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Giovanni Ceccarelli / Ferruccio Spinetti
Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano, keyboards, clavietta Ferruccio Spinetti – double bass, electronics
Ferruccio and Giovanni recorded together six albums. Since their meeting in 1989, the two musicians have been sharing a deep musical empathy and a common strong sense for melody. Their duo album More Morricone has been acclaimed by the music press and media internationally and was performed in concert throughout Europe. Their new album, a tribute to Michel Legrand, will be released in 2025.

Daniele di Bonaventura / Giovanni Ceccarelli
Daniele di Bonaventura – bandoneon
Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano
Daniele di Bonaventura and Giovanni Ceccarelli musically meet in 2013 by creating together this original duo project. In 2015 they release the album Mare Calmo, presenting a repertoire of own compositions. Their album Eu Te Amo – The Music of Tom Jobim features Ivan Lins, Jaques Morelenbaum and Camille Bertault. The duo has performed all over Europe and in Africa.

Marcello Allulli / Giovanni Ceccarelli
Marcello Allulli – tenor sax
Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano, clavietta
This group brings together two musicians who have been playing together for twenty years. Both experienced artists in performances involving different forms of expressions, Allulli and Ceccarelli have been presenting their live soundtracks to silent movies all over Europe, in the Middle East and in Asia. The duo’s album Canto features their own compositions.

Voices
Andrea Dulbecco – vibraphone
Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano
Salvatore Maiore – double bass
Paolo Orlandi – drums
This quartet stars internationally known Italian musicians, presenting a repertoire of original compositions, which enhances the group’s interplay, lyrical quality and active listening. Voices has given concerts all over Italy and in Switzerland. Their first album together, Voices was released in 2024 by French label Parallel Records.

Pagine Vere
Michela Lombardi – vocals
Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano, clavietta
Luca Falomi – guitars
Giovanni and Michela have been writing music together for twenty years. The trio album Pagine Vere, also featuring guitarist Luca Falomi, is a collection of compositions by Giovanni Ceccarelli with lyrics by Michela Lombardi, Max De Tomassi, Stéphane Casalta, André Carvalho and other lyricists.

In Music’s Hands
Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano, clavietta
Giovanni Ceccarelli brings in his solo performances his entire music world, presenting his compositions and own renditions of music by great contemporary composers, and enriching his sound palette by playing the clavietta. Giovanni has given concerts in solo in Italy, Switzerland, France and Japan.

Giovanni Ceccarelli Trio
Giovanni Ceccarelli – piano, clavietta
Mauro Gargano – double bass
Patrick Goraguer – drums
Giovanni Ceccarelli’s trio album Météores was awarded with the Sélection FIP in France and the Sélection Harmonia Mundi in Switzerland. This group gathers three musicians whose close listening and interplay stand out. The trio proposes a repertoire of original compositions, own arrangements of music by great contemporary composers, and the program Cinéma en Jazz.

Collaborations
Arie – Ferruccio Spinetti
Nuages – Mauro Gargano
K.D. Octet
Victoria Rummler
Valentina Casula
Caroline Faber
Giovanni Ceccarelli collaborates with groups and artists on the international scene. Currently he is part of projects Arie, Nuages and K.D. Octet, and he is a duo partner of vocalists Victoria Rummler, Valentina Casula and Caroline Faber.

Ferruccio Spinetti – double bass, electronic effects
Ferruccio Spinetti / Giovanni Ceccarelli
Ferruccio and Giovanni recorded together six albums. Since their meeting in 1989, the two musicians have been sharing a deep musical empathy and a common strong sense for melody. Their duo album More Morricone has been acclaimed by the music press and media internationally and was performed in concert in Italy, France and Spain.

Daniele di Bonaventura / Giovanni Ceccarelli
Daniele di Bonaventura and Giovanni Ceccarelli musically meet in 2013 by creating together this original duo project. In 2015 they release the album Mare Calmo, presenting a repertoire of own compositions. Their album Eu Te Amo – The Music of Tom Jobim features Ivan Lins, Jaques Morelenbaum and Camille Bertault. The duo has performed all over Europe and in Africa.

Marcello Allulli / Giovanni Ceccarelli
This group brings together two musicians who have been playing together for twenty years. Both experienced artists in performances involving different forms of expressions, Allulli and Ceccarelli have been presenting their live soundtracks to silent movies all over Europe, in the Middle East and in Asia. The duo’s album Canto features their own compositions.