ESG – Ensemble Sangineto

ESG – Ensemble Sangineto
The Ensemble Sangineto was created in 2000. The core of the group is formed by the two twins
Adriano and Caterina Sangineto. Having grown up in the artistic environment of their father,
Michele Sangineto, celtic harp and bowed psalteries maker, the twins have developed a natural flair
for ancient music, which they were exposed to in the early stages of their musical growth. They
later encountered popular music in all its polychromatic facets, with a special preference for the
Irish, Breton and French traditions. Thanks to their classical education and familiarity with modern
and pop music of various types, the group concentrates its focus on the fusion of ancient sonorities
and harmonies with modern rhythms.
In 2011 the twins began working with the guitarist and multitalented Tiziano Cogliati, who shares
the same intentions and artistic views of the twins and therefore fits harmonically into the already
consolidated and tight musical Duo of the Sangineto twins. The Trio is consequently relatively
young, but considering the professionalism of each member it turns out to be a musical group in
rapid evolution, multifaceted and versatile that amazes with its unusual arrangements and seductive
tones.
Each of the members of the Ensemble brings their own musical knowledge and influences from
various musical genres: jazz, classic, Gregorian chant, musical, pop and Celtic music. The musical
experimentation of the group is based on the use of nuances from all those genres on pieces from
the Irish, Scottish and Breton tradition and on original compositions. Fascinating combinations in
sparkling interpretations characterize the most exciting and contemporary group in the Italian
panorama of Celtic music. The refined mixture of harp and guitar, the arcane sound of the bowed
psaltery and the magic fusion of the three voices create a dreamlike atmosphere, wrapped in intense
purity.
Adriano Sangineto: graduated in clarinet from the "Giuseppe Verdi"
conservatory of Milan, and selftaught began the Celtic harp 10 years ago. In
2012 he created a solo performance, named “Arpa Creativa” [Creative Harp], in
which he shows the versatility of the instrument touching varied repertoires
(classic, Italian, Irish and original compositions) using 4 different harps. He
collaborates as harpist with musicians of great renowned, such as Carlos Nùñez.
In August 2012 he won fourth prize in the Celtic Harp Competition organized
in the Festival Interceltique de Lorient. Adriano is a talented multiinstrumentalist: who also plays with many musical groups using the bowed
psaltery, flutes, hurdy-gurdy, clarinet, percussion and bagpipe.
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Caterina Sangineto: since she was a child she came in contact with music from
the middle ages and quickly became a bowed psaltery virtuoso. She studied
recorder and transverse flute at the Conservatory of Milan. She plays the flute
baroque and renaissance repertoire and sings the renaissance vocal English,
Italian and French repertoire. She took part in several vocal and instrumental
consorts of ancient music and also as a soloist has performed in video art
events, movie soundtracks and in many discographical projects, but with a
specialization in the Irish traditional repertoire. She performs also as a Celtic
harpist in some groups (Celtic Harp Orchestra; Ensemble Sangineto, Auranova)
and also collaborates with Carlos Nùñez.
Tiziano Cogliati: guitarist, pianist and chorus conductor, he collaborated with
many renowned singers, such as Anna Oxa, Laura Bono (winner of the junior
section of the renowned Festival of Sanremo), Piero Cassano e Sergio Cossu
(Matia Bazar), Attilio Zanchi. Tiziano has performed in Switzerland (at the
Jazz Festival in Ascona), France, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Germany, Greece,
Brazil and for the most important Italian television and radio networks: Rai1
(for the TV programme “Domenica in”), Rai3, Italia 1 (Wind Music Awards –
at the Verona Arena), Rete4, Telenova, Radio 105 Network e RTL 102,5. He is
teacher of choral music in some of the most famous schools in Lombardy,
among which the “Accademia Scuola del Musical” [Musical School Academy] of Saverio Marconi.
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Discography and other recorded collaborations
- “seministerra” album (2014, Ensemble Sangineto)
- “On a Silver Cloud” album (2013, Ensemble Sangineto)
- “Follow the Flow” album (2012, The Sidh), track 6 (“Aoibheann”)
- “Arpa Creativa” album [Creative Harp] (2012, Arpanetta)
- Soundtrack to the short film “Clacson” by Alessandro Melchionda (2011). In particular, the song
“On a Silver Cloud” (original composition and harp by Adriano, lyrics and voice by Caterina
Sangineto), who won the Best Film Music award at the Golfo dei Poeti Filmfestival in Lerici
(August 2012).
- “Ninna nanne e filastrocche” album [Lullabies and Nursery Rhymes] (2010, RED Edizioni)
- Adriano Sangineto plays in the soundtrack of the film “Tre lire il primo giorno” [Three Lira] by
Andrea Pellizzer (2009, Soniq Music Research), winner of the Gold Palm at the International
Beverly Hills Film Festival for best foreign film.
