Igor Caiazza
Musician
Biography
Composer, arranger, classical percussionist and jazz player, Igor Caiazza collaborates since 2008 with Teatro Alla Scala of Milan, he was Principal Percussionist of Mahler Chamber Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado.
Currently he is an Independent Artist, Professor at Conservatory of Potenza, endorser for Yamaha Music Europe, Zildjian Cymbals Company and Vic Firth.
Experiences
ORCHESTRA
Igor Caiazza collaborates with Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris, Orchestra and Filarmonica del Teatro Alla Scala, Orchestre National De France, Wiener Symphoniker, Philhamonia Orchestra, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI, Orchestra dell’Arena di Verona, Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo, and he has performed around the World with Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, George Pretre, Valery Gergiev, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Herbert Blomstedt, Daniele Gatti, Myung-Whun Chung, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Alan Gilbert, Antonio Pappano, Gustavo Dudamel, Daniel Harding, Fabio Luisi, Maurizio Pollini, Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky, Lang Lang, Leonidas Kavakos, Bobby McFerrin, Placido Domingo, Josè Carreras, Andrea Bocelli, Stefano Bollani and many others, recording several CD and DVD for Decca, Sony Music and RAI labels.
TEACHING
Igor was Percussion Teacher of Mahler Chamber Orchestra Academy in Barcelona, Germany and Australia, and has regularly held Masterclasses at NRW Orchesterzentrum in Dortmund (Germany). On 2016 he was Percussion Teacher of XVII Gustav Mahler Academy of Bolzano (honorary president Claudio Abbado), from 2013 to 2018 Percussion Tutor of Jové Orquesta Nacional de Catalunya (JONC) in Barcelona and he held Masterclass at Salerno Conservatory.
OTHER EXPERIENCES
Igor Caiazza also played with Andrea Bocelli, Rondò Veneziano, Mika, Zucchero, Elio (from Elio e le Storie Tese), Nicola Piovani, Karima, Fabrizio Bosso, Tullio De Piscopo, Javier Girotto, Nico Gori, Marco Zurzolo, Julian Oliver Mazzariello, Claudio Filippini, Alessandro Lanzoni, Mauro Ottolini, Gabriele Evangelista, Amedeo Ariano, Jacopo Ferrazza, Luca Bulgarelli, Aldo Vigorito, Giovanni Amato, Alfonso Deidda, Jerry Popolo, Carlo Fimiani, Antonio De Luise, Tommaso Scannapieco, and others.
ENDORSEMENT
Agenda
2024 CONCERTS
28 Febbraio
Concerto with Pino Melfi Trio – CERIGNOLA (FG)
03 Marzo
Megaride Quartet, contemporary music at Teatro “F. Miggiano” – VIGGIANO (PZ)
17 Aprile
Concerto at Festival “La Stravaganza”, Conservatorio di Potenza – POTENZA
18 Aprile
Performance Il Carnevale degli Animali by Saint-Saëns – POTENZA
24 Aprile
Concerto with Pino Melfi Trio – POTENZA
30 Aprile
International Jazz Day, with Salerno Jazz Orchestra, feat. Anthony Strong – POMPEI
03 Maggio
All’Opera, feat. Fabrizio Bosso and Nico Gori + String Quartet – NAPOLI
08 Maggio
Cartoons, feat. Julian Oliver Mazzariello, Daniele Sorrentino, Jerry Popolo – POTENZA
05 Giugno
Histoire Du Soldat by Igor Stravinsky – POTENZA
21 Giugno
Finale Performance Festival “La Stravaganza”, del Conservatorio di Potenza – POTENZA
04 Luglio
All’Opera, feat. Fabrizio Bosso and Nico Gori + Orchestra 131 della Basilicata – POTENZA
05 Luglio
All’Opera, feat. Fabrizio Bosso and Nico Gori + Orchestra 131 della Basilicata – MATERA
06 Luglio
All’Opera, feat. Fabrizio Bosso and Nico Gori + Orchestra 131 della Basilicata – GENZANO DI LUCANIA
14 Luglio
All’Opera, feat. Fabrizio Bosso and Nico Gori + Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano “La Verdi” – MILANO
29 Luglio
All’Opera, feat. Fabrizio Bosso and Nico Gori + String Quartet at Pompei Jazz Festival – POMPEI
12 Agosto
All’Opera, feat. Fabrizio Bosso and Nico Gori + Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese – TAGLIACOZZO
ALL’OPERA
the last Igor Caiazza project
with Fabrizio Bosso, Nico Gori,
Claudio Filippini, Tommaso Scannapieco,
and Musicians of Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Discography
2024 ALL’OPERA
feat. Fabrizio Bosso, Nico Gori, Musician of Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
2022 PEOPLE
feat. Nico Gori, Claudio Filippini
2021 BLU
feat. Fabrizio Bosso, Javier Girotto
2017 – TURANDOT
with Teatro Alla Scala and Riccardo Chailly
2017 – FRÜHLING IN WIEN
with Wiener Symphoniker and Manfred Honeck
2016 – PARRESIA
2014 – CARMEN
with Teatro Alla Scala and Daniel Barenboim
2013 – LIVE AT LA SCALA
with Filarmonica Della Scala, Riccardo Chailly and Stefano Bollani
2013 – WRITTEN ON SKIN
with Mahler Chamber Orchestra, George Benjamin, Barbara Hannigan
2012 – VIVA VERDI
with Filarmonica della Scala and Riccardo Chailly
2012 – DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Teatro Alla Scala
Contact
IGOR CAIAZZA
info@igorcaiazza.com
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