Alessandro Ravi

Alessandro Ravi was born in 1960. Composer, drummer and percussionist, music teacher, instruments builder, sound engineer, music producer. He released 19 albums and 1 DVD: ”L' OFFERTA DELL' ACQUA” (Collana Strumento DDD, 1992) featuring: Mauro Pagani (violin), Ares Tavolazzi (electric basses), Riccardo Zappa (acoustic guitars), Giorgio Cocilovo (electric guitar) “IL MONDO NUOVO” (Giano Geminus, 1993) “DIARIO DI UNA MENTE SOSPESA” (Giano Geminus, 1995) “OLTRE IL BUIO” (Giano Geminus, 1998) “LA FRONTIERA INVISIBILE” (Giano Geminus, 2000) "DAWN OF A PRAYER" (Beata Beatrix, 2005 "ONCE WAS THE LIGHTNESS" (Giano Geminus, 2007) "DREAM DRUM" (Giano Geminus, 2010) "FRAMES OF A LOST REALITY - vol.1" (Giano Geminus, 2011) "FRAMES OF A LOST REALITY - vol.2" (Giano Geminus, 2011) "OASIS OF NATIVITY" (Giano Geminus, 2012) "BACK AND FORWARD" (Giano Geminus, 2014) "DROPS OF PROGS" (Giano Geminus, 2015) "CHRONICLES FROM A VANISHING PLANET" (Giano Geminus, 2016) "MUSIC FOR BALLET" (Beata Beatrix, 2017) "HIDDEN ARCHEOLOGY" (Beata Beatrix, 2017) "FIVE FACTOR" (Giano Geminus, 2107) "AFTERGLOW" (Beata Beatrix, 2018) "WHISPERING ROOMS" (Beata Beatrix, 2018) "VISUAL TRIP" (DVD Giano Geminus, 2019) He composed music for the Deborah Weaver's CAT (Continuous Advanced Training). He takes part in realization of Raffaele Serra's albums as player and arranger: "Heaven & Earth Magic Feature” (Mantric Wave, 1992), “Isthar” (Ludi Sound, 1993) and "Magnetic Mirror" (Mantric Wave, 2016) He composed music for coreography, theatre and multimedia works, among which: “MOVENZE INFINITE “(1991) “TRASUMANAR " (1992), “L' OFFERTA DELL' ACQUA” (1993) “KATMA PROJECT” (1998). He conceived and realised the art installation "Mantra & Mandala Etruschi" (Industri Theatre, Grosseto - 2000) He led lectures about psyco-physical features of Sound (“MUSIC: NATURE' S MAGICAL VOICE ”) and didactic seminars about percussions ("THE TALKING DRUM”). He devised “Integral Technic” method, expressive features sinthesys of various percussion instruments, about which he wrote several articles on ”PERCUSSIONI” magazine. He devised and built original sounding wooden percussion instruments “wooDrum”. He takes part as sound engineer, player and arranger on 3 albums of the jazz/bossa's singer Lia Giorgi: "Shades Of My Soul" (Giano Geminus, 2012) "Pools Of Kindness" (Giano Geminus - 2013) "Two Sides Of the Bloom" (Giano Geminus - 2016) He takes part in realization of many Raffaele Serra's albums as sound engineer and producer: "Light Blast" (Giano Geminus, 2006) "Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt - Soundtrack" (Giano Geminus, 2012) “Happy Days (Schastlivye dni) - Soundtrack" (Giano Geminus, 2012) “Etudes Sur Paris, un film de Andrè Sauvage - Soundtrack" (Giano Geminus, 2012) "Radio Phase One" (Giano Geminus, 2016) "Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens - Soundtrack" (2 Cd Giano Geminus, 2016) "Das Cabinet Der Dr. Caligari - Soundtrack" (Giano Geminus, 2016) "Metropolis - Soundtrack" (3 Cd Giano Geminus, 2016) "Man With A Movie Camera - Soundtrack" (Giano Geminus, 2016) "Stabat Mater" (Beata Beatrix, 2017) "Europe Endless" (5 Cd Mantric Wave, 2017) He takes part as video editor and producer on "La Jetée" (drawing version), based on photo story by Chris Marker. Soundtrack and image processing by Raffaele Serra. (Giano Geminus - December 2018)