Orchestra da Tre Soldi

I'm the founder and leader of Orchestra da Tre Soldi, an ensemble formed by very skilled and talented professionals. In many years of activity we have played in important theaters and festivals in Italy and abroad (France, Switzerland, Romania).
We propose a very original fusion between jazz, classical suggestions, reinterpretations of Kurt Weill, echoes of popular music from all over the world, and original compositions.

"JazzIT" recently reviewed one of our concerts (2018): "Music without borders, without labels, crystalline melodies, perfect arrangements, performing mastery, airy and lyrical atmospheres, all this has this fantastic band of which we will hear for a long time to speak."

Pics, posters, articles and reviews here

Website: www.orchestradatresoldi.com

Ambos Mundos

AmbosMundos is an instrumental quartet (accordion, violin, acoustic guitar, percussion) that I founded in 2019.
It proposes, in a playlist made of original compositions and pieces by great authors (Piazzolla, Galliano, Chico Buarque), a peculiar musical synthesis between World music and Jazz language: echoes of Brazil, Argentina, France, Spain and Gipsy suggestions in an amazing journey through the sounds of the world.

Lineup:
Matteo Castellan - Accordion
Giulia Subba - Violin
Enrico Degani - Acoustic Guitar
Adriano De Micco - Percussions

Pics and Posters here

Our new album, "Songs From Both World", is coming soon. Listen to some tracks:

Website: AmbosMundos Quartet

Matteo Castellan - Giulia Subba Duo

"A duo that sounds like an Orchestra"

This duo is a meeting point between the warmth and immediacy of the Folk music of the world and the elegance and freedom of Jazz.
Many musical traditions claim the accordion and the violin as their own instruments, from the Argentinian tango to the Brazilian chorro, to the French musette to our Italian roots. We "play" with all of them, bringing the viewer into a pleasant journey through traditional songs, original compositions and music by such authors as Richard Galliano, Astor Piazzolla, Dominguinhos.

In 2019 we've had a European tour featuring events in Berlin, Munich, Lyon, Paris. We held various concerts too in venues and festivals around Italy, and we played live for Drama shows with very well known actors (Anna Maria Guarnieri, Matthias Martelli).

Pics, posters, articles and reviews here

Website: Matteo Castellan - Giulia Subba Duo

Blister

"Blister" is a musical-comedy show with the actor Stefano Dell'Accio, touring with great success around Italy.

Pics and posters here

Here's the promo video of our live show:

Website: blistershow.wixsite.com/blister

the Lorca Project

the Lorca Project is the outcome of my collaboration with the fabulous singer Chiara Rosso.
An album of original songs written by Chiara and me, based on poems by the great Spanish poet Garcia Lorca and featuring the great trumpet player Giampaolo Casati (who recorded with Steve Lacy, Carla Bley Big Band, Joe Lovano amongst many others).

Lineup:
Chiara Rosso - Lead vocals, background vocals
Matteo Castellan - Grand piano, accordion, arrangements
Giampaolo Casati - Trumpet
Stefano Pellegrino - Cello
Guest: Marco Piccirillo - Contrabass

Listen here to our new album.

Lascia che sia felice

"Lascia che sia felice" ("Let me be happy", the title of a Pablo Neruda's poem) is a duo project with the wonderful actress and singer Stefania Rosso.
It's based on poetry with musical accompaniment (on piano and accordion): Neruda, Bukowsky, Zimborjska, Montale and other greats.
And songs: songs by Tracy Chapman, Prevert, Patti Pravo and other Italian and international authors.

We had many gigs around Italy, and a new album is coming soon.

Pics, articles and posters here

Here's an essay of our work:

Mitalastrada

Mitalastrada is a project focused on traditional and folk music from all over Italy.
It features the sublime singer and percussionist Valeria Benigni, Massimiliano Gilli at the violin, Giuliano Contardo at the guitar and me at the accordion, arrangements and background voices.
We played often in Italy and twice in France (Epernay end Ay).

Here's the review of one of our concerts:
"A fascinating journey through Italy: from melodies of the Occitan Valley of Piedmont to hypnotic Calabrian and Sicilian songs, from the evocative sweetness of Neapolitan chants to the pure joy of the pizzica salentina rhythms and the songs of the ancient workers of the Po Valley. Music that lives "mita' la strada" - in the middle of the road - where often it happens to be in the old Italian songs." - L'Union, French newspaper

Pics and Posters here

Website: www.reverbnation.com/mitalastrada

Jazz Combos

Since 2005, I lead various Jazz combos, from duo to quintet, with whom I've played in jazz clubs and festivals around Italy (among them the prestigious Perinaldo Festival in 2011).
In the years, many talented musicians have played with me in my combos, among them:

Pietro Ballestrero (in photo) - Guitar
Marco Piccirillo (in photo) - Contrabass
Donato Stolfi - Drums
Eleonora Strino - Guitar
Alessandro Chiappetta - Guitar
Stefano Risso - Contrabass
Gian Maria Ferraro - Contrabass
Andrea Di Marco - Electric Bass
Matteo Negrin - Guitar
Enrico Degani - Guitar
Massimiliano Gilli - Violin
Saverio Miele - Contrabass
Vito Miccolis - Percussions

Pics, articles and posters here

Listen here to some tracks in Duo with guitarist Pietro Ballestrero: www.reverbnation.com/castellanballestrero.