Musician | Kekko Fornarelli Music

Kekko Fornarelli Music

MUSICIAN

- I love being raptured by music. I am a tool in its hands, but at the same time music lets me express my life with an authentic language made of cells, muscles, emotions, a language able to translate my silence too. My curiosity is a neverending journey, that takes me beyond any shapes, surprising my breath every time in a different way, always worth living and telling. -

Kekko Fornarelli

Fornarelli is a skilful instrumentalist with classical roots and a subtle improviser’s mind. After 10 minutes, it was evident that this classy threesome had very different stories to tell [...] It was resoundingly obvious why this close-knit, thoughtful and viscerally exciting new trio are winning acclaim across Europe.

The Guardian (4 stars), by John Fordham

A near-perfect balance of tension and freedom. Fornarelli’s music has a pared-down yet catchy style that draws on his classical roots, with influences from pop to trip-hop to gospel

Financial Times (4 stars), by Alison Gunn

I can’t stop listening: a fusion of Romantic classical music, modern jazz and 21st century dance rhythms, played with Italian brio from the heart. British players, take note.

London Jazz Blog, by Alison Bentley

An incredibly personal and introspective release that with the brilliance of Kekko’s harmonic movement takes one to places that can touch your heart and set your hair on fire, often at the same time. Italy is a variable gold mine for improvisational music. Kekko Fornarelli is a master but more so, he is an artist

BrentBlack, criticaljazz.com

As long as there will be open musicians like Kekko Fornarelli, jazz will follow to be the music of the world

Paolo Fresu, musician

Kekko Fornarelli (Francesco Fornarelli - Bari, 1978) is an Italian pianist and musician, film composer and producer.
With ten albums released and more than 400 concerts in over than 60 countries around the world over the past ten years, Kekko Fornarelli is one of the most original artists on the international contemporary scene.

Eclectic and transversal musician, as few can range between genres and eras, he has developed a unique style, characterized by the attempt to create music to observe, more than just to listen to. A peculiar and personal way to tell stories, to express emotions and paint situations.

His music is a mellow combination of modern northern European ideas and neoclassical lyricism, filtered by a sight on the most contemporary rhythmics styles and, naturally, by his warm and extremely personal Mediterranean background.