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Claudio Ragazzi graduated Magna Cum Laude in Jazz Composition and Arranging
from Berklee College of Music in 1984 and was the recipientient of the Duke
Ellington Master's Award and the Boston Music Awards that same year.After graduating from Berklee Mr. Ragazzi recorded the top 30 Jazz CD "Amazoni a" with his instrumental ensemble Ananda. For the past ten years he has been scoring music for film and television, theater and ballet as well as performing both as sideman and with his own group. Mr. Ragazzi has worked with some of Boston's most respectable and recognized film directors, including Brad Anderson, for whom he scored his MIRAMAX feature film Next Stop Wonderland; Jan Egleson, scoring the soon to be released The Blue Diner and Sam Weissman. In 1998, Next Stop Wonderland's CD reached the Billboard's TOP TEN list, sustaining it for more than twelve weeks. He also wrote the music for the critically acclaimed Blue Tango for The Boston Ballet and the staging of William Shakespeare's The Twelfth Night. Ragazzi has also written numerous music scores for many other independent films as well as for the award winning series, NOVA, American Experience, Sesame Street; and has worked on many television series for the Discovery Channel, National Geographic, Telemundo, and PBS. As a world class guitarist, Ragazzi is a member of the acclaimed Pablo Ziegler Quintet for New Tango and has recently performed with jazz legends Gary Burton, Joe Lovano and Paquito D'Rivera at Carnegie Hall and with world renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma on the music television series Sessions at Studio 54. Other performances and recordings include those with jazz pianist Danilo Pérez, guitarist Ralph Towner and Latin legend Mario Bauzá. Ragazzi was also featured as guest soloist with The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, directed by John Mauceri. Discography Sur, Exiles and Dreams CRM with the Claudio Ragazzi Quintet Next Stop Wonderland Verve with C.Ragazzi, A.C. Jobim, Arto Lindsay. (Top Ten Billboard 1998) Quintet for New Tango BMG with Pablo Ziegler featuring Joe Lovano Amazonia Sonic with Claudio's group Ananda. (Top 30 on radio air play) Angel in the House Elektra with Jonatha Brooke & The Story Ephemera Chetsky with Carla Lother Live at Berklee Berklee with Mili Bermejo Circle of the Sun BMG with Aine Minogue Wanting Warner with Gabriela Sanders Selected Performances Carnegie Hall with Pablo Ziegler, Gary Burton, Joe Lovano and Paquito D'Rivera . Hollywood Bowl with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Lincoln Center with the Pablo Ziegler Quintet for New Tango. Fanueil Hall with Yo Yo Ma performing the music of Astor Piazzolla. Festival Jamboree (Panama); with Danilo Perez. Quebec Jazz Festival with the Claudio Ragazzi Quintet. Jakarta Jazz Festival Claudio Ragazzi Quintet. Passion for Tango Yo Yo Ma at PBS' Sessions - Studio 54. | ||
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