Biography

After he finished his studies he began collaborating with many contemporary music ensembles as Algoritmo Ensemble, Prometeo Ensemble, Ensemble Nuovo Contrappunto, Ensemble International de Saxophones cond. J-M. Londeix and, from the other side, with many Jazz musicians such Gabriele Mirabassi, Battista Lena, Enrico Rava, Giovanni Guidi, Javier Girotto, Gianluca Petrella, Mauro Ottolini. These precious collaborations enriched his musical language.

David Brutti is a very eclectic musician who can combine different and sometimes even contrasting music styles: he can easily play avant-garde or classical music as well as improvised or electronic music. He refuses to be attached to a specific repertoire and he tries to improve the prismatic side of his instrument.

Since he is interested in searching and developing new musical languages, he regularly plays odds and unusual saxophones as soprano, bass and contrabass saxophones, the slide sax, the c-melody and c-soprano, the F mezzo-soprano, the EWI often in combination with electronic audio devices. He commissioned and premiered more of 30 original works and collaborates with many composers like Paolo Baioni, Fabio Cifariello-Ciardi, Robert Cummings, Mauro Porro, Terry Riley, Michael Edlund, Bernhard Lang, Marco Marinoni, Marco Momi, Dimitri Nicolau, Stefano Trevisi, Roberta Vacca, Paolo Marzocchi, Fabrizio De Rossi Re, Christina Athinodorou etc…

David Brutti appears in the greatest concert halls and festivals of the world, including Auditorium Parco della Musica (Roma), Sant Cecilia Hall (Rome), Muziekgebouw Aan T'ij (Amsterdam), Royal Festival Hall - Southbank (London), Universität der Künste (Berlin), Teatro Regio (Turin), Saint-Petersburg Philarmonic (Saint-Petersburg), Oleg Kagan Musik Fest (Munich), Traiettorie 2010 (Parma), Umbria Jazz 2007 and 2010, Sagra Musicale Umbra, Automne Musicale a Chatellerault (Poitiers), Amici della Musica, Compositori a Confronto 2004 (Reggio-Emilia), Yamaha Music 2003-2004 (Milano), Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2004 (Salzburg), Nuova Consonanza (Rome), Grenoble Jazz Festival 2004 etc…

In 2001 with the pianist Filippo Farinelli he formed the "Duo Disecheis" an ensemble devoted to contemporary and XX century music. With the Duo Disecheis he got more than fifteen prizes in national and international chamber music contests and in the april 2007 he has been awarded at the Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition 2007 - Amsterdam, one of the most important musical contest for contemporary music. 
In 2005 he created the Atem Saxophone Quartet that soon became one of the main saxophone quartets in Italy and in Europe. They regularly play in the greater chamber music festivals and concert halls.
In 2004 he begun collaborating steadily with "Orchestra Città Aperta" and recently he has become one of the artistic directors of the orchestra.

He has recorded for Brilliant Classics, Rai Trade, Rai Radio Tre, Cam Jazz, Artesuono, Materiali Sonori, Warner Chappell, Radar Music, Parco della Musica Records, Label Bleu, Max Research and Discovery Label.