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Pianist\/keyboardist, piano teacher and musicologist Riccardo Scivales<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0is one of the most internationally appreciated authors of music books and transcribers of stride, jazz, and Latin piano solos.<\/p>\n His books Jazz Piano: The Left Hand<\/i><\/em>\u00a0and the miscellaneous collection Jazz Piano: Pieces To Grow On<\/i><\/em>\u00a0– have been released as part of the prestigious Steinway Library of Piano Music<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0line published by Ekay Music\/Steinway & Sons. (More details in MUSIC BOOKS) He has also translated and edited all the thirty-four Italian volumes of the Bastien pedagogical piano series<\/i><\/em>\u00a0(Neil A. Kjos Music Company\/Italian distribution Rugginenti Editore).<\/p>\n Some of Riccardo’s “Classic Latin” originals have been often performed in concert programs along with works by Piazzolla, Ginastera, de Falla, Rodrigo, Ponce, Gardel, Ellington, Gershwin, J.S. Bach, Schubert, etc.<\/p>\n He is keyboardist and composer of his own progressive rock<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0band Quanah Parker<\/b><\/strong>, first active in 1982-1985 and re-formed in 2006. Riccardo was born in Venezia (Italy) and currently resides in the nearby town of Musile di Piave. He is the author of several jazz, Latin and Progressive Rock piano transcriptions, studies, arrangements and original pieces published in the prestigious US music magazines Piano Today<\/i><\/em>, Sheet Music Magazine<\/b><\/strong>, Keyboard Classics<\/b><\/strong>, and The Piano Stylist & Jazz Workshop<\/i><\/em>.<\/p>\n Many of his stride piano transcriptions<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0have been recorded and\/or performed in concert programs by such specialists as Marco Fumo, Alan Feinberg, Meral Guneyman, Donna Coleman, Massimiliano Damerini, Sue Keller, Giannantonio Mutto, Cesare Poggi, Carlo Magni, and John Roache.<\/p>\n As arranged by tango pianist and arranger Giannantonio Mutto, many of Riccardo\u2019s Latin compositions are performed by the classical chamber ensembles.<\/p>\n Riccardo is the author of many music books published previously in US and now also in Italy with the label Scivales Music.<\/p>\n Riccardo taught the \u201cLaboratorio di Improvvisazione e Composizione\u201d of the Corso Biennale di Specializzazione in Letteratura Pianistica Afroamericana directed by Marco Fumo at the Conservatorio \u201cA. Steffani\u201d of Castelfranco Veneto (Italy). He was pianist\/keyboardist and composer of his above-mentioned progressive rock band Quanah Parker<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0(formerly active in 1982-1985) and of his own Mi Ritmo<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0Afro-Cuban band (active in 1995-2004). With both these bands he has played several live performances and recorded many of his own compositions. He contributed to the orchestration of the Italian premiere of George Gershwin\u2019s musical, Lady, Be Good!<\/i><\/em>\u00a0(as revised by K. Cazan, K. Farrell and D. Sturrock, Venezia, PalaFenice, 2000).<\/p>\n As a pianist and composer, he has worked for various stage productions. Riccardo teaches the history of jazz and Latin Music at TARS (formerly DUTARS) of the University of Venezia. <\/p>\n \n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pianist\/keyboardist, piano teacher and musicologist Riccardo Scivales\u00a0is one of the most internationally appreciated authors of music books and transcribers of stride, jazz, and Latin piano solos. His books Jazz Piano: The Left Hand\u00a0and the miscellaneous collection Jazz Piano: Pieces To Grow On\u00a0– have been released as part of the prestigious Steinway Library of Piano Music\u00a0line published by Ekay Music\/Steinway & Sons. (More details in MUSIC BOOKS) He has also translated and edited all the thirty-four Italian volumes of the Bastien pedagogical piano series\u00a0(Neil A. Kjos Music Company\/Italian distribution Rugginenti Editore). Some of Riccardo’s “Classic Latin” originals have been often performed in concert programs along with works by Piazzolla, Ginastera, de Falla, Rodrigo, Ponce, Gardel, Ellington, Gershwin, J.S. Bach, Schubert, etc. He is keyboardist and composer of his own progressive rock\u00a0band Quanah Parker, first active in 1982-1985 and re-formed in 2006. With this band, he performs his own originals and covers by Yes, Rick Wakeman, and Jethro Tull (More details and DOWNLOADS at www.quanahparker.it). Quanah Parker has released the CD Quanah!\u00a0 Riccardo was born in Venezia (Italy) and currently resides in the nearby town of Musile di Piave. He studied classical piano, percussion and music theory with Giuseppe Marotta, then classical piano with Giovanni Ferrari and jazz piano with Marcello Tonolo, also attending the courses on analysis of jazz music held by Marcello Piras at the \u201cSeminari Senesi di Musica Jazz\u201d. