Violinist Daniele Richiedei follows a musical path that defies easy categorization, probing the border between chamber music, folk, jazz and contemporary (both written and improvised). This cross-disciplinary approach has led him, as a performer, to collaborate with some of the most respected musicians on the national scene across different fields, and, as a composer and improviser, to constantly explore the boundary between the roots of folk and early music, jazz, and today’s academic music, as in the solo album “Northern Lights” (aSimpleLunch, 2018), or in the collective “Fedra” (ParcoDellaMusica Records, 2024).
He is currently PhD candidate as artist researcher at the Conservatories of Terni and Ravenna, working on a project that brings together folk tradition, contemporary music, and improvisation through a multidisciplinary approach.
He graduated in Violin and in Jazz Violin (both with full marks and honors), with a thesis on the composition of a suite for solo violin and an ensemble of 9 improvisers (“Dance”, 2011). He went on to study jazz at the Siena Jazz seminars in 2009 and the Nuoro seminars in 2010 (awarded scholarships at both), and at the CdMDL with Didier Lockwood (Paris). During his training years he was awarded prizes at the national competitions for jazz soloists “Bettinardi” 2010 and “Zorzella” 2013.
He has performed at numerous festivals and theaters throughout Italy and abroad (various countries in Europe, as well as the USA, India, Oman, and Morocco), collaborating with prestigious artists, including N. Winstone, N. Smart, G. Venier, G. Corini, S. Severini (Fedra), M. Ottolini (Trio), M. Ribot (Young Philadelphians), F. Beccalossi, J. Girotto, E. Maniscalco, P. Alfonsi, F. Sigurtà , among others. He has recorded and released CDs and videos, and performed live broadcasts and streamed concerts, for labels such as Phoenix, ASimpleLunch, FreeCom, Da Vinci Jazz, Da Vinci Classics, Fondazione Teatro Grande, Sky Classics, Warner, RAI 5, Radio3 RAI, Brilliant Classics, and Parco della Musica Records.
He also curated the publication of the ethnomusicological research “Storie da Suonatori” (LiberEdizioni, 2017).
He collaborates with the contemporary music group “Sentieri Selvaggi” and is a member of the electro-acoustic improvisers’ collective Take Off, led by composer Mauro Montalbetti.
He has taught Jazz Violin at the Conservatories of Bologna and Brescia. At the Conservatory of Brescia he also led a 3-day masterclass and an annual workshop for string ensembles in jazz and funk. He regularly runs seminars and group workshops, mainly focused on the rhythmic use of the bow in groove-based music.