"I always thought that it is better to integrate that exclude, I always feel a deep pleasure: a cultural enrichment in the inner and confront their differences, and do not feel any contradiction in many contain them and love them both, because of which I feel made up". Federico Sanesi.

FEDERICO SANESI Born 1963 He began studying percussion at an early age with the Masters Italo Savoia, Enrico Lucchini and later with Maestro David Searcy at the Civica Scuola di Musica in Milan.
    
Since 1981 he studied Tabla with the Master Pandit Sankha Chatterjee  (Rabindra Bharati University and I.I.M.C in Berlin and Venice) of which he was one of the first Western students.

His work as a musician turns to the integration of different cultures and languages, musical and extra musical theater, dance, film, visual arts and poetry. He has given concerts in Europe, Africa, Asia, North and South America, performing with musicians around the world.

Since 2001 Teaches Tabla at the “A. Pedrollo” Conservatory in Vicenza, Department of “Tradizioni Musicali Extraeuropee ad indirizzo Indologico”.
He has also lectured at the Conservatory in Alessandria, Cagliari, Milan, Padova, Parma and  Brescia and many others.
    
In 2012 he received with Ustad Shujaat Khan  the nomination for the Global Indian Music Awards 2012 (GIMA) the Best Hindustani Classical  album – Instrumental "Dil", of Ustad Shujaat Khan.

 
His concert career has seen him work with some of the leading exponents of Indian classical music, including:                                                                
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Shujaat Khan, Ustad Shaid Parveez, Ustad Nishat Khan, Ritwyk Sanyal, Bahuddin Dagar, Vidur Mallik, Prem Kumar Mallik, Prashant Mallik, Maduri Chattopadhyay, Barun Kumar, Pal, Amit Catterjee, Stephen James, Kamala Rani, Savitri Nahir, Savitry Jaganat Rao,Vasuda Balakrishna, Mangala Tiwari, Irfan Muhammadkhan, Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay, Sandip Catterjee, Sucheta Capekar, Alì Abbas Khan, David Trasoff, Steve Ghorn, John Bailey, Veronica Doubleday, Daud Khan, Suman Ghosh, Shree May, Neela Bhagwat, Abishek Lahiri, Supriyo Dutta, Shyam Sunder, Riccardo Battaglia, Amelia Cuni, Mark Dyczkowski, Nuria Sala Grau, Maresa Moglia,Gianni Ricchizzi, Pankaj Mishra, Sandip Mallik, Amit Sharma, Astad Deboo, Anupam Shobhakar, Sandipan Samajpati, Pradeep Baroth, Rabindra Narayan Goswami, Sougata Roy Choudhury, Subrata De, Guido Schiraldi, Alain Panteleimonoff, Amarendra Dhaneshwar, Mujtaba Hussain, Rakesh Prasanna, …
    
    
Among the collaborations record and concert, included those with:

Dino Saluzzi, Jhon Taylor, Paolo Fresu, Antonello Salis, Roberto Sanesi, Mariapia De Vito, Paolino Dalla Porta, Furio di castri, Han Bennink, Patrizzio Fariselli, Rohan de Saram, Mouna Amari, Mauro Montalbetti, Xenia Quartet, Divertimento Ensemble, Francis Silkstone, Daniel Humair, Karol Binder, Szabolcs Szőke, Riccardo Luppi, Fernando Grillo, Lucio Garau, Maurizio Pisati,  Vincenzo Zitello, Fabrizio De André, Giovanni Antonini,Mario Martone, Franco Battiato, Ivano Fossati, Timoria, Dissoi Logoi, E. Favata & Jana, Alessandro Gandola, Fabio Barovero, Saba Anglano, Riccardo Tesi, Sainko Namchylak, Yungchen Lhamo, Stefano Battaglia, Mario Arcari, Nguien Lee, Dhafer Youssef, Rino Zurzolo, Diederick Wissels, Antonio Zambrini, David Hykes, Tommaso Leddi, Gavino Murgia, Gerardo Cardinale, Ornella Vanoni, Marcello Peghin, Elena Casoli, Lorenzo Missaglia, Vincenzo Mingiardi, Giulio Visibelli, Willy Schwarz, Mario Marzi, GaborJuhasz, Theo Jorgensmann, Ivan Della Mea, Paolo Ciarchi, Maurizio Camardi, Ricky Gianco …..


Theaters and International Festivals such as:

The Venice Biennale, The Greek Theatre in Syracuse, Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, "Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt" in Berlin, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Teatro Casa Della Musica in Moscow, MAO Museum of Oriental Art Turin, Theatre "Town Hall" in New York, Kalamandir Theatre in Kolkata (India), "John's Presbyterian Church" in Berkeley, California, Theater RedCat Los Angeles, Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Drama Centre Theatre in Singapore, "Casa da Musica "Porto in Portugal, The International Festival of Carthage in Tunisia, “Ultima” Oslo Contemporary Music Festival, Royaumont Foundation, The Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, International Festival of Music at Dartington, Berliner Festspiele, Other Minds San Francisco, Romaeuropa, "Wexford Festival Opera" Ireland, "Weimar" Kulturstadt Europas in Germany…..ecc
    
    


CDs:

