Giancarlo Nino Locatelli

Giancarlo nino Locatelli (clarinets, 2nd level certified soundpainter) was born on 12th November 1961. He received his first music lessons from his father, an accordionist, studied piano and, in 1985, graduated in clarinet. Among the musicians with whom he played and/or recorded with are S. Lacy, B. Phillips, J.J Avenel, J. Betsch, I. Aebi, G. Robair, W. Fuchs, P. Lovens, P. Kowald, F. Grillo, T. Lehn, F. Monico, M. Falascone, A. Bosetti, G. Schiaffini, C. Calcagnile, S. Piccolo, E. Sharp, Z. Parkins, W. Leo Smith, A. Baars, I. Henneman, T. Delius. He has often collaborated and works with poets and performers such as F. Beltrametti, T. Raworth, D. Villa, M. O’Hara, A. Ruchat. He has produced original music for several theatre companies.

With actor Antonello Cassinotti he has been investigating the relationship between word and sound for more than twenty years. “Ohtuchemisuicidi” is the last work produced, starting from Van Gogh by Artaud. In 2011 he presented So Long!, a solo concert on compositions by Steve Lacy at “Battiti” by Rai Radio3 and “Jazz not dead” by Radio Popolare Roma. In 2013 he recorded a solo on the Bb clarinet on compositions by Steve Lacy, in which Situations is included, a piece never recorded by Steve and which gives the title to the work. Since 2014 he has been part of the Multikulti group (Calcagnile, Botti, Falascone, Locatelli, Mitelli, Mirra, Evangelista), Cristiano Calcagnile’s octet dedicated to the music of Don Cherry. With Multikulyi and the electroacoustic group MRCA (Calcagnile, Falascone, Locatelli) he took part in Clusone Jazz 2015.

In 2011 (Libramont) 2014 (Girona) and 2015 (Paris) he participated in Think Tank , the annual international meeting of Soundpainters, organized and directed by W. Thompson. In 2016 and 2017, with the irreplaceable collaboration of Maestro Davide Gualtieri, he organized the Think Tank at the G. Verdi Conservatory in Milan.

He has been collaborating with pianist A. since 1996. Braida and the duo is currently involved in various projects.

He has formed the group Pipeline 8 (Locatelli, Alberto Braida, Luca Tilli, Sebastiano Tramontana, Gianmaria Aprile, Andrea Grossi, Cristiano Calcagnile, Gabriele Mitelli) with whom he recorded live in November 2016 in Pisa Jazz “prayer” to music by Steve Lacy and is working on a project on original pieces based on poems by Tom Raworth.
With Trio Pipeline, A.Grossi and C.Calcagnile, he recorded the “Kakuan suite.”