"Gabriele Mitelli was born in Brescia, Italy in 1988.

He studied with maestro Beppe Rusconi and then continued with Markus Stockhausen in Cologne, Germany.

In 2017 he was named best new Italian talent by the critics of "Musica Jazz" magazine, and also in the same year, he won the SIAE "Air" call for artistic residencies abroad, with which he won a collaboration with the Lisbon Conservatory and the Italian Cultural Institute of the Portuguese capital.

From 2019 to date he releases 7 albums as a leader for some of the most prestigious record labels such as Clean Feed Records, Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome and We Insist! records consistently ranking among the best records in the "European Jazz Chart".

In a few years he plays in some of the most important European festivals, flanking exponents of jazz and boundary music including Joe Mc Phee, Damon Locks, Mats Gustaffson, Mariam Rezaei, Lukas Koenig, Anna Högberg, Mette Rasmussen, Wayne Horovitz, Susanna Santos Silva, Elio Martusciello, Tobias Delius, Cristiano Calcagnile, Nino Locatelli, Jeff Parker, Chad Taylor, Ken Vandermark, Rob Mazurek, John Edwards, Mark Sanders, Pasquale Mirra, Alexander Hawkins, Chris Speed, Gianluca Petrella, Ralph Alessi; he also collaborates on a regular basis with Cristina Donà, one of the most appreciated singer-songwriters and performers in the International Pop scene.

As artistic director, he decided to devote himself to the promotion of musical events in the Brescia area, becoming president of Associazione Culturale Lampedée, a cultural entity founded in Brescia in 2017 with the main purpose of promoting cultural activities dedicated to music, with particular regard to the contemporary scene and musicexperimental.

Over the years, the Association has been active in the organization of Ground Music Festival, Indica - Surreal Sound Festival and RAAA - Performing Arts Festival, artistic events that has hosted international artists such as Peter Brötzmann, Bruno Spoerri, The Thing, Valentina Magaletti, Rob Mazurek, Damon Locks, Hamid Drake, Hank Roberts, Marc Ribot, Sirom, Axel Dörner, Salvo Lombardo, Elisabetta Consonni, Alessandro Bosetti, Goat(jp), Leandro Pisano, Elena Biserna, Barokthegreat and many others.

Building on its success, he started BAO - Brescia Art Observatory in 2022, with the aim of connecting different associations and cultural collectives in Brescia and its province. BAO's mission is to create synergies among cultural entities, enhancing the cultural landscape of Brescia and province through artistic activities of an experimental, electroacoustic and performative nature.

BAO connects music, art, nature and public space and is committed to offering a participatory, educational and aggregating cultural proposal to build an increasingly open, active and broad community.

Today BAO's activities take the form of two macro events:
- BAO MUSIC FESTIVAL, a summer festivalthat explores the relationship between sound and nature in Brescia, Franciacorta and the Trompia Valley;
- BAO SOUND EXPERIENCE, a winter festival that promotes hybrid and experimental performance interventions, focusing on the relationship between sound and the city."

"Rob Mazurek is an American electro-acoustic composer, cornetist, improviser and visual artist living in Chicago, Illinois. As a composer, Rob Mazurek has written over 300 original compositions over the past 30 years, and has released 55 recordings on various labels. He currently leads a number of ensembles, including Exploding Star Orchestra, Pharoah and the Underground (featuring Pharoah Sanders), Chicago Underground, Pulsar Quartet, São Paulo Underground, Skull Sessions, Sound Is Quintet, Starlicker, Mandarin Movie and Throne of the House of Good and Evil, each of which possesses its own distinct musical personality.

He has collaborated with a wide variety of artists, such as Bill Dixon, Pharoah Sanders, Mike Ladd, Roscoe Mitchell, Yusef Lateef, Fred Anderson, Naná Vasconcelos, Mamelo Sound System, Kassin and Marcelo Camelo and others. Additionally, Rob Mazurek works as a visual artist (incorporating sound, painting and video) with numerous international performances, exhibitions and artist residencies."