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Sab, 17 mag 1997 19:51 Battista Lena's biography Europe Jazz Network MUSICIANS BATTISTA LENA "BANDA SONORA" Page 3 of 5 (born June 8, 1960 in Viareggio) Italian guitarist and composer. Started his professional career in 1982, and began a long-standing collaboration with Italian drummer Roberto Gatto with whom he recorded 5 CDs. Since 1991 he has taken part in various musical project with Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava, touring Europe and recording Rava l'Opera Va, voted "Italian Jazz Recording of The Year" in the Italian Jazz magazine Musica Jazz's 1994 Critics Pool. He has taught Master Classes in guitar at Siena Jazz, and has played with Daniel Humair, Jon Christensen, Billy Cobham, Palle Daniellson, J.F.Jenny-Clarke, Richard Galliano, John Scofield, Massimo Urbani and others. In the field of the Contemporary Classic Music he has collaborated with the chamber group Caronte, The Logos Ensemble and the composer Tonino Battista. In 1996 he recorded Come Una volta with Gabriele Mirabassi, Gianni Coscia and Enzo Pietropaoli for the Perugia-based EGEA label. His latest project - Banda Sonora - is due for late summer '97 release on the French Label Bleu label. In addition to his work as a performer, he has composed the Original Motion Picture Soundtracks for the films "Mignon è Partita", "Verso Sera", "Il Grande Cocomero" and "Con Gli Occhi Chiusi" by Francesca Archibugi; "Ferie d'Agosto" by Paolo Virzì, and "El Dia De La Bestia" by Alex de la Iglesia. DISCOGRAPHY • IL GRANDE COCOMERO - Lena/Gatto, 1993 BMG (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)