Domenico Rizzuto Trio, Disastri Quotidiani at Casa del Jazz, November 8, 2026

The Domenico Rizzuto Trio presents the album Disastri Quotidiani at Casa del Jazz in Rome on Sunday, November 8, 2026, at 18:00, in the "Armando Trovajoli" concert hall, as part of the Roma Jazz Festival 2026. The venue is at Viale di Porta Ardeatina 55, 00154 Rome, inside the park of Villa Osio, a short distance from the Pyramid of Cestius. The official page lists a single ticket at 20 euros. To buy tickets, start from the event page on the official website, which contains the link to online sales, and the website also lists a box office open on performance days from 19:00 until 40 minutes after the start, a time that doesn't fit an afternoon concert at 18:00, so it's advisable to buy online in advance or ask the venue for confirmation at 06 80241281 or info@musicaperroma.it. To get there, the website's FAQ section suggests the Piramide stop on Metro B or bus line 714, which stops at Colombo/Marco Polo, and mentions a parking area next to the villa, and the route from your area can be calculated with ATAC's journey planner.

Disastri Quotidiani: the concert

Disastri Quotidiani is the new record by Domenico Rizzuto, trumpeter, percussionist and composer, who brings it live to the Roma Jazz Festival right around its release. The Casa del Jazz description presents the trio's music as a cross between electronics, jazz and psychedelic rock, and the record as a story in which every sound counts as a fragment of a shared experience.

The title suggests a direct relationship with the present. The "disastri quotidiani", the everyday disasters, are, at least in the common imagination, the small and large accidents that mark everyone's days, and translated into music they become irregular material, made of jolts, tensions and moments of suspension. It's an interpretation of the title, not a statement by the artist, but it helps you get into the mood of the concert.

A record just out

The official description speaks of an album fresh off release. For those going to the concert, it means hearing the tracks in the form closest to the recording, but also at the stage when the musicians begin to transform them live. A record presented in concert, in jazz, is always a starting point: improvisation changes the length, order and character of the pieces every night.

From the Mediterranean to the northern seas

The official page offers a geographical image: a journey that starts from the Mediterranean coasts and reaches the cold northern seas, gathering sounds and influences along the way. Musically this translates, again according to the description, into Afro-Mediterranean rhythms, suspended atmospheres and electronics meeting in a constant exchange between improvisation and structure.

Tradition and experimentation

The same description stresses the double movement between tradition and experimentation. In the case of a trio with trumpet, electric guitar and drums, the tradition is that of electric jazz, which brought the trumpet into amplified soundscapes, and the experimentation comes from electronics, which allows the instrument's sound to be transformed in real time.

Who Domenico Rizzuto is

The official sources present Domenico Rizzuto as a trumpeter, percussionist and composer. The double profile of wind player and percussionist is important for understanding his work: those who also play percussion tend to think of the trumpet in rhythmic terms, as a voice in dialogue with the drums more than as a solo instrument floating on top.

A well-tested trio

The trio is not a lineup put together for the occasion. The City of Rome's tourism portal documents a concert by the Domenico Rizzuto Trio on July 23, 2026, at Parco della Pace, on Via di Monte Stallonara, in the Estate in Consiglio series, with the same lineup, a few guests and, as opener, Beatrice Gatto. The November concert therefore comes after a summer season of live shows.

A link with the Casa del Jazz calendar

Beatrice Gatto, who had opened that summer evening, is herself on the Casa del Jazz program on Sunday, November 29, at 18:00, with a concert presented in our page on Beatrice Gatto at Casa del Jazz. It's a small thread linking two events of the same autumn.

The lineup

The official Casa del Jazz page lists three musicians. Domenico Rizzuto plays trumpet and electronics, Leonardo Guelpa electric guitar, and Pierpaolo Ferroni sits at the drums.

A difference between sources

The sources disagree on the drummer's name. The Casa del Jazz page and the city page on the summer concert give Pierpaolo Ferroni, while the city tourism portal's page on the November 8 concert gives Pierpaolo Tancredi. The organizer's page prevails, but any changes to the lineup will be announced by the venue.

