CRISTINA BARZI
Actress, singer, teacher, director
Born in Varese,Italy.
Resident in Berlin and Varese.
Label:
http://www.wmrecordings.com/?s=Gypsyliana www.cristinabarzi.com
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChrpuMoNGNwtjtQKo74Z5vA
Training
She began acting at the age of sixteen and at nineteen years old she is a member of the artistic direction of the theatre company “Teatro del Sale “of Varese as an actress and director.
Her training as an actress and singer began in 1982 in Milan at the School of Mimodramma with the master Kuniaki Ida.
In 1986 she graduated from the School of Theatre and Commedia dell’Arte “Teatro Avogaria” of Venice, directed by Giovanni Poli. She has completed her theater studies with: Ingemar Lindht, (Sweden), Eugenio Barba (Denmark) and with various drama teachers in Italy, United Kingdom, Scandinavia and Germany.
From 2001 she studied acting with Lena Lessing (Berlin).She studied Roma and Balkan singing with Ida Kelarova, (UK and Czech Republic) classical singing with Pina Magri , (Rome), modern singing technique and interpretation with Mary Setrakyan (New York) and Jazz singing with Master Barry Harris, (New York)
Credits
- 2020 RAI 3 interviews her on her video clip. A multi-ethnic and social inclusion project https://fb.watch/3Yrtl-6832/
- 2019 she has created an Afro-Italian music band WOPU Sound https://www.facebook.com/worldpeopleunited
- 2018 Founder in Berlin of “Pulse of Peace Band”, premiering on stage at the 2018 Peace March in Berlin alongside Israeli artist Yael Deckelbaum https://youtu.be/qhIkVACm3Ow
- 2017 Her voice was chosen by BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature “Music on the Brink of Destruction” directed by Mark Burman : http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08bbghn
- 2013/2017Cristina sings in the show “Napoli a modo mio” by Domenico Stante and directed by Alessia Siniscalchi. Also performed at the Casa da Musica Auditoriumin Porto, Portugal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM81KgAbYq8
- 2016 n Berlin she leads an Italian Swing and Rock’nRoll band ”Roccobilly Band” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcl_kyhRZIQ
- 2014/ 2017 in Berlin she collaborates as soloist singer with Balkan Brass Band “Fanfara Kalashnikov” https://youtu.be/KMo4AIHON7M https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=KTXKYNDv_1M
She sang with :
Mario Reyes of the Gypsy King’s family , (France) Moni Ovadia (Italy) Francesco Lotoro and his Orchestra of concentration music, KZ Musik, Record Encyclopedia http://www.musikstrasse.it/index.php?target=kz&lang=ENG&keyword=&criteria=&pageI D=&id_pro dotto=
Marco Cappelli, (New York)
New York Gypsy All Stars , (New York)
Ida Kelarova, ( Slovakia and the Czech Republic
Milan Godla and Marian Balog of Romathan Theatre, ( Slovakia) AmbrogioSparagna,diatonicaccordionplayer,composerandethnomusicologist,( Italy) Ater Balleto directed by choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti ( Italy ).
Since 2004 she leads in Rome her Italian band “Officina Nomade”, collaborating with the actor and director Moni Ovadia in concerts and artistic projects.
She has acted in theater under the direction of: Lena Lessing, (Berlin), Gianfranco De Bosio, Giancarlo Sbragia , Giorgio Forattini, Fabio Segatori and other Italian directors .
She starred in TV by:
2013 RAI 2 in the Italian broadcast of ” Kommissar Rex ”
2007 Rai2 in several episodes of the TV series ” Italia sul Due”
