Alia Musica

Ensemble Alia Musica was an ensemble of 13 members coming from the Italian contemporary/progressive/neo-folk scene from Milan. They were lead by composer and multi-instrumentalist Mauro Pagani (ex-Premiata Forneria Marconi). They released only one rare album Alia Musica (aka Cantigas de Santa Maria) in 1979 of Spanish religious tunes from the 13th century, played with traditional instruments. Basic members 1975 – 1982: ● Fabio Soragna – vocals, santur, flauti diritti, ance (aerofoni) ● Piergiorgio Lazzaretto – vocals, organistrum ● Francis Biggi – vocals, oud, saz, lute, plucked instruments ● Alexandre Regis – vocals, zarb, naqqara, bendir, darbuka (goblet drum), percussion ● François Bedel – zarb, darbuka (goblet drum), percussion ● Giuliano Prada – flauti diritti e traversi, ance (aerofoni), gaita gallega ● Riccardo Grazioli – ghironda (hurdy-gurdy), vielle (European bowed stringed instrument) ● Gérard Lesne – countertenor (contra tenor voice type) ● Brigitte Lesne – vocals ● Patrizia Bovi – vocals Basic members 1983 – 1987: ● Fabio Soragna – vocals, santur, flauti diritti, ance (aerofoni) ● Piergiorgio Lazzaretto – vocals, organistrum ● Francis Biggi – vocals, oud, saz, lute, plucked instruments ● Alexandre Regis – vocals, zarb, naqqara, bendir, darbuka (goblet drum), percussion ● François Bedel – zarb, darbuka (goblet drum), percussion ● Marco Ferrari (4) – vocals, flauti diritti, double flute, ney, launeddas (triple clarinet or triplepipe), ance (aerofoni), tromba naturale ● Sigrid Lee – vocals, vielle (European bowed stringed instrument), ribeca ● Ulrich Pfeifer – vocals, symphonia (hurdy-gurdy), natural trumpet Occasional participations: Robert Barto, Mauro Palmas, Mauro Pagani, Marcel Pérès, Josep Cabré, Umberto Rinaldi, Christian Chauvot, Anne Auffret, Hervé Langlois, Richard Jones, Giancarlo Maniga, Marco Beasley, Flavio Sala, Lucio Biondi, Ermanno Vignati, Renzo Bez, Willem de Waal, Fu Chu-Huang.