fabrizio Spera, Michael Thieke, Luca Venitucci, Jack Wright and many other. He played at the Vision Festival (New York), Improvised and Otherwise Festival (New York), Total Music Meeting (Berlin), Tasten Festival (Berlin), Uncool Festival (Poschiavo), Taktlos Festival (Zurich), Interactivity 05 (The Haag), Music Unlimited Festival XIX (Wells), Konfrontationen (Nickelsdorf), Podring (Biel), Risonanze (Venezia), Controindicazioni (Rome), Free Radicals at the Red Rose (London), , Festival milanese della musica d'improvvisazione (Milano), Pulsi (Milano), ContemporaneaMente (Lodi) and in many other venues within the United States and Europe . |
DISCOGRAPHY
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a brush with dignity Weightless Alberto Braida, piano John Butcher, tenor and soprano saxophones John Edwards, bass Fabrizio Spera, drums Clean Feed, CF 154
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talus Alberto Braida piano solo nuscope recordings cd 1022
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re:start Alberto Braida, piano-objects Massimo Falascone, saxophones-crackle box-ipod-live electrinics Filippo Monico, drums-percussion-flute setole di maiale SM1470
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reg erg Alberto Braida, piano Wilbert De Joode, bass RED TOUCAN records RT 9332
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MOBILE Alberto Braida, piano John Hughes, bass BROKENRESEARCH - 2006
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di terra Alberto Braida, piano Lisle Ellis, bass Fabrizio Spera, drums Nu Bop records 2 - 2005
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DUE Giancarlo Locatelli, clarinets Alberto Braida, piano Z-rec GLAB1 - 2004
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OUED Alberto Braida piano solo Z-rec AB1 - 2004
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ORA! RARA ensemble Giancarlo Locatelli, clarinets Alberto Braida, piano Gianfranco Tedeschi, bass Fabrizio Spera, drums Z-rec RARA1 - 2004
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ARIA Giancarlo Locatelli, clarinets Alberto Braida, piano Peter Kowald, bass free elephant 004 - 2004
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tripwire Lars Scherzberg, alto saxophone John Hughes, bass Jeff Arnal, percussion *Alberto Braida, piano *Giancarlo Locatelli, clarinets *track 3 generate records GEN 07 - 2002
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Audiology 11 groups live in Berlin TOTAL MUSIC MEETING 2001 *Alberto Braida, piano *Giancarlo Locatelli, clarinets *track 6 all a division of FMP 002 - 2002d
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diciannove calefazioni Giancarlo Locatelli, clarinets Alberto Braida, piano Takla records 2 - 1999
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trio 97 Alberto Braida, piano Tito Mangialajo Rantzer, bass Carlo Virzi, drums cmc 9974-2 - 199
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UPCOMING RELEASES:
"Margotta suite" A. Braida/G. Locatelli -broken reasearch, z-rec-
"Extraordinary Rendition" Diego Garcia Quintet , L. Albee/A. Braida/G. Cremaschi/G. Robair/F. Spera