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Salvatore Bonafede | Pianista

Salvatore Bonafede, pianista e compositore, è nato il 4 agosto 1962 a Palermo. Inizia lo studio del pianoforte a otto anni e nel 1989 si diploma presso il Berklee College of Music di Boston. Trasferitosi negli Stati Uniti nel 1986 comincia a collaborare stabilmente con Jerry Bergonzi con il quale compie due tournée in Australia e un seminario di jazz presso la Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.); contemporaneamente Bonafede fa parte dell’orchestra della Brandeis University esibendosi nel circuito universitario del New England.

Tornato in Italia Bonafede compie una lunga tournée europea (1997) e una italiana (2003) a fianco di Joe Lovano, partecipa allo spettacolo “Sinfonia dei due mondi” del regista Jérôme Savary e alle trasmissioni radiofoniche nazionali “Invenzioni a due voci”, “Jazz Club” e “I concerti del Quirinale”. Collabora come compositore per teatro (Biennale di Venezia, 2002) e cinema (Gran Premio Città di Lagonegro per la migliore colonna sonora – 2003, candidatura per la Migliore Musica ai Nastri d’Argento 2004, B.A.FilmFestival Premio per la miglior colonna sonora – 2004) con i registi Daniele Ciprì e Franco Maresco.

Attivo anche didatticamente (è docente al Conservatorio di Palermo), Bonafede ha composto circa 400 brani dei quali 100 sono stati registrati; ha inoltre pubblicato circa 70 registrazioni di cui 15 a proprio nome.

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Sicily Jass - written and directed by MICHELE CINQUE with MIMMO CUTICCHIO and ROY PACI edited by PIETRO LASSANDRO photography MARTINA COCCO original music by SALVATORE BONAFEDE sound LUCA BERTOLIN and DANILO ROMANCINO sound design and mix GIUSEPPE D'AMATO and GIANCARLO RUTIGLIANO graphics and color ADRIANO MESTICHELLA produced by LUIGI PICCIRILLI for MRF5, GIOIA AVVANTAGGIATO for GA&A PRODUCTIONS and ALESSANDRO LEONARDI in association with RAI CINEMA developed with the support of MIBACT, SICILIA FILM COMMISSION, REGIONE LAZIO
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