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Angelo Gregorio
saxophonist

COMPOSER

ARRANGER

TEACHER

About

about Angelo.

Angelo Gregorio, born in Salerno, Campania, in 1983, in Belgium since 2009, teacher of music education in Belgian public secondary school and teacher of jazz saxophone and jazz ensemble in Belgian State Music Academies.

In March 2022, he received from the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cultural Counselor of the Italian Embassy in Belgium a Diploma of Merit as Artist Emeritus in consideration of his many years of promoting Italian jazz music in Belgium.

Founder and director of the Italian Orchestra Bruxelles, a 15-piece ensemble with as many as 6 different nationalities within it that (re)proposes in a jazz key traditional Italian songs from the 1920s to the 1980s. Artistic director of the first Jazz Orchestra of the Italian Institute of Culture in Brussels with which he rearranges in a jazz key Puccini’s “Crisantemi” on the occasion of the Puccini days and conceives the project Jazz & Shoah.

Founder and artistic director of the Belgian Italian Jazz Festival, the Dopo Belgian Italian Jazz Festival and the festival of the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels, Musica all’Ingresso.

Creator and artistic director of Culture Intro Culture Europe, a project (endorsed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Embassy of Italy in Brussels, the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels and Comites Belgium) that sees the merger of several institutions representing Italians abroad with the aim of promoting local culture and the beauty of the area.

Since 2010 general manager of the company “Jazz Entertainment” specialized in jazz events with which he has worked for clients such as Facebook, Jhonson & Jhonson, American Embassy in Brussels, European Parliament, NATO.

Six records released under his own name, creator in 2021 of the play “The Synergy of the Arts” (endorsed by the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels and Comites Belgium). The soundtrack, The Time of Freedoms, is composed by Angelo Gregorio.

In July 2020 he was chosen to write the first three-movement jazz suite based on the Divine Comedy on the occasion of Dante 700 from which it will take its name. Commissioned by the Dante Alighieri Society of Genk the premiere takes place on October 10, 2021 in Genk.

Commissioned by the director of the Brussels IIC Angelo writes the Sinonic Jazz Poem Limadou 利瑪竇 a compositional work based on ancient melodies by Father Matteo Ricci in honor of the 400th anniversary of his death.

About

about Angelo.

Angelo Gregorio, nato a Salerno, Campania, nel 1983, in Belgio dal 2009, docente di educazione musicale nella scuola secondaria pubblica Belga e docente di sassofono jazz ed ensemble jazz nelle Accademie Musicali Statali Belghe.

Nel marzo 2022 riceve dall’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Bruxelles, dal Ministero degli Affari Esteri e dal Consigliere Culturale dell’Ambasciata d’Italia in Belgio un Diploma di Merito come Artista Emerito in considerazione della sua pluriennale attività di promozione della musica Jazz italiana in Belgio.

Fondatore e direttore dell’Orchestra Italiana Bruxelles, organico di 15 elementi con ben 6 nazionalità diverse al suo interno che (ri)propone in chiave jazz brani della tradizione italiana dagli anni 20’ agli anni 80’. Direttore artistico della prima Orchestra Jazz dell’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Bruxelles con la quale riarrangia in chiave jazz “Crisantemi” di Puccini in occasione delle giornate pucciniane e concepisce il projetto Jazz & Shoah.

Fondatore e direttore artistico del Belgian Italian Jazz Festival, del Dopo Belgian Italian Jazz Festival e del festival dell’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Bruxelles, Musica all’Ingresso.

Ideatore e direttore artistico del progetto Culture Intro Culture Europe, progetto (avallato dal Ministero degli Affari esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, dall’Ambasciata d’Italia a Bruxelles, dall’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Bruxelles e dal Comites Belgio) che vede la fusione di più istituzioni rappresentanti gli italiani all’estero nell’intento di promuovere la cultura locale e le bellezze del territorio.

Dal 2010 direttore generale della società “Jazz Entertainment” specializzata in eventi jazz con la quale ha lavorato per clienti come Facebook, Jhonson & Jhonson, Ambasciata Americana a Bruxelles, Parlamento Europeo, Nato

Sei dischi pubblicati a suo nome, ideatore nel 2021 della pièce teatrale “La Sinergia delle arti” (avallata dall’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Bruxelles e dal Comites Belgio). La colonna sonora, Il tempo delle Libertà, è composta da Angelo Gregorio.

Nel luglio 2020 viene scelto per la scrittura della prima suite jazz in tre movimenti basata sulla divina commedia in occasione di Dante 700 da cui prenderà il nome. Commissionata dalla società Dante Alighieri di Genk la prima assoluta avviene il 10 ottobre 2021 a Genk.

