Down The Road: Chamber Music For Saxophone And Piano – Two For New Duo

TWO for NEW duo: Established in 2011 with the purpose of undertaking cross-itineraries encompassing pieces of contemporary classical music, popular repertoire, jazz standards, as well as the traditional repertoire for this ensemble. Being particularly attentive to the new compositional trends, both musicians (who are laureates at national and international competitions) are the dedicatees of numerous pieces. Among the composers who wrote for them are Federico Biscione, Alberto Cara, Paolo Coggiola, Hache Costa (ESP), Alessandro Cusatelli, Luigi Del Prete, Sandro Fazzolari (CAN), Lorenzo Ferrero, Carlo Galante, Armando Ghidoni, Alessandro Lucchetti, Lodi Luka (ALB), Patrizio Marrone, Vincenzo Palermo, Vincenzo Sorrentino, Giampaolo Testoni. The duo recorded the following two albums: “I dischi del MEM” for PreludioMusic of Milan and “Viaggio nella Musica del Novecento” for MediaLand of Catanzaro. TWO for NEW have an intense performance activity taking place in Italy and abroad (Croatia, France, Spain, USA and Canada). Among the most prestigious places where they have performed there is the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique in Strasbourg, within the framework of the World Saxophone Congress, the Conservatory of Zagreb, the Theatres “Paco Rabal” and “El Torito” of Madrid, the Conservatorio profesional of Getafe, the Department of Music at the University Alfonso X El Sabio of Madrid, the Italian Culture Institutes of Montreal and Los Angeles. Some important performances of the duo TWO for NEW were broadcast on Radio Classica within the programme “Top Ten” by the music critic Ciammarughi (October 7-19, 2015).

Down the Road is a project born in a heterogeneous way over the years and developed through many recordings made in different and significant places where we had the opportunity to visit thanks to our musical activity. The majority of the compositions were written by contemporary composers who have collaborated and still collaborate with us and come to constitute a sort of personal musical journey through the beauty of these music filtered by our passion and memories.