- Adriano Sangineto plays the harp in the soundtrack of the movie “I mostri oggi” [Monsters today]
by Enrico Oldoini (2009)
- “Ninna nanne dal mondo” album [Lullabies from Around the World] (2009, RED Edizioni)
- “Principessa” album [Princess] (2008, Warner Chapell Music) (soundtrack to the film “Princess”
by Giorgio Fontana Arcelli). Caterina Sangineto sings and Adriano plays the harp in the track
named “Angel’s Child”, main theme song to the film, whose video clip
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyoUf-_W0L8) won a prize in Cinecittà (Rome).
- “Antichi echi del Natale” compilation [Ancient Christmas Echoes] (2007, Alpistudio), tracks 4, 13
(“God Rest You Merry Gentleman”, “Adeste Fideles”)
- “Filastrocche” album [Nursery Rhymes] (2007, RED Edizioni)
- “Immagini di luce” albums (2) [Light Images] (2006, video art by Daniele Lorenzo Fumagalli)
- “Alegar” album (2006, Verbanus)
- “Altea Rosa” album [Rose Althaea] (2006, Arpanetta)
- “Difogliedilegnodipietra” compilation (2006, Verbanus), track 19 (“She moves through the fair”)
- “Omaggio a Derek Bell” album [Tribute to Derek Bell] (2003, Arpanetta) (live recording of a
concert in memory of the harpist of the Chieftains, Derek Bell)
- “Salteri” album [Psalteries] (2003, RED Edizioni)
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Concerts, performances and important musical appearances:
- “VIII Rassegna dell’Arpa Viggianese”, edition 2015 (Viggiano, Potenza)
- Festival “La Corte della Musica”, edition 2015 (Cirimido, Como)
- Irish Music Fest”, edition 2015 (Milan)
- “Folkfestival Ham”, edition 2014 (Ham, Belgium)
- “Deerlycke Folkfestival”, edition 2014 (Deerlijk, Belgiium)
- “Les 7 Chapelles en Art”, edition 2014 (Guidel, France)
- Festival “Ritmos étnicos”, edition 2014 (Pamplona, Spain)
- “Veranos en Cuenca”, edition 2014 (Cuenca, Spain)
- Festival “Salamanca Plaza y Patios”, edition 2014 (Salamanca, Spain)
- Festival “Romanic en Viu”, edition 2014 (Planoles, Spain)
- “Dragon Moon Féerie Festival”, edition 2014 (Cattolica, Rimini)
- “Folkest” festival, edition 2014 (Spilimbergo, Pordenone)
- “Lo Spirito del Pianeta” festival, edition 2014, 2015 (Chiuduno, Bergamo)
- “Montelago Celtic Snow” festival, edition 2014 (Porto San Giorgio, Fermo)
- “Irlanda in festa” festival, edition 2014 (Padua)
- “Tarvisium Celtica”, edition 2014, 2015 (Zero Branco, Treviso)
- “Escenarios de Verano 2013” festival, edition 2013 (Alcázar de San Juan, Spain)
- “Catalunya celta” festival, edition 2013 (Barcelona)
- Session in the “Micheal Collins” Irish Pub, 18 July 2013 (Barcelona)
- “Festival Celtico”, edition 2013 (Casal Borsetti, Ravenna)
- “Sotto i cieli d’Irlanda” [Under the Irish Sky], 14 June 2013, Villa Clerici (Milan)
- "Sotto i cieli d'Irlanda" [Under the Irish Sky], 25 May 2013, Sala Consiliare Comunale, Aosta
- “Irlanda tra musica e leggenda” [Ireland between Music and Legend], 24 March 2013, (Milan)
- “San Patrizio Milano” festival, editions 2013, 2014 (Rho Fiera)
- “Irlanda in festa” festival, edition 2013 (Milan)
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- “Irlanda in festa” festival, edition 2013 (Florence)
- “Celtica” festival, editions 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (Courmayeur, Valle d’Aosta)
- “Bustofolk” festival, editions 2011, 2012, 2013 (Busto Arsizio)
- “Sotto i cieli d’Irlanda” [Under the Irish Sky], 20 December 2012, Centro Culturale Emmaus
(Milan)
- Christmas concert for the city of Monza, 19 December 2012, Teatro Binario 7 (Monza)
- “Festival Interceltique de Lorient” (“Loïc Raison” Competition, concert at the Asturias Pavilion
and press conference), edition 2012 (Lorient, France)
- “Magia Celtica” festival, editions 2012, 2014 (Trento)
- “Milleduenotti” festival, edition 2012 (Venice Lido)
- “Early Music Festival”, edition 2011 (Greenwich, United Kingdom)
- “Pop Harp Festival”, editions 2009, 2010 (Rome)
- “Festival de Harpe Celtique”, editions 2008, 2009, 2015 (Dinan, France)
- “Montelago Celtic Night” festival, editions 2007, 2008, 2009 (Serravalle del Chienti, Macerata)
- “Ascoli Celtica” festival, edition 2008 (Ascoli)
- “Brintaal Celtic Folk” festival, edition 2008 (Grotte di Oliero, Vicenza)
- “Les Maîtres Sonneurs” festival (Château d’Ars, France)
- “Pop Harp Festival” and the Carnival, edition 2007 (Venice)
- “Ande, Bali e Cante” festival, edition 2006 (Rovigo)
- “Pop Harp Festival”, edition 2006 (Monza)
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