FILIPPO DEORSOLA (they/them)

Is a queer Italian pianist and composer based in Rotterdam and Brussels, committed to the development of inclusive and trans-disciplinary forms of expression. Holding a BA Cum Laude in Jazz Performance from CODARTS (Rotterdam), Filippo continued to expand their craft through a MA in Philosophy (Brussels, ULB), focusing on eco-feminist, ecological and post-humanist thought. Their practice is thoroughly hybridized,  encompassing  group and solo projects, article publications and composing for diverse setups including chamber ensemble, Javanese Gamelan instruments and smaller electroacoustic line-ups.  Increasingly centered on a rhythmical investigation of wood-based piano preparation modifying the sound of the instrument, the resulting space of expression is kaleidoscopic, yet grounded and programmatic. 

One of Filippo’s main  creative outlets is their long-standing piano trio project,  Anaphora. Releasing a first album for Auand Records (IT) in 2022 to critical acclaim, [Bloom] is the group’s latest work, mixing jazz with textural and percussive influences from Balinese Gamelan and Indian Music. A polyphonic exercise in dreaming out sounds and sounding out dreams, [Bloom] is set to release in January 2025 for  Loumi Records.

A multi-awarded artist in solo (Best instrumentalist, Tremplin Jazz d’Avignon 2024) and with Anaphora (Keep an Eye 2024, Goethe-Culture Moves Europe 2023, VGC 2023, Italy Music Export 2022, Krokus Jazz 2022, SENA 2022) , Filippo has accumulated a variety of experiences both as project leader and side-musician, notably with Domen Cizej Duo on Clean Feed records (2023). Outside of compositional commissions such as Da Lontano c’era un’isola (2022)for the Youth Section French Orchestre National du Jazz, Filippo also co-leads international projects such as EMBAT. A collaboration between the Indonesian gamelan ensemble Sandikala and Anaphora. Supported by Maison de la Musique Contemporaine and Institut Français Yogyakarta, this creation also sees the intervention AI software Somax2, developed by IRCAM for live human-machine interaction.