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bandoneon & piano

Paolo Russo solo - bandoneon

Paolo has a unique approach to the bandoneon. His solo live performances are an intimate encounter where Paolo presents his original works from his three bandoneon solo albums. 

Follow the link below to a playlist with more than 60 bandoneon solo recordings. Original compositions, plus a number of recordings of famous jazz evergreens, personally arranged and interpreted as bandoneon solo and also a few short pieces of J. S. Bach.

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Paolo Russo solo - bandoneon & piano

Paolo started out his musical career on the piano. Graduated from the Classical Conservatory in Pescara, Italy in 1993 and later from The Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2002. Listen here to an except from his solo concert at the Italian Institute of Culture in 2015, where he plays his composition

Kinsarvik and Bach prelude I in C major.

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JAZZ ensemble

duo, trio, or quintet 

Paolo Russo - Overland jazz trio

The album "Overland" was released on the record label Odradek in the spring of 2019:

10 stories that dance between Nordic atmospheres, pregnant Mediterranean flavors, syncopated South American accents. Follow Paolo on Facebook and YouTube to stay tuned. Click the link to listen to the live concert performed in relation to the recording.

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Russo/Falgren duo

Duo with violinist and composer Bjarke Falgren. A light hearted musical encounter expressed with passion and virtuosity.

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ARC
With Thommy Andersson on bass and Josefine Cronholm on vocal. A challenging musical encounter between the Nordic spirit and the Italian soul.

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Paolo Russo quintet - Fellini goes Jazz

A live recording from Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, of the concert "Fellini Goes Jazz" - a tribute to Italian cinema and the music of Nino Rota - with Emanuele Cisi, Nico Gori, Francesco Calì and Jesper Bodilsen.

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CLASSIC ensemble

from quartet to symphony

ESKAR trio meets Paolo Russo

One of the most acclaimed piano trios in Scandinavia, featuring Julie and Emilie Eskær and Charlotte Thaning. Paolo has  composed and arranged new material for this ensemble - where classical elegance meets jazz accents and tango passion.

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Tangology - with Ensemble Midtvest

An instrumental work in 11 episodes, composed and arranged by Paolo Russo, for the international Ensemble Midtvest. The musical story of an imaginary voyage with an unusual protagonist - the bandoneon.

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Imaginary Soundtrack

"Imaginary Soundtrack" is a work composed by Paolo Russo for a highly unusual constellation of instruments: recorder, vibraphone, contrabass and bandoneon. Released on Odradek Records in September 2019.

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Concerto for bandoneon solo and chamber orchestra

November 2019 Paolo recorded his first Concerto for Bandoneon and Chamber Orchestra in 3 movements, a post-Piazzolla oriented work that presents elements of classical, folk, jazz and film-music. 

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