Acoustic Roots

The Neighbours project is a meeting of eastern and western music, aimed at a closer relationship between neighbours, by sharing and exploring the human and cultural values they have in common.

Simone & Reza declare: “In this vulnerable and historic time we live in, we feel we are only able to face the troubles, prejudice and fears the media presents us with every day, through music and art.”

Simone Bottasso – diatonic accordion
Simone Bottasso has played the diatonic accordion since he was eight years old. He started his career by studying the Occitan and traditional Italian music and learned under Riccardo Tesi, Norbert Pignol, Marc Perrone and Silvio Peron. In 2012 he graduated on the classical flute. In 2013 he finished his study of jazz at the Conservatorio G.Verdi di Torino and moved to Rotterdam to learn contemporary and electronic composition at the Codarts Conservatorium, under Paul Van Brugge and René Uijlenhoet Jazz.

As a musician, he worked on many projects with Duo Bottasso, Abnoba, Samurai, Folk Messengers and  Stygiens, with whom he performed at multiple jazz, classical music and world music festivals across Europe.

Reza Mirjalali – tar, ud
Reza Mirjalali was born in Teheran, Iran, in 1989.  He learned how to play the tar at the age of 12 from his father, Shahram Mirjalali. At 17, he toured with his father and collaborated with other bands and musicians from different musical genres. He won music competitions in Iran in improvisation and solo music. His wish, and the reason he moved to the Netherlands, is to build a bridge between eastern and western culture with his music. He works with several ensembles and plays traditional Persian music, Ottoman music, jazz and pop. He also performs as a duo with his father. He now studies at the Codarts Conservatorium in Rotterdam.

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Playlist:

Reina
New way
Something
Diatofonia
Autumn 2014
Separation