Why a trio without bass

The lineup has no double bass or electric bass. In a trio of this kind the bass function is often shared between the guitar, which can cover the low register, and electronics, which can generate pads and low frequencies. It's a choice that leaves a lot of room for sound and explains the emphasis on the "suspended atmospheres" in the description.

Inside the Roma Jazz Festival 2026

The concert is one of the events of the Roma Jazz Festival 2026, the 50th edition, called Anniversary, running from November 1 to 24 with the theme "Rileggere Miles, ripensare il jazz", rereading Miles, rethinking jazz. The reference to Miles Davis, a trumpeter like Rizzuto, makes the evening particularly consistent with the edition's theme: a trumpet treated with electronics is a concrete way of rethinking jazz.

An afternoon festival concert at Casa del Jazz

In the venue's calendar, the festival concerts on November 7, 13 and 14 start at 19:30, while the Rizzuto Trio's, on a Sunday, is set at 18:00, like the opening one on November 1 with the duo of Roberto Gatto and Antonello Salis. The earlier time makes the evening suitable even for those who have to get up early on Monday morning.

The jazz weekend

The day before, Saturday, November 7, the same hall hosts Zoe Pia's Atlantidei with the EIC Eden Inverted Collective. Those who want to build a weekend entirely devoted to the festival can follow both concerts, which represent two different ways of widening the borders of jazz.

The concert in practice

Date and time

Sunday, November 8, 2026, start at 18:00, with entry to the hall usually from half an hour before. It's the date confirmed both by the concert page and by the general Casa del Jazz calendar.

Venue

The "Armando Trovajoli" concert hall, Casa del Jazz, Viale di Porta Ardeatina 55, 00154 Rome. The hall is in the main villa of the complex, at the center of the park.

Price and purchase

Single ticket at 20 euros. You buy it online starting from the official Casa del Jazz website, and the box office hours for this afternoon event are not published, so buying in advance is the safest choice.

Contacts

For questions about tickets, accessibility or times, Fondazione Musica per Roma answers at 06 80241281 and info@musicaperroma.it. The box office rules are published on the venue's website.

The villa and its park

Casa del Jazz is not a building built for music, but an adapted private residence. The villa was designed by Cesare Pascoletti, an engineer who studied under Marcello Piacentini, while the layout of the park is the work of Pietro Porcinai, a landscape architect born in Fiesole in 1910 and died in Florence in 1986.

The size

According to the venues page of the official website, the villa measures about 2,500 square meters and the park around it 25,240. Other sources speak of a public park of about two and a half hectares: the two figures match. It's a green space of considerable size for an area so close to the ancient walls.

The scars of the 1980s

The building's current appearance bears the marks of its recent history. When the villa passed to Enrico Nicoletti, works and illegal building alterations were carried out that heavily modified the interiors and the facades. The recovery for its new use had to deal with these transformations.

An open villa

Today the park is public and the villa is a place for listening. For those arriving at a concert, it feels like entering a home more than a theater: it's one of the things that set Casa del Jazz apart from the city's big concert halls.

Casa del Jazz, for those who don't know it

Casa del Jazz is a City of Rome music venue run by Fondazione Musica per Roma, the same foundation as Auditorium Parco della Musica. It occupies the former Villa Osio, a 1930s residence surrounded by a park of more than two hectares, between Viale di Porta Ardeatina and Via Cristoforo Colombo. The venue's general page on ER is this one.

Spaces and services

The complex includes three buildings: the villa with the concert hall, a building with rehearsal rooms, recording studios and guest quarters for musicians, and a third with a restaurant. Inside the villa there are also a library, a media library, a café and a bookshop.

An intimate hall

Sala Trovajoli has about 150 seats according to the venues page of the official website, while the same official page, in its introduction, speaks of 134 seats. Either way it's a small hall, where a trio's sound reaches the audience without filters.

A curious fact about Casa del Jazz

The hall where an electronic jazz trio plays bears the name of the author of one of the most Roman songs of the 20th century. Armando Trovajoli, born in Rome in 1917 and died in 2013, wrote for Rugantino, Garinei and Giovannini's 1962 musical comedy, "Roma nun fa' la stupida stasera", which became his third big international hit. Before film scores and musical theater, Trovajoli had been a jazz pianist: in 1939 he played with the Sesto Carlini orchestra and in 1949 he represented Italy at the Paris Jazz Festival.