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Venezia with a degree in Music History discussing a thesis on the Harlem Stride Piano style. He is the author of several jazz, Latin and Progressive Rock piano transcriptions, studies, arrangements and original pieces published in the prestigious US music magazines Piano Today, Sheet Music Magazine, Keyboard Classics, and The Piano Stylist & Jazz Workshop. Many of his stride piano transcriptions\u00a0have been recorded and\/or performed in concert programs by such specialists as Marco Fumo, Alan Feinberg, Meral Guneyman, Donna Coleman, Massimiliano Damerini, Sue Keller, Giannantonio Mutto, Cesare Poggi, Carlo Magni, and John Roache. As arranged by tango pianist and arranger Giannantonio Mutto, many of Riccardo\u2019s Latin compositions are performed by the classical chamber ensembles. Riccardo is the author of many music books published previously in US and now also in Italy with the label Scivales Music. Riccardo taught the \u201cLaboratorio di Improvvisazione e Composizione\u201d of the Corso Biennale di Specializzazione in Letteratura Pianistica Afroamericana directed by Marco Fumo at the Conservatorio \u201cA. Steffani\u201d of Castelfranco Veneto (Italy). He also teaches Modern Piano and Keyboards at some music schools, like the Scuola Comunale di Musica \u201cMonteverdi\u201d of Musile di Piave (Venezia) and the Istituto Musicale \u201cCelleghin\u201d of Chiarano (Treviso). He has given lectures and master classes in various conservatories and music schools – among them the CDpM-Centro Didattico produzione Musica directed by Claudio Angeleri in Bergamo – within didactical cycles taught by well-known musicians and musicologists such as Franco D\u2019Andrea, Enrico Pieranunzi, Claudio Angeleri, Marco Fumo, Hugo Aisemberg, Luis Agudo, Marcello Piras, Stefano Zenni, Angelo Zaniol, Maurizio Franco, and Luca Bragalini. He was pianist\/keyboardist and composer of his above-mentioned progressive rock band Quanah Parker\u00a0(formerly active in 1982-1985) and of his own Mi Ritmo\u00a0Afro-Cuban band (active in 1995-2004). With both these bands he has played several live performances and recorded many of his own compositions. He was pianist at the Gran Caff\u00e8 Chioggia in Venezia\u2019s St. Mark\u2019s Square for many years. With a Latin quintet including singer Elena Camerin and percussionist Antonio Marotta, he recorded four of his own originals for the miscellaneous tape Beach Volley Glamour & Show, conceived by the noted speaker Andrea Piovan for the purpose of the Beach Volley Italian championship. He contributed to the orchestration of the Italian premiere of George Gershwin\u2019s musical, Lady, Be Good!\u00a0(as revised by K. Cazan, K. Farrell and D. Sturrock, Venezia, PalaFenice, 2000). As a pianist and composer, he has worked for various stage productions. Over the years, he has collaborated with various musicians of the Venetian scene, Riccardo teaches the history of jazz and Latin Music at TARS (formerly DUTARS) of the University of Venezia. He has written about three hundreds of radio programs on jazz for RadioTre of RAI-Radiotelevisione Italiana. Several of his essays, articles, and reviews on jazz and Afro-Cuban music have been published in important music magazines such as Musica Jazz, Ring Shout, Musica Oggi, Jazz, Blu Jazz, Rassegna Veneta di Studi Musicali, Venezia Arti, Il Sismografo, and Il Giornale della Musica.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nWith this band, he performs his own originals and covers by Yes, Rick Wakeman, and Jethro Tull (More details and DOWNLOADS at www.quanahparker.it).
\nQuanah Parker has released the CD Quanah!<\/i><\/em>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHe studied classical piano, percussion and music theory with Giuseppe Marotta, then classical piano with Giovanni Ferrari and jazz piano with Marcello Tonolo, also attending the courses on analysis of jazz music held by Marcello Piras at the \u201cSeminari Senesi di Musica Jazz\u201d.
\nHe graduated summa cum laude from the University of Venezia with a degree in Music History discussing a thesis on the Harlem Stride Piano style.<\/p>\n
\nHe also teaches Modern Piano and Keyboards at some music schools, like the Scuola Comunale di Musica \u201cMonteverdi\u201d of Musile di Piave (Venezia) and the Istituto Musicale \u201cCelleghin\u201d of Chiarano (Treviso). He has given lectures and master classes in various conservatories and music schools – among them the CDpM-Centro Didattico produzione Musica directed by Claudio Angeleri in Bergamo – within didactical cycles taught by well-known musicians and musicologists such as Franco D\u2019Andrea, Enrico Pieranunzi, Claudio Angeleri, Marco Fumo, Hugo Aisemberg, Luis Agudo, Marcello Piras, Stefano Zenni, Angelo Zaniol, Maurizio Franco, and Luca Bragalini.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>He was pianist at the Gran Caff\u00e8 Chioggia in Venezia\u2019s St. Mark\u2019s Square for many years.
\n<\/span>With a Latin quintet including singer Elena Camerin and percussionist Antonio Marotta, he recorded four of his own originals for the miscellaneous tape Beach Volley Glamour & Show<\/i><\/em>, conceived by the noted speaker Andrea Piovan for the purpose of the Beach Volley Italian championship.<\/p>\n
\nOver the years, he has collaborated with various musicians of the Venetian scene,<\/p>\n
\nHe has written about three hundreds of radio programs on jazz for RadioTre of RAI-Radiotelevisione Italiana.
\nSeveral of his essays, articles, and reviews on jazz and Afro-Cuban music have been published in important music magazines such as Musica Jazz, Ring Shout, Musica Oggi, Jazz, Blu Jazz, Rassegna Veneta di Studi Musicali, Venezia Arti, Il Sismografo, and Il Giornale della Musica.<\/p>\n