In collaboration with the Venezia Jazz Festival, a unique musical encounter will unfold in the Sale Apollinee of La Fenice Opera House on June 26, 2025, featuring Gabriele Mirabassi on clarinet and André Mehmari on piano and keyboards.
This extraordinary duo brings together two virtuoso musicians with a shared passion for crossing stylistic boundaries. In their project, European classical tradition meets the poetic soul of Brazilian music, blending scholarly rigor with the spontaneity of improvisation. The result is a genre-defying performance that embodies the spirit of popular chamber music—intimate, refined, and richly expressive. Through their instruments, Gabriele Mirabassi and André Mehmari explore new sonic textures, engaging in an elegant dialogue that bridges continents, cultures, and musical languages.
Gabriele Mirabassi, one of the world’s foremost clarinetists, is celebrated for his unique voice across jazz, classical, and world music. Trained as a classical musician, he soon expanded into improvisational territories, building an international career that has seen collaborations with artists such as Richard Galliano and Michel Godard.
André Mehmari, a pianist, composer, and improviser from Brazil, is equally renowned for his work in both classical and popular idioms. A prodigious talent, Mehmari’s performances and compositions span jazz, Brazilian music, and contemporary classical, and he is widely respected for his technical mastery and boundless creativity.
Their meeting at La Fenice promises to be a vibrant journey—an imaginative, emotionally resonant performance where boundaries dissolve and music speaks with universal eloquence.
Website: www.teatrolafenice.it
Location: La Fenice Opera House, Venice
Schedule: June 26, 2025
