Matteo Paggi
Appears on:Polyhedral artist, versatile musician, he has been exploring different types of music, instruments and musical approaches since the beginning of his musical path.
Colors, voice, timbre, dynamics, the minutest details of sound and articulation: all of it is the subject of his continuous study and research of his artistic expression. An ongoing exploration of the inner side expressing itself on the outside in (and with) music. Matteo’s sensibilities reach into modern and contemporary jazz, traditional 1920s jazz, free and experimental improvisation, and ambient electronic music.
Matteo is currently active in the quintet of international jazz icon Enrico Rava (with the “Fearless Five”). He is active as an electronic music improviser (and trombonist) with the projects Morgenbarn (together with Berlin percussionist Tilo Weber and Estonian saxophonist Maria Faust) and DIASILLA (together with fellow townsman sound designer Matteo Stella).
He is the inventor of the W O R D S method of improvisation and instant composing from which his lead project is named, and he is leading GIRAFFE with whom he plays his original music.
He has been working with the theater company Oorkaan (Amsterdam) in the ‘In de Wijk’ project, performing the show ‘De dag dat papa viel’ directed by: Wieger Meulenbroek.
Together with Israeli saxophonist Aviv Noam, they perform a theatrical show of about 40 minutes in which they use their bodies and the surrounding space just like actors or mimes, but their instrument instead of their voice (playing original compositions, arrangements and free improvisations).
He is very active all around Europe with the early jazz group “The Fried Seven” (winner of the Kerel van Eerd Music Award 2021) with which thy released the album “Late to the Party” with the American label “Rivermont”.