From jazz to radio

In 1958 Trovajoli founded RAI's Orchestra Stabile di Musica Leggera in Rome. His career spans almost every form of postwar Italian popular music, and naming the Casa del Jazz hall after him is a way of remembering that Roman jazz has old roots, well before today's festivals.

Something nobody tells you about Casa del Jazz

The box office hours are designed for evening concerts. All the event pages give the same information: box office open on performance days from 19:00 until 40 minutes after the start. For a concert starting at 18:00 on a Sunday, this rule doesn't work, and the venue probably adopts different hours, but no official page specifies them. The information is not published.

The solution

The easiest way to avoid surprises is to buy your ticket online in advance, through the link on the Casa del Jazz website, or to call the venue to confirm when the box office opens. As for entry to the hall, the venue's general rules usually open it half an hour before: for this concert, then, from 17:30.

My advice for visiting Casa del Jazz

My advice, for a Sunday afternoon concert, is to turn the event into a small itinerary. Casa del Jazz is a short distance from the Pyramid of Cestius and the Non-Catholic Cemetery, two of the most unusual places in the city: a visit in the early afternoon, checking opening hours, lets you arrive at the concert without hurrying and with enough light left to see the villa's park.

The park at sunset

In early November the sun in Rome sets before 17:00. Those who arrive at Casa del Jazz around 17:00 see the park in the last light, before the lamps along the avenues come on: it's the best time to walk through it.

If it's your first time

Those who have never been to Casa del Jazz should keep in mind that the hall is inside a villa surrounded by a park, not facing a street like the city's concert halls. The complex has three buildings, and on concert days the audience gathers around the main villa. Taking a few minutes to get your bearings once you arrive makes everything easier, especially when it's already dark.

The value of a small hall

In a hall of about 150 seats the distance between musicians and audience is minimal. For a trio working on electronics and dynamics, this means hearing the nuances of the sounds and seeing up close how they are produced: the guitar pedals, the drummer's gestures, the electronic devices connected to the trumpet. Choosing a seat in the front rows, when possible, is worth it.

Accessibility

For people with motor disabilities the venue lets you book dedicated seats by calling 06 8024 1281, every day from 11:00 to 18:00. Discounts for people with disabilities are obtained at the central box office of Auditorium Parco della Musica, by showing the documentation.

Another well-known fact, yet seldom mentioned

It's often recalled that Casa del Jazz is a confiscated property. Less often mentioned is the law that made the transformation possible: law 109 of 1996, known as the Pio La Torre law, which governs the management and use of property seized or confiscated from mafia organizations. The villa was assigned to the City of Rome on September 26, 2001, precisely under this law, a few months after the final confiscation of February 20 of the same year.

The memorial at the entrance

At the park entrance, the stele with the names of mafia victims was created with the association Libera. The official Casa del Jazz website recalls the role of Libera and its president, Father Luigi Ciotti, in marking the return of the property to the public.

The right photo to take at Casa del Jazz

The villa seen from the park, with its windows lit, is the image that best tells the story of a concert evening. The volume of the building, designed at the end of the 1930s by the engineer Cesare Pascoletti, reads well from the avenues, especially when the sky is still blue and the lights inside are already on.

The memorial detail

A second, quieter photo is of the Libera stele at the entrance. It bears 683 names, those of the victims of the mafia between 1893 and 2005. It's not a postcard image, but it's the one that explains why this place exists.

Some important events that happened here

Late 1930s: a banker's villa

Between 1936 and 1939 Arturo Osio, one of the founders of the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, had the villa built on the ruins of a 17th-century farmhouse, and the park was entrusted to Pietro Porcinai.

1980s: the passage to Nicoletti

Enrico Nicoletti, described in the press as the cashier of the Banda della Magliana, bought the villa from the Vicariate of Rome and altered its interiors and facades with illegal works.

November 14, 1996: the seizure

The villa was seized. The confiscation became final on February 20, 2001.

April 2005: the opening

Casa del Jazz opened to the public, backed by the administration led by Walter Veltroni, and its first director was Luciano Linzi.

