Three composers - one instrument:
Their voice
Singing and poetry combined in a new art form.
TRINOVOX
is an Italian vocal trio, whose members have joined forces in order to explore new ways of composing, arranging and performing - solely by using the human voice and selected great world literature. TRINOVOX does not sing a capella in the conventional sense. In addition to their voices they use sophisticated electronic devices to alter, vary, and deform them. The electronics are used like an instrument, like a fourth partner on stage. Thus TRINOVOX manages to find a suitable contemporary expression for the great and rich cultures of the past.
Famous Poems and original compositions
Great poetry from pre-Christian times to the present in the original language - almost 3,000 years of history - seven different languages: All this is set to music and arranged by TRINOVOX, and performed by the trio's unaccompanied voices. This is a truly unusual undertaking, which has never before been pursued on such a systematic basis. One of the main areas of their work consits of setting parts of Dante's "Divine Comedy" to music.
International and multicultural character
The TRINOVOX project has its roots in internationalism and transculturalism. The musical styles which TRINOVOX adopts are not necessarily tied to the epoch or geographical origin of the poem upon which the Florentine trio's composition is based, but rather emerge from what the poetry has aroused in the composers on a purely emotive and sensory level.
The live show
This explains why these quite heterogeneous poems have been successfully combined into one unitary live show: emotions know no borders, whether geographical, linguistic, historical or stylistic. This multicultural blend is held together by occasional vocal pantomimic numbers taking place in between the poems.
The name
The name TRINOVOX has Latin roots and in itself contains the artistic philosophy of this ensemble. TRINO stems from trinus, "triple"; VOX, as is well-known, means "voice" and NOVO, from novus, emphasizes the fundamental commitment to the idea of creating something "new".
TRINOVOX' biography
TRINOVOX was founded 1991 in Florence by Francesco Ronchetti, Riccardo Pucci-Rivola und Julian Spizz. In 1993 they recorded in Florence their first CD, INCANTO (JARO 4168-2), which was released by JARO, the following year. In 1994 TRINOVOX won the prestigious prize for vocal music 'Premio Quartetto Cetra' sponsered by the north Italian city Cernobbio. They were praised for their achievements in the "fusion of world music with classic polyphony , for their choice of texts and the brilliance of their performance". In 1995 the Bavarian Radio comissoned TRINOVOX to write and perform the music for the radio play EARBORNE (JARO 4190-2). Since 1994 TRINOVOX has performed in many European cities and made various radio and TV productions. Co-productions with theatre and dance groups are in preparation; their second CD MEDITERRANEA (JARO 4203-2) as well as the publication of the music from INCANTO appeared in 1996.
Riccardo Pucci-Rivola
Descendant of an old Florentine family, was educated as a singer and sound technician. He has worked as vocalist in various groups and as a soloist; since 1991 he has been teaching modern singing at the "Laboratorio Musicale" in Florence; with TRINOVOX he composes, arranges and sings.
Francesco Ronchetti
Received his Ph. D. in musicology from the University of Bologna and has worked as a teacher in Los Angeles, USA. He has published on vocal pedagogy and teaches in Florence; with TRINOVOX he composes, arranges and sings.
Julian Spizz
Educated as dancer and singer (among others with Bobby McFerrin), works as a music teacher, composer and singer in Florence; he sings, composes and arranges for TRINOVOX.
Press reviews of TRINOVOX concerts:
"'Popular avant-garde' is what they call it, when Dante's Ulysses is staged with the aid of the Mongolian technique of bi-chordal harmonics and circular breathing (creating an endless tone by singing while inhaling and exhaling.) 'We not only want to interpret the classics artistically, but also revive them through our emotionally charged performances', explains Francesco Ronchetti. 'The audience mustn't be allowed to sit back and relax. They should be perched, all excited, on the edge of their seats.'"
(Frankfurter Rundschau, Germany, September 1994)
"Already their repertoire sets them apart, but what puts them above other ensembles is their unbelievably consistent precision and their profuse richness of tone, color and shade of their vocal expression ...makes Trinovox a rising star in the sky of vocal music."
(Die Tageszeitung, Germany, December 1994)
"Moreover, the virtuoso vocalists have several qualities which allow them to demonstrate their capability in many ways. Their constantly varied, most expressive vocal music, together with their highly original appearance was most impressive. Their acting talents were as evident as their charm and humour. ...with their voices Ronchetti, Pucci-Ravola and Spizz are able to create a spectrum of sound that hithero seemed impossible without the aid of instrumentation."
(Badische Neueste Nachrichten, Germany, October 1993)
"Less avant-garde and more beautiful than any pop ballade is Julian Spizz' interpretation of the "Song Of Songs" from the Old Testament, King Solomon's love song written 961-965 B. C. ...Trinovox certainly succeeds in integrating classical singing with vocal experimentation and sensitively expressed pathos."
(Hifi Vision, Germany, November 1994)
Discography
Incanto (1994) JARO 4168-2 / Trinovox Mediterranea (1997) JARO 4203-2 / Trinovox Single-Anima/Je Vis, Je Meurs (1997) JARO 4213-2 / Trinovox
