CELLIST FABIO CAVAGGION
Born in August 5, 1972, Rome, Fabıo Cavaggion began studying cello under the guidance of Maestro Giovanni Sollima , Maestro Mario Ancis and Gianni Caridi . He graduated from Music Conservatory of ‘F. Cilea’ of Reggio Calabria, at the age of 19. He did his masters with Giacinto Caramia and Sergio Patria. After winning a fierce competition, he entered to the ‘Youth Orchestra National of Santa Cecilia’.
Along the time, he has worked with the Theater ‘F.Cilea’ in R. Calabria, with the Theater ‘Massimo’ in Palermo, with the Orchestra of Conservatory of Music ‘S. Pietro a Majella’ in Napoli, as the first cellist, as well as with Musici Lucani at Theater Aurora Opera House of Gozo in Malta , Theater Argentina of Rome .
He has also taken part in productions with national and international artists including: Salvadore Accardo, Katia Ricciarelli, Yan Ching, Colin Attard, Piero Bellugi, Pietro Mianiti, Guiseppe Prencipe, and Paulo Lima.
From 1997 to 2009, he was the cellist of the European Orchestra of Portugal ‘Filarmonia Das Beiras’. At the same time, he was working with artists from different fields of art, such as: Gilberto Gil, Jacques Morelenbaum, Jacinta, Mariza, Mario Joao, Xutos de Pontapes, Mario Langinha, Bernardo Sassetti andTabucchi. In July 2014, he worked with the famous actress Valentina Cortese in Theater Argentina in Rome, playing in the presence of the Italian President George Napolitano.
He took part in the concert that was organized by the French embassy and German embassy, in Rome. He cooperated with the French ambassador Catherine Colonna in order to play Sebastian Bach at the French embassy in Palazzo Farnese in Rome, in remembrance of M. Rostropovich`s play at the Berlin Wall as it was collapsing, in 1989.
He was really successful as you can see, though, later in his career, he decided to quit the orchestra for trying something different. He continued taking part in events of art but in places where he would play for different audience. This turn included not only people of the big saloons but ‘everyone.’ For this reason, he chose to play in the streets of Rome with the aspiration to inspire more people to turn towards the art of music and theatre.
‘Because many people don’t go to theatres or don’t even know what theatre is…but on the street, anyone can run into our music.’
‘’Playing in an orchestra is different. It is beautiful, a different feeling, all instruments in a harmony, but playing in the street is what I now prefer because in the street if a person comes close to me, it’s because he felt it. It is like a filter. Because music is a feeling… and a person who feels this, is special to me’’, he said.
And this makes him and his 174 years old violoncello more satisfied.
‘’…In the orchestra you have a job and it is monotonous, but this is not a job, but art of living…And you can improve yourself by meeting different people who can change your perspectives every day, opening your heart and touching another’ s.’
At places in Rome, where all kinds of people can be gathered, he decided to start, thinking that the most important thing is to make people realize that they only have one life and they should live it as they want. As he said: ‘ If you want to see everything around you happening and live as you want, leave your prejudices aside because they block you .’
‘When I started playing in the streets, I discovered the world of music. Because music is a beautiful thing and all the beautiful things should be shared within the world. Music has no borders, so why should we have?’
‘You have to believe, then it just happens.’
Go. Meet him. Talk to him. Give him a smile. Appreciate him. Have a picture if you want. Have a drink, or listen to him improvise, share your opinions with him because he cares and because the energy he possesses while playing comes from the audience. He gives what he receives and he wants to awaken the most beautiful emotions to the people who surround him.
‘Imagine the hole at the top of the Pantheon. The light comes in but rain cannot… This is how music protects people, too.’ F.C.
CD FABIO CAVAGGION
- Il Cigno (Saint-Saens) – Cello & Guitar
- Meet Somebody
- The light of the Street
- Wish you were here (Pink Floyd)
- Stairway to heaven (Led Zeppelin)
- Summer Time (G. Gershwin)
- Concert for Two Cellos with Guitar (A. Vivaldi)
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Meet Somebody
The Light of the Street
Un Film sulla vita di Bach
Big Cast : Gerard Depardieu , Jeffrey Freedman ,Fabio Cavaggion, Max von Sydow , Vittorio Storaro , Davide De Stefano , Marianne Sägebrecht
J.S. Bach, orphaned at 10, widowed at 35, 20 children, regarded as the world’s greatest composer, challenged the conventions of church, state and society by expressing personal tragedy and hardship with passion, joy and conviction.
