Ensemble Palamento

Francesco Gibellini graduated brilliantly in trumpet in 2008 at the “A.Boito” Conservatory in Parma. In 2011 he achieved a Master's Degree in trumpet with honors, presenting a thesis on the 17th-century essays concerning natural trumpet. He is also specialized in playing the cornetto, the natural trumpet and historical trumpets of the 19th century. He regularly collaborates with orchestras such as Orchestra Sinfonica “A.Toscanini”, Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma, Virtuosi Italiani. He plays as a soloist and in chamber music groups with a repertoire ranging from the Middle Ages to contemporary music. With regard to ancient music played on period instruments, he collaborated with Zefiro Ensemble, Ensemble “Gambe di Legno”, Ensemble Il Falcone, Ensemble La Lauzeta.
Clara Fanticini always combined the study of modern violin (Master's Degree with honors at the Conservatory of Parma) with the passion for its a braccio ancestors such as baroque and classical violin and medieval vielle. Besides this philological approach, she also studied contemporary music, playing as a soloist in important Festivals also together with international artists.  She teaches violin and chamber music in two musicschools and gives concert-lessons for listeners ranging from the age of 3 to elderly people.
Flavio Spotti supports his artistic education on cultural heritage (he graduated as a Restorer of Mural Paintings at the Scuola Regionale per la Valorizzazione dei Beni Culturali in Botticino BS) with his musical studies, specializing in historical and ethnic percussion.
He studied the Indian Tabla under the guidance of Arup Kanti Das and historical percussions with Pedro Estevan. He deepened the study of the technique of the frame drum with Michael Metzler and Glen Velez and followed courses of zarb (tomback)  with the Iranian Maestro Bijan Chemiranilo at the Cini Foundation in Venice. He also created shows with Armenian music and medieval music collaborating with international artists for important Italian and European institutions and festivals.
The Ensemble Palamento artists recorded for the British broadcasting station BBC (ZCZ Films) and collaborated with important ensembles of medieval music (L’Homme Armé, La Lauzeta, Korymbos, Die Ganzen Musica) with whom they performed at important festivals in Italy and abroad (Ravenna Festival, Cantar di Pietre, Concerti al Cenacolo, Stagione Concertistica del Duomo di Modena, Floremus, Festival d’orgue de Sollies-Ville).
The Ensemble Palamento has held several concert-lessons for children, teenagers and adults (Festival Floremus in Firenze, Festival Wunderkammer at the Musical Instruments' Museum in Bologna, and at the faculties of Italian Literature of the universities of Modena e Reggio Emilia, the Centro Studi Boiardo, the Museo Casa Romei in Ferrara).

Instrumentarium

Clara Fanticini, 14th century vielle
Viella A-d-a-d' (from several Tuscan iconographic sources of the 14th century. - Antiqui Instromenti)    
Viella D-A-d-a (from the fresco "Angeli musicanti" in the church of S.Giacomo in Bologna, Italy - Antiqui Instromenti)

Francesco Gibellini, portative organ and citolas
Portative Organ in 2’ (from Zwolle/Memling - Antiqui Instromenti)
Portative Organ in 3’ (from several iconographic sources of the 14th/15th centuries  - Antiqui Instromenti)
The Ensemble Palamento artists recorded for the British broadcasting station BBC (ZCZ Films) and collaborated with important ensembles of medieval music (L’Homme Armé, La Lauzeta, Korymbos, Die Ganzen Musica) with whom they performed at important festivals in Italy and abroad (Ravenna Festival, Cantar di Pietre, Concerti al Cenacolo, Stagione Concertistica del Duomo di Modena, Floremus, Festival d’orgue de Sollies-Ville).
The Ensemble Palamento has held several concert-lessons for children, teenagers and adults (Festival Floremus in Firenze, Festival Wunderkammer at the Musical Instruments' Museum in Bologna, and at the faculties of Italian Literature of the universities of Modena e Reggio Emilia, the Centro Studi Boiardo, the Museo Casa Romei in Ferrara).
Instrumentarium
Clara Fanticini, 14th century vielle
Viella A-d-a-d' (from several Tuscan iconographic sources of the 14th century. - Antiqui Instromenti)    
Viella D-A-d-a (from the fresco "Angeli musicanti" in the church of S.Giacomo in Bologna, Italy - Antiqui Instromenti)
Francesco Gibellini, portative organ and citolas
Portative Organ in 2’ (from Zwolle/Memling - Antiqui Instromenti)
Portative Organ in 3’ (from several iconographic sources of the 14th/15th centuries  - Antiqui Instromenti)
Flavio Spotti, percussion
Percussions: Frame drums with and without rattles, Military drum (Paolo Simonazzi)
Pitch A = 465hz    Pythagorean Temperament