About the artist and the teacher Angelo Tatone

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Angelo Tatone is a live and studio musician as well a composer, arranger and music teacher based in Vienna.

He plays electric guitar, classic and acoustic guitar, mandolin. His technique and his touch on the guitar is a result and synthesis of many years of practical experience in different music fields such as Jazz, Blues, Pop, Rock but also classical and film music.

Together with Irene Malizia he founded Variando musica and Vari@ndON AIR;

Furthermore he is instructor for guitar, improvisation, composition and ear training, at Variando musica;

Education

Diploma in pedagogy of Electric Guitar Jazz & Popular Music at Joseph Haydn Konservatorium in Eisenstadt (with second instrument, Classical Guitar);

Artistic Diploma in electric guitar Jazz & Popular Music at Joseph Haydn Konservatorium in Eisenstadt;

Master degree with honour in Jazz Guitar at Conservatorio “L. Refice” in Frosinone;

Bachelor degree with honour in Jazz Music (Composition, Arrangement, Improvisation) at Conservatorio “A. Casella” in L’Aquila;

Erasmus and Erasmus+ Scholarship – Life Learning Agreement Program;

WWM (Working with Music);

Guitar Jazz & Popular Music study program at Accademia Percentomusica in Rome;

Different Workshops: Nuoro Jazz, Chieti in Jazz, Pertosa Jazz Campus, Keep an Eye Jazz Workshop in Amsterdam, Tango Musik, Filmmusik.

Work Experience

Ö1 Klassik-Treffpunkt – Live aus Millstatt, live performance with Duo Variando, July 2017;

Collaboration in Studio with Walter Blanding (Saxophonist of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra), Oz Noy, Thomas Gansch, Rosario Giuliani;

Film Music Soundtrack for the Film “A Cold Day” directed by Mohammad Ali Talebi (solo guitar) 2013;

Live performances at ORF, TVQ und Rete 8;

Live performances with: David Daniell, Rhys Chatam, Robert Herzl, Thilo Reinhardt, Robert Dornhelm, Giorgio Gaslini, Johannes Widner, Daniel Raiskin, Joseph Wagner, Sebastian Geyer, Daniel Golossov, Randall Jakobsh and many others;

Prize winner in many music competitions;

Founder, together with Irene Malizia, of Variando Musica and of Duo Variando;

International concert’s activities (as leader and member of various ensembles) in: Blue Note in Amsterdam, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Accademia Nazionale di Danza, Villa Celimontana Jazz Festival in Rome, Chieti in Jazz Festivaland otherfestivals in Genoa, Palermo, Rome…, Porgy & Bess Wien, Wiener Konzerthaus, Albertina Museum Wien, Wein&Co, Lange Nacht der Kirchen, Opera Festival St. Margarethen, Festival Stockerau, Saxony Mozart Society, Whyte Haus Markkleeberg, Italian National Festival of the Conservatoires 2015, European Parliament in Strasbourg and mony others;

Concert’s activities with many agencies;

Collaboration with: Minsk Orchestra, PMCE (Parco della Musica Contemporanea Ensemble) in Rome, Youth Orchestra Orchestra Academy at Esterhàzy Castle andmany Big Bands;

Composer/Arranger for different children’s orchestras and school ensembles.

CD/DVD Productions

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Don Giovanni – LIVE aus dem Steinbruch St. Margarethen, 2011 (live performance as mandoline player);

La Bohème/St. Margarethen 2013 – Giacomo Puccini, Direction: Robert Dornhelm (live performance as percussionist and chapel master);

The Colours of Spanisch Music, Tango and Jazz (Variando Musica 2018, Irene Malizia and Angelo Tatone).

Teaching and Research

Various Lectures and Workshops in different institutions and conferences: EPARM Conference 2019 (European Plattform for artistic Research) in Cluj Napoca; MERYC Conference 2019 (IPEM Institute for Systematic Musicology (Ghent University), EuNET MERYC, Musica & De Krook) in Ghent; AEC and CEMPE Platform for Learning and Teaching (LATIMPE): Becoming musicians – student involvement and teacher collaboration in higher music education; HARP 2018 – 1st International Conference on Artistic Research in Performance at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester; Improvisation’s Project, with his own JML COLLECTIVE ENSEMBLE, which was selected for the EYE2018 in Strasbourg and sponsored from the European Parliament as one oft he best artistical projects at EYE2018; EPARM Conference 2018 (European Plattform for artistic Research) in Porto;

Guest Lecturer within the framework of Erasmus+ in: Conservatorio A. Casella in L’Aquila (2019); Taller De Musics in Barcelona (2019); Saint Louis College of Music in Rom (2019);

Further Education as Lecturer/Researcher at Orpheus Institute (advanced studies & research in music) in Ghent (2019);

Since 2022 – Teacher for classical, acoustic and electric guitar, for ukulele and for guitar ensemble at Musikschule Thayaland.

2020-2021 – Teacher for electric and classical guitar at the Musikschule der Stadt Groß-Siegharts (Austria).

2017-2021 – Lecturer at JAM MUSIC LAB Private University for Jazz and Popular Music Vienna for: Laboratory for Artistic Research in Improvisation (Interdisciplinary Performance), artistic major Guitar (Jazz and Popular Music), Ear Training (Jazz and Popular Music), Rhythm in Jazz and Popular Music;

2017-2021 – Lecturer at the International Academy for Music and Performing Arts Vienna for: artistic major Guitar (Classic as well as Jazz and Popular Music), Ear Training (Classic as well as Jazz and Popular Music), Improvisation and Composition; Rhythm in Jazz and Popular Music;

2017-2020 Study Advisor at the International Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna for the Department 1 and 4 for Jazz and Popular Music as well as for pre college and courses; International Office at the JAM MUSIC LAB Private University for Jazz and Popular Music Vienna and at the International Academy of Music and Performing Arts Vienna;

2017-2019: Collaboration with VHS Vienna, Instructor for Electric Guitar and workshops in the field of Jazz Music;

2014-2015: AMI Rovereto (Associazione Mozart Italia Rovereto), Guest Lecturer for Gitarre and music pedagogy;

Since 2012: Collaboration with many private and public schools of music in Austria (Oberwaltersdorf, Mattersburg, Vienna).