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The 8th Gatto Marte CD is out: "Colombo tutto tondo (Opera buffa) ". The new CD can be purchased through the Recordings section of this site.
"Danae" is finally reissued, featuring as bonus "The Sonnambulino Suite". It can be purchased through the Recordings section of this site
About Gatto Marte

Gatto Marte is a chamber ensemble of classical background with an attitude close to jazz and a twist of folk music, from Eastern Europe through the Mediterranean towards the North. Piano, double bass, violin and bassoon are the protagonists of this musical journey.

The music is descriptive and imaginative, it often recollects little stories, which can be comical, tragicomically dramatic, with an ironical touch. This attitude has led the ensemble to compose music for silent films such as Malombra by Carmine Gallone, The Gold Rush by Charlie Chaplin, Balloonatic by Buster Keaton, A Woman by Charlie Chaplin and lately Faust by Frederich Murnau.

The ensemble has played in numerous international festivals such as Autunno Musicale in Como in 1998, Arezzo Wave in 2000 (the ensemble wins the award as the best emerging band in Italy), Luci del Nuovo Millennio in Como in 2001 (with the film "Malombra"), The International Film Festival "Strade del Cinema" in Aosta (with "A Woman" in 2002 and "Balloonatic" in 2003), the International Festival "Rimusicazioni" in Bolzano in 2003 (the ensemble wins the award for the best music for the film "Malombra"), Alter-Ego Festival in Braine-le-Comte in Belgium in 2004.

In January 2005 the ensemble went to Monterey and Santa Cruz (California) to present live the film Faust in two important events.

New: Master class / Composition workshop - A Lecture about the compositional decisions made for score of the silent film Faust
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New YouTube Channel: Nino Cotone Official
New CD from Nino: "12 Castighi per violino solo" . It is his first solo project and contains twelve original virtuoso, eclectic compositions for violin solo and bonus material on piano and guitar. It has been recorded at Camono Village in 2010 - with no editing or ovedrubbing. It will be soon available at the Gatto Marte web store.
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Signed CDs can be purchased through the Recordings section. (MP3 samples are available for listening in the same section). There is a special discount for purchases of all nine available titles: £80 (S/H costs per CD: £2.50 for Europe, £5 for the rest of the World).
If you are interested in having a hand painted copy by Sara Lusvardi of any of our album covers please send us an e-mail.

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