November 2025: the Prefecture's surveys

The Prefecture of Rome ordered surveys in the park, considering it plausible that the remains of the magistrate Paolo Adinolfi, who disappeared in 1994, might be found there. The hypothesis concerns the period when the villa belonged to Nicoletti. The results of those searches are not reported in the sources consulted.

Who has passed through Casa del Jazz

Among the figures linked to the birth of Casa del Jazz, the official website names Mayor Walter Veltroni, who strongly backed the project, and Father Luigi Ciotti, president of Libera, the association with which the plaque at the entrance was made. Also worth remembering is Luciano Linzi, the venue's first director, while the initial management was entrusted to the Azienda Speciale Palaexpo.

Before the music

Before the music, the villa had very different owners: the banker Arturo Osio, who had it built, the Vicariate of Rome, from which it was bought in the 1980s, and finally Enrico Nicoletti. The history of this building thus spans 1930s finance, church property and organized crime, before reaching the concert audience.

Today's musicians

Today the venue hosts two resident orchestras, the CDJO big band led by Mario Corvini and Massimo Nunzi's youth orchestra, the Jazz Campus Orchestra, as well as the musicians of festivals and series. On November 8 Domenico Rizzuto's trio joins them.

A listening guide for the concert

Those unfamiliar with electric jazz can approach the concert with a few reference points. A trumpet treated with electronics doesn't sound like a traditional trumpet: it can be multiplied, delayed, distorted, turned into a pad. Following how the instrument's sound changes over the course of a piece is the simplest way to find your bearings.

The role of the guitar

In a trio without bass, the electric guitar has a double role: harmonic and timbral. It can accompany with chords, but also create sound surfaces that blend with the electronics. The reference to psychedelic rock in the description suggests the use of pedals and effects more than clean phrasing.

The Afro-Mediterranean rhythms

The official description speaks of Afro-Mediterranean rhythms. For the drums this means working on rhythmic figures different from swing, often cyclical and repetitive, over which the trumpet can improvise. That's where you hear Rizzuto the percussionist.

How to plan the Sunday

A concert at 18:00 on a Sunday lends itself to a day built at a relaxed pace. The area between the Pyramid, the Aventine and Caracalla is one of the richest in Rome for density of monuments, and lets you choose between short walks and more demanding visits. All opening hours should be checked on the official websites of the individual sites, because on Sundays they may differ from weekdays.

Early afternoon

Those arriving by metro at the Piramide stop can start with the Pyramid of Cestius, the pyramid-shaped tomb built into the Aurelian Walls, and continue to the Non-Catholic Cemetery, right next door. Our dedicated pages gather useful information for the visit.

Late afternoon

Around 17:00 head toward Viale di Porta Ardeatina, enter the Casa del Jazz park and make the most of the last light to see the villa and the stele at the entrance. The box office, as explained, has unclear hours for afternoon concerts: arriving with your ticket already in hand avoids any uncertainty.

After the concert

The official page doesn't give the length of the concert, so the time you'll come out can't be predicted precisely. In any case, a concert starting at 18:00 leaves the rest of the evening free, for dinner in the area or to get home without staying out late.

Armando Trovajoli, the name of the hall

It's worth dwelling a little more on the musician the hall is named after, because his figure says a lot about the history of jazz in Italy. Trovajoli graduated in piano and composition from the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in 1948, but as early as 1937 he was playing in Rocco Grasso's orchestra. Jazz was his first professional language, before songs and film scores.

Film

International success came with film. For Alberto Lattuada's 1951 film Anna he wrote "El Negro Zumbón", which went around the world. Then came the scores for Vittorio De Sica's La ciociara (1960) and Ieri, oggi, domani (1963), and a very long collaboration with Ettore Scola, for whom he scored almost the entire filmography.

The awards

In 2007 he received a special David di Donatello for his career, and in 2010 the Federico Fellini 8½ award at the Bari film festival. Walking into the hall that bears his name to hear an electric jazz trio is a way to notice how long a road Roman jazz has traveled.

Who we recommend the concert to

The Domenico Rizzuto Trio concert suits those who love contemporary jazz that doesn't stay inside the borders of the genre: listeners of electronic music, psychedelic rock or Mediterranean crossovers will find familiar reference points. The afternoon time also makes it a good fit for those who prefer not to get home late on a Sunday evening.

