ILARIA CROCIANI
About Me
It makes me smile to think I am an "emerging talent" at 50 y.o., but this is how I was considered when being awarded the 2021 ABC Jazz Composer Commissioning Fund. What can I say? ...better late than never!
Awards
& Commissions
2023 | International Song-writing Competition, USA
Semifinalist (Children Music)
2022 | ABC KIDS listen (AU)
Commission for music production of bilingual songs for children
2021 | CITY OF MELBOURNE Quick Arts Grants 2021 - Round 2, AU
Recipient
2021 | ABC Classic and Jazz Composer Commissioning Fund, AU
Recipient (Jazz)
2020 | International Song-writing Competition, USA
Semifinalist (Jazz)
2014 | Teatro Politeama International Competition and Music Festival for Lyricists, IT
Special commission to compose and perform
2013 | Teatro Politeama International Competition and Music Festival for Lyricists, IT
3rd Prize
2012 | Teatro Politeama International Competition and Music Festival for Lyricists, IT
Finalist
Recordings
2022 | ILARIA CROCIANI, MIRKO GUERRINI | Tripudiis Sonis Variis (feat. guest
artists: John Griffith, Paul Williamson, Paolo Angeli, Roberto Occhipinti, Niko
Schäuble)
Producer, Singer
2021 | Roberto OCCHIPINTI TRIO, The Next Stp | MODICAMUSIC (Canada)
Guest Appearance
2021 | ILARIA CROCIANI | Miniatures (feat. Mirko Guerrini) (Australia)
Producer, Lyricist, Composer, Singer
2020 | Tony GOULD, Mirko GUERRINI, Frank DI SARIO, Ilaria CROCIANI – Harvest
Moon on Friday 13th. (Australia)
Singer, Lyricist
2020 | RADIOSUCCESSI – Genuinely Radiosuccessi (Australia)
Singer
2015 | RADIOSUCCESSI – Mr Amore (Australia)
Singer
2003 | MILLENIUM BUGS ORCHESTRA – Swingin' Prato A tribute to Frank
(feat VV.AA) (Italy)
Guest Singer
2003 | MILLENIUM BUGS ORCHESTRA – Oliver Nelson: composer & arranger. A
tribute. (feat VV.AA) (Italy)
Guest Singer
1995 | QUODLIBET – Esperanto. (Italy)
Performance highlights
International achievements:
2022 Umbria Jazz. Special Guest appearance in Lorenzo Hengeller's solos and trios nights.
2021 17th Venice Architecture Biennale (Venice, IT), 2021, CITYXVENICE - Jon Tarry, James Morton and Arjati Schipf's “Mobility of Mind - Sonic Cities:” (AU/IT) reciting voice.
2021 “Across the River and Into the Trees” – movie by Paula Ortiz, with Live Schreiber, Tribune Pictures prod. (UK - TBA):
In Australia.
2022 - Aug-Dec. Co.As.It Italian Museum Melbourne - "Concerti conversanti" series.
2021 - Melbourne International Jazz Festival, 2021 – with Paul Grabowsky’s Torrio:
2021 - Jazz at the Count's - Monash University - with Paul Grabowsky’s Torrio:
2020 - Melbourne Recital Centre, Jazz in the Salon Programme, with EXTASY MORRICONE
2015-2021 - Paris Cat/ Bennets Lane/ Jazz LAB / Birds Basement, with RADIOSUCCESSI
2016-2020 - Italian International Chamber of Commerce (various events and prjcts).
2016-2018 - Italian Cultural Institute Melbourne (various prjcts).
2017 - Food And Wine Festival Melbourne, with RADIOSUCCESSI
2017 - Italian Cultural Institute Sydney, Duo with M. Guerrini)
2016 - ACMI, An Italian Voyage Through Melbourne (Duo with M. Guerrini)
2015, Piers Festival Melbourne (with RADIOSUCCESSI)
2015, Brunswick Music Festival (with RADIOSUCCESSI)
2015, Carlton Italian Festa (with RADIOSUCCESSI)
Projects
2022 | CONNECTING THE DOTS | ABC Australia. New release of Eight new vocal
tunes inspired by significant women from Australian history and beyond
feat. Tony Gould, John Griffith, Geoff Hughes, Mirko Guerrini, Ben Robertson,
Niko Schäuble.
Composer/Lyricist/Singer
2022 | TRIPUDIS SONIS VARIIS. a mosaic of revisited versions of centuries-old songs,
with melodies by Landini, Monteverdi, Carissimi, Scarlatti, etc. reworked in the
light of improvised music and developed in a contemporary electronic-sound
environment. (New release of composition/arrangements).
feat. John Griffith, Paolo Angeli, Paul Williamson, Mirko Guerrini, Niko Schäuble.
Composer/Lyricist/Singer
2021 | MINIATURES. Improvised music on set of lyrics and randomly selected
electronic samples and soundscapes (New release composition).
Composer/Lyricist/Singer
since 2018 | EXTASY MORICONE. Septet showcasing a monographic collection of
psychedelic compositions authored in the ‘70s by Ennio Morricone
(feat. Gianni Marinucci, Mirko Guerrini, Darrin Archer, Niko Shäuble, Geoff
Hughes, Ben Robertson
Singer
since 2015 | RADIOSUCCESSI. Jazz quintet specializing in Italian Jazz
feat. Mirko Guerrini, Ryan Griffith, Tom Lee, Niko Schäuble.
Composer/Lyricist/Singer