https://www.damianopascarelli.com/home daily 1.0 2025-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/2bd41a5a-1b31-4c1d-b62f-90309e577632/home-06+a.jpg Home - Rogier van Otterloo Award 2019! 08/2019 Damiano has 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 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/06e18c34-b899-4445-a39a-5e9970f0bdf1/home-03.jpg Home - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/7b98a981-226e-4ffd-95b3-9e509e8c4e5d/Reunion+single+cover.jpg Home - Release Reunion ‘Reunion’ is now available on all digital platforms! This piece was commissioned as part of the Rogier van Otterloo Award 2019. It features the Jong Metropole (conducted by Jochen Neuffer) and Kika Sprangers on alto and soprano sax. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/9399ec30-5ba8-4dd6-8845-69d612fa858b/Screenshot+2023-06-12+at+19.33.20.png Home - BBC Proms 2022: Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul 8/2022 Damiano contributed a new orchestral arrangement of ‘Skylark’ to a program in which Jules Buckley and his newly formed orchestra are honouring legendary singer Aretha Franklin, joined by American singer and Quincy Jones protégée Sheléa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/b631d61c-1ce8-46e2-8707-fc604a1e867d/IMG_5487.jpg Home - Album recording with Metropole Orkest and guest soloists Aaron Parks, Ben Wendel and Anna Serierse 4/25 Beyond excited to share that in April we went into the studio to record six of my new original compositions with the one and only Metropole Orkest, conducted by Jochen Neuffer and featuring guest soloists Aaron Parks, Anna Serierse and Ben Wendel! More news about the album release and live concerts will follow soon. Many thanks to Metropole Orkest, Fonds Podium Kunsten, Sena and Amarte Fonds for making all this possible! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/a376ef0d-0503-4708-b3ea-5376cb90b2de/Screenshot+2023-06-15+at+18.01.30.png Home - ADE 2022: Suzanne Ciani & Metropole Orkest 10/22 The legendary synthesizer pioneer Suzanne Ciani and the Metropole Orkest conducted by Simon Dobson opened the 2022 Amsterdam Dance Event at the Melkweg. For this occasion Damiano co-composed with Suzanne a 12 minutes piece for orchestra and synthesizer entitled ‘Contrapuntal’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/7a9f1a5a-96fe-4205-b77d-1000011f561b/tempImageczmpjc.jpg Home - ISJAC’s SONIC Award 5/24 Damiano has received the SONIC Award from ISJAC (International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers) during their bi-annual Symposium in Nashville, TN. His arrangement of ‘Ornette’s Clockwork’ was selected as best submission in the ‘Arrangement’ category. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/d5f849bd-4411-42fe-a5df-9c37b8b03cba/Ben+Wendel+Option+5+%28Credit+Dave+Stapleton%29.jpg Home - New commission for Metropole Orkest feat. Ben Wendel and Anna Serierse 12/24 Thanks to the support of Fonds Podium Kunsten, Damiano has been commissioned five new compositions for the Metropole Orkest that will feature a.o. guest soloists Ben Wendel (tenor saxophone) and Anna Serierse (vocals). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/bbdb4c7a-caaf-4c7a-80ea-e1170094cc2e/Screenshot+2023-06-23+at+22.54.47.png Home - ‘Ornette’s Clockwork’ - Metropole Orkest and Jeroen van Vliet 7/23 Damiano arranged for the Metropole Orkest Jeroen van Vliet’s composition ‘Ornette’s Clockwork’. The live recording - featuring solos by Jeroen van Vliet on piano and Rik Mol on trumpet - has been published as single. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/c41df79e-370e-4ee7-b39a-d76d88c6db29/ab67616d0000b273c14c166485092f050808ad7e.jpeg Home - Release new record Jonathan Jeremiah 9/2022 Damiano co-wrote the title track of Jonathan’s latest record and provided the string arrangements for the whole album. The orchestrations were recorded by Amsterdam Sinfonietta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/ed1bf07f-a68a-479c-97f9-09a0e5ea03a4/home-01.jpg Home - Presenting at the 2022 Symposium of ISJAC ‘International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers’ 12/2021 Damiano was invited to present one of his 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/9de0adf8-9a78-453f-9e78-3d367a889205/home-04+a.jpg Home - Premiere ‘Reunion’ during tour Jong Metropole with guest soloist Kika Sprangers 7/2021 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. 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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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/98d6f1ec-d93e-4ec3-8812-8cb942446042/Screenshot+2023-06-12+at+19.46.01.png Home - Arakatak - New music for the Metropole Orkest 9/2022 On September 16 the Metropole Orkest led by Miho Hazama performed at the Bridging Europe Festival in Budapest, presenting a program featuring new compositions written for the Metropole Orkest. Damiano’s composition ‘Reunion’ was played alongside new works by Vince Mendoza, Donny McCaslin, Mark Guiliana and Cory Wong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/24f7e5cd-dece-4d0e-a942-e70b51d5b5f4/home-05.jpg Home - 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’. Damiano provided some of the orchestral arrangements for this unique project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/4e5b5198-9eae-4b68-9df4-4f6be1632e0f/Screenshot+2024-01-09+at+20.44.52.png Home - Quincy Jones’ 90th-Birthday Tribute: A Musical Celebration 7/23 On July 28 and 29, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra conducted by Jules Buckley will perform some of the best songs written or produced by Quincy Jones together with a stellar team of guest artists. 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Guest/presenting artists of the Symposium will be John Clayton, Jim McNeely, Miho Hazama, Miguel Zenon and Terri Lyne Carrington among many others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/2bd41a5a-1b31-4c1d-b62f-90309e577632/home-06+a.jpg Projects - 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 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/8fdce62c-de65-4252-8995-2fd77814e9f0/home-02A.jpg Projects - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/9de0adf8-9a78-453f-9e78-3d367a889205/home-04+a.jpg Projects - 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. 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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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/9de0adf8-9a78-453f-9e78-3d367a889205/home-04+a.jpg Home (Copy) - 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. 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I had the pleasure of providing some of the orchestral arrangements for this unique project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/06e18c34-b899-4445-a39a-5e9970f0bdf1/home-03.jpg Home (Copy) - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/ed1bf07f-a68a-479c-97f9-09a0e5ea03a4/home-01.jpg Home (Copy) - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd7d1e0f8841195e5aaec9/2bd41a5a-1b31-4c1d-b62f-90309e577632/home-06+a.jpg Home (Copy) - 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. 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