| ERSILIA PROSPERI FAEDDA

I composed and recorded ‘Pisces Crisis’ and ‘Scrambled!’ in Seattle at the Studio Litho (Stone Grossard – Pearl Jam). With my beloved Ou and our queen Amy Denio we played in Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco and in the fantastìc and psychedelìc desert of Joshua Tree. It was fun
crazy and amazing to play with Diana Tejera in New York, Berlin and Madrid. In London and Zurich I felt great joy with Meklit Hadero, her wonderful music and her inspiring musicians from San Francisco music scene. In Madrid I founded The HyperIntergalactics project with my hyperintergalactics allies Maria Prado Vega, Chefa Alonso, Raquel Sanchez, Jorge Frias, Guillermo Gonzales, Michela Becciu and Alberto Autiero. In 2022 I collaborated with Amy Denio and her label, Spoot Music, on the production of my third disc with OU project, Published on June 9, 2024, in the U.S. and Italy. In Madrid since 2023, I have been collaborating as a studio trumpeter on the album REMEDIOS, the new work of the electronic project Le Parody, with whom I will be on tour in 2024 and 2025 (Granada, Istanbul, Malaga, Barcelona, Madrid). I composed the soundtrack for the documentary PAUL A MAYERLING, UN RITRATTO by director Antonio Pettinelli (2025). I also composed the stage music for the play LA HUESERA by the company Teatrino de Trigo, with Marilena Muratori and directed by Laura Suarez, which premiered in Madrid in March 2025. So glad!

Trombettista e compositrice, partecipa a innumerevoli dischi live e in studio, a festival nazionali e internazionali e progetti di improvvisazione, alt jazz e songwriting (Meklit Hadero, Amy Denio, Calibro 35, Antonella Ruggiero, Ardecore ft Zu, Mike Cooper, Orchestra Iato, Jessica Lurie, Emily Hay, Luca Venitucci, Alvin Curran, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Chefa Alonso). Forma il gruppo OU, per cui compone Pisces Crisis (2014) e Scrambled! (2015), entrambi vengono registrati a Seattle presso lo Studio Litho (Stone Grossard – Pearl Jam), prodotti da Amy Denio, pubblicati negli USA (Spoot Music, Public Eyesor) e presentati nei palchi e nelle radio (KEXP Radio) della west coast statunitense – Earshot Jazz Festival (Seattle), Joshua Tree Music Festival (LA), San Francisco Botanical Garden, in Europa in formazione con Amy Denio e in Italia in apertura dei Calibro 35. Con Diana Tejera, registra l’album Oops! che viene presentato a New York, Berlino, Madrid, Weimar, Binghamton Seattle.

Trombettista ospite nel tour europeo di Meklit Hadero – South Bank Centre (Londra), Norwich and Norfolk Festival, Moods (Zurigo). Con Daniela Diurisi compone per le opere della coreografa e regista sperimentale Maya Deren. Si trasferisce a Madrid dove si unisce alla Orquesta en Transito diretta da Chefa Alonso, fonda la Fanfarria Transfeminista de Madrid, dà vita al progetto performativo Bocas de caracolas con la regista Laura Suárez e Marilena Muratori e compone le musiche per l’opera interdisciplinare dell’ensemble The Hyperintergalactics (Maria Prado Vega, Chefa Alonso, Raquel Sanchez, Michela Becciu, Jorge Frias, Guillermo Gonzales, Alberto Autiero). In Italia esce il suo terzo disco con il progetto OU in collaborazione con Amy Denio e Spoot Music (Seattle), pubblicato il 9 giugno 2024.

A Madrid dal 2023 collabora come trombettista in studio all’album REMEDIOS, il nuovo lavoro del progetto elettronico Le Parody, con cui è in tour nel 2024 e il 2025 (Granada, Istanbul, Malaga, Barcellona, Madrid). Compositrice della colonna sonora per il documentario PAUL A MAYERLING, UN RITRATTO del regista Antonio Pettinelli (2025). Compone le musiche di scena per lo spettacolo LA HUESERA della compagnia Teatrino de Trigo, con Marilena Muratori e diretta da Laura Suarez, debuttato a Madrid nel marzo 2025.