Commissionato dal direttore dell’IIC di Bruxelles Angelo scrive il Poema Jazz Sinonico Limadou 利瑪竇 un lavoro compositivo basato su delle antiche melodie di padre Matteo Ricci in onore del 400° anniversario della sua morte.

Projects

Some of my projects.

Being an artist I'm trying to reinvent my-self every year with new projects and new aims.
Here a little selection of my current artistic activities
Jazz & Shoah

Unico nel suo genere questo spettacolo musicale racconta la storia di due musicisti jazz ebre attraverso diapositive e filmati di repertorio sottolineando il paradosso tra la musica swing ruggente, gioiosa degli anni 20 e la desolazione della Shoah.
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Orchestra LIMADOU

Unico nel suo genere questo omaggio musicale reinterpreta alcune delle antiche e suggestive musiche di Padre Matteo Ricci risuonandole e rivivendole in chiave moderna. Dalla musica tradizionale cinese passando per i madrigali, il blues, la musica latina e il jazz, un viaggio musicale in quattro movimenti scritti e orchestrati dal Jazzista Maestro Angelo Gregorio.
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Dante Alighieri Jazz Suite

The entire suite is based on Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and it's my personal transcription into music, for jazz quartet and string quartet, of the poet's journey through the three worlds: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.
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Culture Into Culture Europe

Progetto (avallato dal Ministero degli Affari esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, dall’Ambasciata d’Italia a Bruxelles, dall’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Bruxelles e dal Comites Belgio) che vede la fusione di più istituzioni rappresentanti gli italiani all’estero nell’intento di promuovere la cultura locale e le bellezze del territorio.
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Belgian Italian Jazz Festival

A brand new festival in the hear of Europe organized by me with Comites Belgio and Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Bruxelles.
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OIB

The OIB is the first and only orchestra/jazz band specifically devoted to the promotion of Italian “golden age” repertoire in Brussels and Belgium.
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This I dig of Hank

One of the Blue Note label’s definitive hard bop artists, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley. Angelo Gregorio pay a tribute to this endless source of inspiration.
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Via Toledo

This project wants to present a unique kind of jazz musical performance to the live stage bringing together original compositions of the young upcoming artist Angelo Gregorio.
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Studies

What & where i've studied.

My academic career
ITALY

2010

BRUSSELS

2015

BRUSSELS

2017

BRUSSELS

2018

400+

Concerts Done

500+

Musicians Met

10k+

Positive Feedbacks

20+

Events Organized

Philosophy

My philosophy

Four things I believe in
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Be Enthusiastic

Enthusiasm is the force that will be able to attract others with a power that is similar to that of the magnet on pieces of iron.

2

Be Courious

Curiosity is the engine that drives knowledge forward. Life without curiosity is a fresh tomato spaghetti without Parmigiano cheese!

3

Look forward

Everything we do we must try to place it in the future because the present is already past.

4

Reinvent Yourself

In reinventing yourself, incredible things happen: you discover yourself, your limits, your strengths. In that new idea lies the elaboration of the past, an inevitable process not to become automatons of oneself.

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My latest Records

A selection of my latest records available on all digital platform
Take a Chance

In this record I have arranged several songs and composed one for this talented jazz singer Carla Piombino.

Ceci n'est pas un trio

This record is full of traditional jazz standards played in a hammond trio setting with several guests.  

Caravaggio

This is an album entirely made with original compositions. An all star band with Bruno Castellucci on drums plus Polo Loveri on guitar.

Shapes of you

In this 2021 record I have arranged several songs and composed one for this talented jazz singer Carla Piombino.

Memories

MEMORIES a compilation of the best songs performed live during the virtual concerts held in museums and places of Italian-Belgian memory during the month of June 2020 in the context of the Culture Into Culture Europe project.

Far from our cities

An album in duo with Paolo Loveri. The release will be in september 2021.

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Testimonials.

We understand your requirement and provide quality works.

“I have worked with Angelo and his team on several occasions. I was so impressed with their professionalism and quality of musicians. I knew I had to keep his
contacts for whenever the opportunity would arise. For my Dolce Vita project last summer (event of more than 900 people). I immediately thought of him.

The repertoire chosen, his team, the quality of the music. It was phenomenal. Classy as always. Angelo understands quickly what the public wishes. He’s reliable and open to discussion. Not to forget easy to work with. Always ready to find solutions.”

Stephanie Farrow

Event Manager

Concerts

Concerts & News

All my upcoming concerts & news


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Get in Touch

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Here for you

Write me a mail info@angelogregorio.com

About me

Be enthusiastic & courious

Where to find my

I live in Brussels