Damiano Pascarelli is a composer/arranger for leading Jazz and Pop orchestras. He has written for concerts and recordings featuring some of today’s finest artists.
Recent Projects
Presenting at the 2022 Symposium of ISJAC ‘International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers’
12/2021
I have been invited to present one of my most recent compositions at the Symposium of the ISJAC ‘International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers’, to be held in Austin, Texas on 12-14 May 2022. Guest/presenting artists of the Symposium will be John Clayton, Jim McNeely, Miho Hazama, Miguel Zenon and Terri Lyne Carrington among many others.
Arrangements for ‘An Orchestrated Songbook’ by Paul Weller with Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
12/2021
I had the pleasure to write orchestral arrangements for a special collaboration between the legendary British singer songwriter Paul Weller and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jules Buckley. The project (originally a live show which now turned into a live album) presents new and old work by Weller reimagined for a symphonic setting and also features James Morrison, Boy George and Celeste.
Orchestrations for tour Louis Cole with Metropole Orkest
11/2021
Orchestrations of new work by Los Angeles based drummer/composer Louis Cole for his tour with the Metropole Orkest throughout the Netherlands.
Premiere ‘Reunion’ during tour Jong Metropole with guest soloist Kika Sprangers
7/2021
I’m thrilled to announce the premiere of ‘Reunion’, a new composition commissioned by Jong Metropole as part of the Rogier van Otterloo Award 2019. The piece features Kika Sprangers as soloist on alto and soprano saxophone and will be premiered on August 6th 2021 in the Theater Orpheus in Apeldoorn.
Photo: Pieter Kunnen
Cory Wong & Metropole Orkest: release of ‘Live In Amsterdam’
04/2020
Cory Wong and the Metropole Orkest led by Vince Mendoza joined forces for some funky nights in November 2019 and the result has now been released as a live album: ‘Live in Amsterdam’. I had the pleasure of providing some of the orchestral arrangements for this unique project.
Rogier van Otterloo Award 2019!
08/2019
I’m happy to announce that I’ve been awarded the Rogier van Otterloo Award 2019! This prize is assigned yearly by the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and the artistic committee of Jong Metropole to the most promising young composer/arranger/conductor based in the Netherlands. The jury praised the lyricism of Damiano Pascarelli’s writing and his “contemporary approach to composing and arranging within an idiom rich of tradition.”
Photo: Pieter Kunnen