As a trumpet player and composer, I have worked on Italian and international projects. My work spans from improvisation and Alt-Jazz to songwriting (Meklit Hadero, Amy Denio, Calibro 35, Antonella Ruggiero, Ardecore ft Zu, Mike Cooper, Orchestra Iato, Jessica Lurie, Emily Hay, Luca Venitucci, Alvin Curran, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Chefa Alonso). I am the founder of the band OU. I composed our albums ‘Pisces Crisis’ and ‘Scrambled!’, which we recorded at the Studio Litho (Stone Grossard – Pearl Jam) in Seattle with the brilliant production of Amy Denio, released in the US by Spoot Music and Public Eyesore. OU’s work has been presented on stages and radios (KEXP Radio) on the US west coast during two long tours, at the Joshua Tree Music Festival in Los Angeles, at the Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle, at the San Francisco Botanical Garden, in Europe feat Amy Denio. With Diana Tejera, Edmondo was founded. We presented our album ‘Oops!’ in New York, Berlin, Madrid and Weimar. I have played as a guest of Meklit Hadero at the SouthBank Centre in London in the horn section with Pee Wee Ellis and then in Zurich and at the Norwich and Norfolk Festival. With Daniela Diurisi I founded the Mirrors project and composed the music for some works by the experimental choreographer and director Maya Deren. I moved to Madrid where I found a home in Chefa Alonso’s Orquesta en Transito, i founded the social brass band Fanfarria Transfeminista, i started the Bocas de caracolas project with the director Laura Suárez and Marilena Muratori, and i composed the music for contemporary opera for the ensemble The HyperIntergalactics (Maria Prado Vega, Chefa Alonso, Raquel Sanchez, Jorge Frias, Guillermo Gonzales, Michela Becciu and Alberto Autiero). In Italy with Maria Luisa Usai and Alessia Siniscalchi (Kulturscio’K – Paris) we built the performing art work “Signore – Mia madre nel ’68 non c’era e se c’era non se ne accorta”. In 2021 I participated as a musician in Gianni Amelio’s film: Il signore delle formiche.
In 2022 I collaborated with Amy Denio and her label, Spoot Music, on the production of my third disc with OU project, Published on June 9, 2024, in the U.S. and Italy. In Madrid since 2023, I have been collaborating as a studio trumpeter on the album REMEDIOS, the new work of the electronic project Le Parody, with whom I will be on tour in 2024 and 2025 (Granada, Istanbul, Malaga, Barcelona, Madrid). I composed the soundtrack for the documentary PAUL A MAYERLING, UN RITRATTO by director Antonio Pettinelli (2025). I also composed the stage music for the play LA HUESERA by the company Teatrino de Trigo, with Marilena Muratori and directed by Laura Suarez, which premiered in Madrid in March 2025..

