Roberto Bellatalla

During the first half of the 70s he emerged in the panorama of the new Italian jazz and soon moved to Amsterdam to play in the Tristan Honsinger quartet, together with Radu Malfatti and Sean Bergin. In 1978 he went to live in London, where he remained until 2004. He became part of the environment linked to Anglo-South African improvised music and collaborates with the major jazz and improvised musicians, in particular with Elton Dean, Nick Evans , Louis Moholo, Keith Tippett, Dudu Pukwana, John Stevens, Trevor Watts, Evan Parker. He forms a double bass trio with Marcio Mattos and Paul Rogers. In 1982 the South African drummer Louis Moholo called him in his group "Viva la Black", with whom, in 1992/93, he participated in the "Freedom Tour" in South Africa, the day after the liberation of Nelson Mandela and the country. In 1982 he joined "Dreamtime", a sextet founded by trombonist Nick Evans. This collaboration will last until 2006. In London he participates in many projects, playing with the main interpreters of avant-garde music. He goes on tour in various European countries and in Russia, Belarus, Lithuania and China. In 2004 he moved to Rome where he mainly collaborates with Mike Cooper, Stefano Costanzo, Emanuele Parrini, Michele Rabbia, Sandro Satta. In the theater with Cosimo Cinieri, Antonino Iuorio, Daniela Stanga, Ubaldo Lo Presti Antonio Bilo-Canella. He is part of the “Primitive Field” trio, with Christian Muela and Ivan Macera and of the Biggi Vinkeloe quartet, together with Peeter Uuskyla and Nema Vinkeloe-Uuskyla. Since 2012 he has collaborated in Italy and Spain with the dancer and choreographer Marisa Brugarolas in the projects Ruedapies and Inesperadamente. He teaches improvisation courses in contact workshops and festivals, plays with K.J. Holmes, Nicholai Shetnev and Ray Chang. In Butoh he plays for Maddalena Gana, Alessandra Cristiani, Masaki Iwana, Atshushi Takenushi.