Sara Calvanelli
accordionist & composer
Ranging from ancient songs to experimentation, from free improvisation to writing for theater, dance and image, Sara has always sought a personal and feminine accordion dimension.
Based in Tuscany, she has made concerts and performances in over ten countries around the world and numerous collaborations with international artists - without distinction of genre, provenance and language - convinced that music is one of the most powerful tools for realization and meeting.
Her debut album Onironautiche (2017, Amadeus Arte) revolves around the exploration - also through the singing - of the aquatic and lunar side of an instrument mainly known for its virtuosic spectacles, but which holds its essence in breath and ancestral roots.
Graduated at the Conservatory Verdi in Milan, she studied piano, composition and singing with the accordion study.
Collaborations
Moira Albertalli (singer and acrobat), Atir Teatro, Francesco Leineri (composer and pianist), Festival delle Lettere, Farneto Teatro, Club Tenco, School of Dramatic Art Paolo Grassi, Daniele Finzi Pasca (director), Maria Bonzanigo (composer and choreographer), Karen Bernal (dancer and choreographer), Erika Bettin (dancer and acrobat), Esbergsson (video maker), Moni Ovadia (actor and musician), Giovanni Sollima (cellist and composer), Giancarlo Parisi (zampogna player and composer), Orchestra Popolare della Notte della Taranta, Floraleda Sacchi (harpist and producer), Eloisa Manera (composer and violinist), Danila Massimi (singer and percussionist), Elisabetta Vergani (actress and director), Maurizio Schmidt (director), Cristiano Arcelli (saxophonist and composer), Bruno Vergani (songwriter), Alessio Fabra (composer), Filippo Gambetta (composer and organetto player), Musicamorfosi, Silvano Piccardi (director and playwright), Gabriele Marangoni (accordionist and composer), Fabrizio Campanelli (composer and producer), Enrico Intra (pianist and composer), Nicola Segatta (cellist and composer), Carlot-ta (songwriter), Piccola Orchestra Lumiere, Serhat Akbal (singer and saz player), Cafelulè Danza Verticale, Valentina Casesa (composer), Arianna Scommegna (actress), Chiara Stoppa (actress), Luigi Lo Curzio (double bass player), Marco Sgrosso (actor), Rafa Carvalho (songwriter), Feniarco
Festivals and places
Piccolo Teatro Strehler (Milan, Italy), Teatro Ariston (Sanremo, Italy), La Notte della Taranta (Melpignano, Italy), Cervantes Festival (Guanajuato, Mexico), Grande Teatro do Palácio das Artes (Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Teatro Paulo Autran (São Paulo, Brazil), His Majesty Theater (Perth, Australia), Usine C (Montreal, Canada), Theater de Vidy (Lausanne, Switzerland), Mossovet Theater (Moscow, Russia), Puskin Theater (Moscow, Russia), Music Hall Art Theater (St. Petersburg, Russia), Young Spectators' Theater (Ekaterinburg, Russia), Teatro Solis (Montevideo, Uruguay), Scène Nationale de Sud-Aquitain (Bayonne, France), L'Onde (Velizy, France), Olympia Théatre (Arcachon, France), Maison de la Culture (Nevers, France), Palazzo dei Congressi (Lugano, Switzerland), Lake Como Festival (Como, Italy), Studio Foce Theater (Lugano, Switzerland), Encuentro Bajo la Carpa ( Mérida, Mexico)