Trompetista y compositora en proyectos italianos e internacionales de improvisación, jazz alternativo y song writing (Meklit Hadero, Amy Denio, Calibro 35, Antonella Ruggiero, Ardecore ft Zu, Mike Cooper, Orchestra Iato, Jessica Lurie, Emily Hay, Luca Venitucci, Alvin Curran, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Chefa Alonso). Para OU compuse Pisces Crisis y Scrambled!, los grabamos en el Studio Litho (Stone Grossard – Pearl Jam) en Seattle con la brillante producción de Amy Denio, lanzado en los EE. UU. por Spoot Music y Public Eyesore, los presentamos en escenarios y radios (KEXP Radio) en la costa oeste de los EE. UU. durante dos largas giras, en el ‘Earshot Jazz Festival (Seattle), al Joshua Tree Music Festival (Los Ángeles), al San Francisco Botanical Garden, en Europa feat Amy Denio. Con Diana Tejera me convertí en Edmondo, grabamos ¡Oops! y lo tocamos en Nueva York, Berlín, Madrid y Weimar. Invitada de Meklit Hadero en el SouthBank Centre de Londres en la sección de vientos con Pee Wee Ellis y luego en Zurich y en el Norwich Festival. Con Daniela Diurisi fundé el proyecto Mirrors y compuse la música para algunas obras de la coreógrafa y directora experimental Maya Deren. En Madrid, donde me mudé en el 2018, he participado a los conciertos para el centenario del Palacio de Cibeles. En la capital ibérica encontré un hogar en la Orquesta en Transito dirigida por Chefa Alonso, fundé la Fanfarria Transfeminista, con la directora Laura Suárez y la académica Marilena Muratori empezamos el proyecto performativo Bocas de caracolas y compuse la música para la ópera contemporánea para el ensemble The HyperIntergalactics (Maria Prado Vega, Chefa Alonso, Raquel Sanchez, Jorge Frias, Guillermo Gonzales, Michela Becciu y Alberto Autiero). En Italia y EE. UU. sale mi tercer disco con el proyecto OU, con la editorial estadounidense Spoot Music, publicado el 9 de junio de 2024. Desde 2023 en Madrid, he estado colaborando como trompetista de estudio en el álbum REMEDIOS, el nuevo trabajo del proyecto electrónico Le Parody, con el que estaré de gira en 2024 y 2025 (Granada, Estambul, Málaga, Barcelona, Madrid). He compuesto la banda sonora del documental PAUL A MAYERLING, UN RITRATTO del director Antonio Pettinelli (2025). También he compuesto la música de escena para la obra LA HUESERA de la compañía Teatrino de Trigo, con Marilena Muratori y dirigida por Laura Suarez, que se estrenará en Madrid en marzo de 2025..

LA HUESERA (2025/Esp)

Titiritera e intérprete: Marilena Muratori

Dirección: Laura Suárez

Música original: Ersilia Prosperi

PAUL À MAYERLING, UN PORTRAIT (2025/Ita)

Regia di Antonio Pettinelli

Musica di Ersilia Prosperi

cast: Paul Vecchiali, Hélène Surgère, Malik Saad, Mariane Basler, Philippe Bottiglione, Roland Vincent

New release June 9, 2024

OU Uranio

Composed by Ersilia Prosperi

Recorded and mixed at Angelo Mai, Kappa Bit Studio, Rome, Italy. Produced by Amy Denio, mastered by Steve Turnidge (Seattle -USA), published by Spoot Music (USA), Folderol Records (Italy). Cover Graphics by Resh Zeni.

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The Mediterranean genius of chamber jazz anarchists OU (egg in Sardinian language) shines with the fury of fission on their newest release Uranio (Folderol / Spoot Music).

Inventive composer and multi-instrumentalist Ersilia Prosperi has created an abundant cornucopia of spirited sounds exploring and celebrating all corners of the world, sung in a variety of romantic languages. Since their inception in Rome Italy in 2013, OU has transformed into a royal cOUrte.

Ersilia holds the baton and scepter as the King, Producer Amy Denio is Regina (the queen); bassist and mix engineer Claudio Mosconi is the Prince, drummer Cristiano de Fabritiis is the Illegitimate Prince, Marchese Andrea Pesce plays keys, and vocalist Valeria Sturba plays violin and theremin.

Prosperi’s dreamscapes cover the romantic entanglements of octopi, nests and nations turning from safe havens to violent cages, mourning doves with gigantic human babies, and a funereal brass band mourns NATO’s deadly war games poisoning Sardinia’s land and waters. credits

VIDEO

The video is dedicated to the A Foras movement and to all the activists fighting against NATO bases in Sardinia, to the Sardinian people, and to all the peoples fighting to protect the sea and the land from abuses and barbarism. The video was shot in Quirra (Sardinia), the largest NATO base in Europe – Filmed and edited by Luca Gaetano Piras.