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Upcoming and Past Concerts

Booklet of Artist Roster (last release 9-2023 by Carlo Suzzani)

Akamu curriculum (update 6-2023)

Campaign Archive of previously European promotions where any promoter can join our mailing list

Press Archive of previously communications where any listener can join our mailing list

Press and Publicity: Nina Terruzzi or Paolo Locatelli at (phone and whatsapp) +39 333 2744996

The artists AKAMU had the honour and pleasure to represent, include (in time order since 2007):
Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor, William Parker, Kidd Jordan, Milford Graves, Taylor Ho Bynum, Mary Halvorson, Aaron Siegel, Jessica Pavone, Sara Schoenbeck, Roscoe Mitchell, Wadada Leo Smith, Matt Bauder, Roswell Rudd, Brad Jones, Richard Teitelbaum, Hugh Ragin, Cyro Baptista, Craig Taborn, Matana Roberts, Steve Lehman, Tyshawn Sorey, Bob Stewart, Amina Claudine Myers, James Emery, John Lindberg, Gerry Hemingway, Marty Ehrlich, Anthony Davis, Mark Feldman, Michael Formanek, Arto Lindsay, Mark Shim, Drew Gress, Jonathan Finlayson, Gerald Cleaver, John Escreet, Okkyung Lee, Skuli Sverrisson, Vernon Reid, Melvin Gibbs, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Richard Davis, Archie Shepp, Angelica Sanchez, Pheeroan akLaff, Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Dave Burrell, Susie Ibarra, Joe Bowie, Beans, Jeff Parker, Ingrid Laubrock, James Fei, Jason Moran, Myra Melford, Ron Miles, Liberty Ellman, Stomu Takeishi, Ches Smith, Tim Berne, Andrea Parkins, Günter "Baby" Sommer, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Alexander Hawkins, John Edwards, Jason Yarde, Benoît Delbecq, Tomas Fujiwara, Wayne Horvitz, Amina Baraka, Silke Eberhard, Jim Hobbs, Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, David Virelles, Craig Weinrib, Giovanni Falzone, Satoko Fujii, Joe McPhee, Steve Noble, Loren Stillman, Chris Speed, Nate Wooley, Marcus Gilmore, Jaribu Shahid, Tani Tabbal, Matthew Shipp, Mike Reed, Mat Maneri, Stephan Crump, Oliver Lake, Shabaka Hutchings, Sabir Mateen, Alvin Curran, Frederic Rzewski, Pauline Oliveros, Hamilton de Holanda, Yamandu Costa, Mariá Portugal, Paul van Kemenade, Ray Anderson, Ernst Glerum, Arrigo Barnabé, Maria Beraldo Bastos, Ana Karina Sebastião, Anna Tréa, Jack Walrath, Mark Sanders, Junius Paul, Tatsuya Yoshida, Tomeka Reid, Silvia Bolognesi, James Brandon Lewis, Luke Stewart, Famoudou Don Moye, Robin Holcomb, Thomas Buckner, HPrizm, Egberto Gismonti, Mayra Andrade, Matt Mitchell, John Hébert, Joseph Jarman, Dudu Kouate, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Chad Taylor, George Lewis, Rob Mazurek, Hermeto Pascoal, Nicole Mitchell, Moor Mother, João Bosco, Susana Santos Silva, Adam Matlock, Ivo Perelman, Jaimie Branch, Ava Mendoza, Steve Williamson, Elliott Sharp, Eric Mingus, Aruán Ortiz, Daniel Carter, Abel Selaocoe, Darryl Jones, Gabriele Mirabassi, Anna Webber, Stefano Bollani, Marco Colonna, Fabrizio Puglisi, Alexis Marcelo, Francesco Bearzatti, Francesco Bigoni, Danilo Gallo, Jim Black, Gianni Gebbia, Tony Buck, Cristina Zavalloni, Camilla Battaglia, Rosa Brunello, Pat Thomas, Tobia Bondesan, Steph Richards, Cristina Renzetti, Christian Escoudé, Ernst Reijseger, Andrea Centazzo, Richard Galliano, Jaques Morelenbaum, Paula Morelenbaum, Armandinho, Gabriel Grossi, Annie Whitehead, Chris Cutler, Karen Mantler, John Graeves, Heidi Heidelberg, Mauricio Velasierra, Ballake Sissoko, Amirtha Kidambi, Mette Rasmussen, Joshua White, Simona Severini, Mônica Salmaso, Cansu Tanrikulu, Dimitri Grechi Espinoza.