1988 - Gerardo Cardinale "Un lungo Cammino" Virgin;
1990 - Fabrizio De André "Nuvole" Fonit Cetra.
1990 - Ivano Fossati "Discanto" Epic.
1990 - Rino Zurzolo "Fuorlovado" DDD
1991 - Santo e Zappa "Santo e Zappa" DDD
1991 - Mario Castelnuovo "Come sarà mio figlio" BMG Ariola.
1993 - Cardinale e Parravicini "Canto d'Amore" DDD
1993 - Dissoi Logoi "Da Occidente ad Oriente" Ponte Sonoro.
1993 - Riccardo Zappa "Fondali" DDD .
1993 - Pangea "Live in Music Accademy" BMM.
1994 - Walter Lupi "Terra" DDD.
1994 - Timoria "2020 Speedball" Polydor.
1994 - Karoly Binder- Federico Sanesi Duo " Smile of Mountains" BM
1994 - Rino Zurzolo "Rua Catalana" DDD
1994 -Tin-Tin Q” Confrontation” Ananda Sound ASCD 033
1995 - Enzo Favata -Jana Project "Islà" New Tone.
1996 - Arrigoni, Zitello "The Beat Generation" Arta Performing.
1996 - Neji Trio "Sat" Amiata.
1996 - Paolino Dalla Porta "Esperanto" Splash
1996 - Mouna Amari "Donna Africa" Le ultime Carovane
1996 - Antologia Suoni e Visioni "Sonos e Memoria" CGD/Warner.
1996 - Enzo Favata, Jana Project, colonna sonora del film: "Il cielo è empre più blu".
1997 - Ivan Della Mea "Ho male all'orologio" Il Manifesto.
1997 - Amelia Cuni "Danza D'Amore" New Earth.
1997 - Enzo Favata-Dino Saluzzi "Ajo" New Tone.
1997 - Mouna Amari "Donna Africa 2" Le Ultime Carovane.
1998 - Ornella Vanoni "Argilla" CGD East West.
1998 - Maria Pia De Vito "Phone" Egea.
1998 - Vincenzo Zitello aforismi" R.T.I.
1998 - Sainko Namchykak "Naked Spirit" Amiata.
1999 - Dissoi Logoi "No-TV-Doo" C.N.I.
1999 - Andrea Donati "Ape regina" Amiata.
1999 - Andrea Donati “Le ciel dema mèmoire” Amiata.
1999 - Mario Arcari "Il viandante immaginario" Egea.
2000 - "Music for a movie " P.Fresu,D.Wissel,D.Youssef,N.Lee.Cam Jazz
2000 - Donna Africa "III" Le ultime carovane
2000 - Vincenzo Zitello "Musica Coeli" San Paolo.
2000 - Ivan Della Mea."La canta grande" IL Manifesto
2000 - Stephen James sarod & Federico Sanesi Tabla  "Waitin for the dawn" Felmay.
2001 – Sonos e Memoria" P.Fresu – tromba, A. Salis –pianoforte e fisarmonica, F. Di Castri – contrabbasso, F.Sanesi – percussioni, C. Cabiddu – violoncello, E. Ledda – voce, L. Lai- Launeddas, M.Palmas – chitarra e mandola e “Coro Su Concordiu e Su Rosariu di SantoLussurgiu”: M.Corona, G.Ardu, R.Iriu, A. Migheli. ACT records Hamburg.
2001 - Vincenzo Zitello Trio. Felmay.
2001 - Patrizio Fariselli Projekt “Lupi sintetici e strumenti a gas”
2002 - Stephen James ,Sarod. Federico Sanesi, Tabla “ Tranquility Base” Disciple Music.
2002.- One More Language, international vocal projekt. “Letter from Moherland”paper moon records
2007 - Amelia Cuni “ Solo 58” 18 Microtonal Ragas, Musica di Jhon Cage.other Minds Records
2007 - Vincenzo Zitello “Atlas” Telenn records
2008 - Alessandro Gandola, Anupam Shobakar , Federico Sanesi A.Vacca S.Profeta “Orange Sunset” sunset records
2009 - Ear- Now “Eclipse” Wallace Records
2009 - DVD + Libro “Passaggi di Tempo, Il viaggio di Sonos & Memoria, un Film di Gianfranco Cabiddu - edizioni Fandango
2009 - Ricky Gianco “ di Santa Ragione” Edel Records
2010 - “DIL” Ustad Shujaat Khan Sitar e Federico Sanesi Tabla, Felmay Records – mysticamusic. India
2010 - ARKè STRING QUARTET”Jobin Story” musiche di Antonio Carlos Jobim, arrang: valter sivilotti, Mario Marzi sassofono F.Sanesi Tabla, Trilok Ghurtu Tabla. promo music Stradivarius
2012 - Dissoi Logoi "NYX" Auditorium records.
2012 - SABA "LIFE Changanysha" Vero Sound
2012 - Paolo Fresu "Cinquant'anni Suonati"
2012 – DVD Astad Debu Dance Foundation “ Interpreting Tagore”
Music By Federico Sanesi, A.Cuni, Bill Laswell, Kodo Drummers, Mari Boine, Yoichiro Yoshikawa.
Edito India “Chrysalis Films”
2012 - CD Rabindra Narayan Goswami & Federico Sanesi “Evening Ragas”
2014 - Musiche per il DocFilm "Io sto con la sposa" ,“On the brides side” http://www.iostoconlasposa.com/en/, di Antonio Agugliaro,Gabriele del Grande, Khaled Soliman Al Nassiri.Gina Films musiche Dissoi Logoi,F.Sanesi A. Morelli, F.Parravicini,T. Leddi, M. Maltauro, Mc Manar, Mosè c.o.v.
Presented at the 71° Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica di Venezia.