COMPOSER, BASSIST, DOUBLE BASSIST

Bassist, double bassist and composer, after completing his classical studies, he attended several jazz and rock music master classes, becoming also a skilled guitar, piano and cello player. He has studied with: Marc Johnson, Furio di Castri, Palle Danielsson, Bruno Tommaso, Pat Martino, Ubaldo Fioravanti, Trilok Gurtu, Gianluigi Trovesi, Peter Erskine, John Taylor, Giancarlo Gazzani, to name just a few...

He has played in several symphony orchestras like Orchestra Filarmonica Antonio Guarnieri of Adria, Orchestra Filarmonica of Udine, Euterpe and Musike groups, collaborating with chamber music groups such as Diapason and Octandre in Bologna (contemporary music), Gruppo Amadeus in Bologna (baroque music), and the Guarnieri Basses Ensemble (double bass quartet). He has also played with outstanding artists like Claudio Lolli, Nicola Piovani's Oracoeli Orchestra, Andrea Bocelli, Franz Campi, Josef Alessi, Andrea Giuffredi, Parto delle Nuvole Pesanti (among many others), and in several jazz and rock bands.

His live experiences include the participation to such festivals as Clusone Jazz Festival 2007, Rock in Rho, Primo Tributo a Frank Zappa 2006, 41° Festival Pontino, Disma Music Show, Autunno Musicale Nonantolano, Organi Antichi, Scandellara Rock Festival, Bologna Sogna, Musica Attuale Brescia, Note d'Autore, Summertime in Jazz, Maggio Musicale Massese, Manà Jazz Festival, Eurocreation: progetto Pépinières, IV Festival Nazionale di Ottoni "G Corsini", Percorsi in Villa, Populart Jazz, Eroticamente, Marghera Estate Village, Circoli e Cortili, Sonica, Festival della Letteratura Poliziesca, L'assassino è il Chitarrista, Tam Tam Suoni e Culture dal Mondo, SummerFest in Dresden...

He has been involved in several recording productions as a performer, arranger and artistic producer, while as a leader he has published the CDs "Minimized" (CFM 1998), "Tarabuk" (Velut Luna 2006) and "Influences" (Echoes 2006), the DvDs "Live at the Castle" and "Gocce" (Echoes 2007), acclaimed by both the public and the specialized press.

He is also a well-known music educator. He has taught at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Fondazione Arturo Toscanini in Parma and Idea in Bologna. In 1996 he founded the "Centro di Formazione Musicale" in Bologna, where he worked as director and teacher of bass and double bass, publishing a number of manuals and multimedia CDs translated into English and French. His latest instructional manual, "Bassista contemporaneo" (Echoes 2006), is now a sales success.

His upcoming projects include a disc for voice, double bass and effects and the development of the Influences duo (double bass and soprano sax), with the production of a new album with original pieces and the collaboration of other instrumentalists.

His latest release is a solo bass album, GESTIRE LO SPAZIO.

Contacts:
tizzan@tiscali.it

Booking:
info@ediechoes.com - www.ediechoes.com

Official discography
1999 "Minimized" - Tiziano Zanotti, Fausto Redorici, Marco Barbieri (CFM)
1999 "Canzoni e standard" - Emilia Vancini (Produzione indipendente)
2004 "Saluta i Gatti e Buonasera..." - Franz Campi (Poli Positivi)
2005 "Tarabuk" - Tiziano Zanotti, Marco Lo Russo (Velut Luna)
2006 "Influences" - Tiziano Zanotti, Alessio Alberghini (Echoes)
2007 "Live at the Castle" - Tiziano Zanotti, Alessio Alberghini (Echoes)
2007 "Gocce" - Diego Gavioli, Alessio Alberghini, Tiziano Zanotti (Echoes)
2008 "Gestire lo Spazio" - Tiziano Zanotti (Echoes)


2 albums distributed by CD BABY

- Tiziano Zanotti, GESTIRE LO SPAZIO
- Zanotti-Alberghini, INFLUENCES