with Associazione culturale Ex B. (2002-2013 in time order):
Shelley Hirsch, Henry Grimes, Perry Robinson, Andrew Cyrille, David Murray, Sunny Murray, Anthony Coleman, Reggie Workman, Sainkho Namtchylak, Jemeel Moondoc, Tristan Honsinger, Marilyn Crispell, Leena Conquest, Billy Bang, Barry Altschul, Sadiq Bey, Sam Rivers, Karl Berger, Steven Bernstein, Steve Colson, Fred Anderson, Eri Yamamoto, Terry Riley, Stefano Scodanibbio, Lafayette Gilchrist, Vijay Iyer, Mark Dresser, Assif Tsahar, Cooper-Moore, Graham Haynes, Terry Jenoure, Ernest Dawkins, Briggan Krauss, Luc Ex, Veryan Weston, Dagmar Krause, Peter Brötzmann, Toshinori Kondo, Massimo Pupillo, Paal Nilssen-Love, Mats Gustafsson, Roy Campbell, Larry Ochs, Josh Roseman, Ikue Mori, Johannes Bauer, Ken Vandermark, Bobby Previte, Tom Varner, Lindsey Horner, Curtis Fowlkes, Lotte Anker, Lawrence "Butch" Morris.

We worked in all the prestigious venues around Europe. Below a selected events outside Europe:
Maison du Baron d'Erlanger (Tunis), Iridium Jazz Club (New York), Bang On A Can Festival (New York), Colisée (Victoriaville), Espacio El Dorrego (Buenos Aires), Riven Run Centre (Guelph), EMPAC (Troy), Barcelo (Carthage), Teatro del la Ciudad (Mexico D.F.), CAPA Theater (Pittsburgh), St. Mark's Church (Philadelphia), Irondale Center (Brooklyn), Casa del Popolo - La Sala Rossa (Montreal), Roundhouse Centre (Vancouver), Carnegie Hall (New York), Crosscurrent Festival @ le Poisson Rouge (New York), House of the Scientist (Novosibirsk), SESC Belezinho (São Paulo), Michael Joseph Centre (Nairobi), Gil Vicente Jazz Club (Maputo), Theatre on the Square (Johannesburg), The John Fitzgerald Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington D.C.), Jazz Gallery (Toronto), SESC Pompéia (São Paulo), Anfiteatro Simon Bolivar (Mexico D.F.), Centro Cultural São Paulo, Zipper Hall (Los Angeles), Duke University (Durham), The Cutting Room (New York), New England Conservatory (Boston), Wesleyan University (Middeltown), Von Freeman Pavillon (Chicago), Lenfest Center for the Arts (New York), Fringe Arts (Philadelphia), Presbyterian Church (Santa Monica), Trip Metal Fest (Detroit), SESC Ribeirão Preto, Thalia Hall (Chicago), Zebulon (Los Angeles), American Turners Club (Louisville), Xavier Hall University Theatre (St. Louis), EdgeFest (Ann Arbor), Thomson Arts Center (New York), Big Ears Festival (Knoxville), The Broad (Los Angeles), Arts Centre Melbourne, Ruba Club (Philadelphia), SESC Santos, Auditorium Getsemani (Cartagena), Roulette (Brooklyn), Taube Atrium Theater (San Francisco), The Promontory (Chicago), 918 Bathurst (Toronto), Wexner Center for the Arts (Columbus).

...and we have only just begun... the best is yet to come!

Last update: February the 25th, 2024