For festival followers

For those following the whole Roma Jazz Festival, the evening completes the picture of the Casa del Jazz program: after the opening duo of veterans and the Sardinian experiment of Atlantidei, Rizzuto's trio represents the most electric side of the lineup.

Around Casa del Jazz

The venue is surrounded by ancient monuments and places of memory. Besides the Pyramid and the Non-Catholic Cemetery, a short distance away are the Aurelian Walls, which here preserve Porta Ardeatina, and, toward the center, the Baths of Caracalla.

Porta Ardeatina

The gate that gives the avenue its name is today little more than a travertine postern, between Porta San Sebastiano and Porta San Paolo. Without towers, it was defended by a projection of the wall that worked as a small bastion. Nearby, on the inner side, you can make out the traces of a tomb built into the walls, following the practice of reusing existing structures that Aurelian adopted to build quickly and save money.

The Aventine

Not far away, past the Pyramid, the Aventine Hill begins, described in our page on what to see on the Aventine. It's a destination to keep for another day, but it's good to know it's this close.

Frequently asked questions about the Domenico Rizzuto Trio at Casa del Jazz

When does the Domenico Rizzuto Trio play?

Sunday, November 8, 2026, at 18:00, in the "Armando Trovajoli" concert hall of Casa del Jazz, Viale di Porta Ardeatina 55. The time is confirmed by the official event page and the venue's calendar. It's one of two afternoon concerts of the Roma Jazz Festival at Casa del Jazz, together with the opening one on November 1.

How much is the ticket?

There is a single ticket price of 20 euros, according to the official event page. The FAQ on the Casa del Jazz website provides discounts for people with disabilities and for blind people, which must be requested at the central box office of Auditorium Parco della Musica by showing the required documentation.

Will the box office be open before 18:00?

The official pages say the box office opens at 19:00 on performance days, which applies to evening concerts. For this afternoon event the box office hours are not published. It's best to buy online in advance through the link on the official website or to call 06 80241281 for confirmation.

Who plays in the trio?

Domenico Rizzuto on trumpet and electronics, Leonardo Guelpa on electric guitar and, according to the Casa del Jazz page, Pierpaolo Ferroni on drums. The City of Rome tourism portal page for the concert instead lists Pierpaolo Tancredi: the sources disagree, and the venue's communication is the one to rely on.

What kind of music is it?

The official presentation speaks of a language that blends electronics, jazz and psychedelic rock, with Afro-Mediterranean rhythms and suspended atmospheres, in a constant dialogue between improvisation and structure. It's a concert for those who love contemporary jazz and electric sounds, less so for those looking for the standards of the tradition.

How do I get there?

The official website suggests getting off at Piramide, on line B, or taking bus 714 to the Colombo/Marco Polo stop. Those arriving by car will find a parking lot near the villa, where Via Cristoforo Colombo meets Viale di Porta Ardeatina. Sunday public transport schedules should be checked with the ATAC journey planner.

What time can I enter the hall?

As a rule the hall doors open half an hour before and close five minutes before the start, unless the ticket says otherwise: for this concert, then, between 17:30 and 17:55. Once the show has started, entry is not guaranteed and latecomers, if admitted, may be given a different seat.

Are there other festival concerts at Casa del Jazz?

Yes: on November 1 the duo of Roberto Gatto and Antonello Salis, on November 7 Zoe Pia with Atlantidei, on the 13th the Eleonora Strino Trio and on the 14th the Nexus Quartet. The festival, now in its 50th edition, continues until November 24 at other venues in the city as well.

Final advice on the Domenico Rizzuto Trio

The November 8 concert is a chance to hear up close a trio that has built a recognizable sound out of electrified trumpet, psychedelic guitar and Afro-Mediterranean rhythms, in the very edition of the festival dedicated to Miles Davis. Buy your ticket online before Sunday, because the box office hours are unclear for afternoon concerts. Arrive by 17:30, perhaps after a walk between the Pyramid and the Non-Catholic Cemetery, and enjoy the villa's park in the last light before entering the Sala Trovajoli.

One last suggestion: if the concert wins you over, the venue's fall calendar offers many more reasons to come back, from the festival dates to the series at the end of November. Casa del Jazz is a place you appreciate more on your second visit, when the walk through the park and the hall already feel familiar.

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