Francesco Turrisi

An original jazz pianist and musical conceptualist, Francesco Turrisi has been described as “a musical alchemist” by The Irish Times. Turrisi’s Mediterranean roots harbour a deep grasp of popular and classical traditions that sweep the centuries. A graduate in jazz and early music from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, Turrisi is a treasurer of the folkloric and a fearless explorer of new sonic realms.
His mastery of the traditional allows him to dissect and reimagine ancient melodies in bold new settings that seduce and surprise. The music on his four CDs as leader and two as co-leader isn’t easy to define – drawing from early music counterpoint and bass ostinatos, evocative Mediterranean modal melodies and scintillating jazz improvisation.
"His ability to rework ancient melodies and rhythms through a contemporary jazz prism marks Turrisi out as one of the most striking voices to have emerged on the European jazz scene in the past decade" Ian Patterson - All About Jazz