Gaetano Randazzo is a pianist, composer and conductor. He graduated in Composition to the University of Music of Palermo (Italy) with the maximum of the credits. He studied as conductor with Isaac Karabtchevsky and Piero Bellugi , and he has been assistant conductor of Hubert Soudant. He wins a price of study SIAE as film's composer music. He studied piano concert with Michele Campanella and “Composition and Contemporary music” with Eliodoro Sollima. Gaetano Randazzo played the piano with orchestra, piano concert in FA of G. Gershwin and piano concert of A. Scriabin, for RAI Television. When he was twenty years old he began to teach of soloist pianist to the Conservatory.
Today he is a teacher to the Conservatory of Palermo. He teaches “Reading of score” for the young conductors and composers; he teaches also “Laboratory of jazz” and “Analysis of jazz's scores” for the jazz musicians. He loves the Opera Lyric music and contemporary music, but he has more interest a language of improvisation and contaminations music, classic and jazz, symphonic music, pop and rock together. He conducted the “Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert”, his original agreement for actors, soloist, choir and orchestra. In May 2001 he had played a performance like composer and conductor for the Company AssoComunicazione of Milan, its title is: “The rhythm!   Fulminating performance against   the vanity of the melody and the harmony”. Gaetano Randazzo conducted “JOB Sacred Representation” of Luigi Dallapiccola for actor, five lyric soloist, chorus and orchestra. In May 2005 he conducted “Odòs” of the Italian composer Alearco Ambrosi in the Opera's Theatre of Rome, for actor, soprano, big chorus, big orchestra and choir of boys of the Academy of Santa Cecilia of Rome.
He conducted several orchestras: Orchestre National Des Pays de la Loire, Opera's Theatre of Rome, RAI Television, Opera's Theatre Regio of Turin, Opera's Theatre of Palermo, Camerata Stuttgart, Opera's Theatre of Catania, Florence Symphony, Sicilian Jazz Orchestra. He has been musical director of the young orchestra “Contemporary Music Orchestra” since 2001 to 2004, and has produced much concert of several style, lyric concert, classic concert and some collaboration with pop and jazz musicians.
He plays with: Dianne Reeves, Rachelle Ferrell, Billy Childs, Paolo Fresu, Carol Welsman, Christian Escoudé, Patty Austin, Michael Torke, Pietro Tonolo, Michael Mantler, Milva, Marco Tamburini, Katia Ricciarelli, Marco Fornaciari, Desirèe Rancatore. He conducted the first performance of composer as Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington, Gerald Finzi, Alearco Ambrosi, John Adams, James McMillan, Michael Mantler, Igor Strawinskj, and Tibor Harsanyi. He collaborates with BMG Ricordi and his music has published by “Casa Musicale Sonzogno” and Kelidon edition . He has composed music for RAI Television, symphonic music, for jazz's soloists, for two pianos, chamber music, opera's music and arrangements.
Style of music: the experiences pop, rock and jazz, played at the years, they had been very important for his creativeness, studying together the classic composition. His music is a mix of contamination style and of special group of orchestra (classic instruments, electric bass, electric guitar, together). His music remembers the sun's and Mediterranean's climate, sounds and colours and perfumes of own popular cultures.
Web: http://www.gaetanorandazzo.com/UK-USA/SHP_UK.htm (2010)