Andrea Candeloro

Artist, writer, musician, juggler and researcher between East and West.

He studies the saxophone and the piano, the guitar and the recorder. Practitioner of various sports from athletics to artistic gymnastics, from the trampoline to swimming, basketball or volleyball.

He did courses, graduates, Childhood Animator, Orff-Schulwerk Music Operator, Narrative and Screenplay, he invents and writes short stories, novels, comics; he practices martial arts, karate, kung fu, tai chi chuan, kendo, iaido, aikido; become a skilled juggler and juggling teacher, studying in different circus schools and following conventions and workshops; creates personal and business websites and works as videomaker; has an excellent knowledge of computers and devices, of various operating systems and professional software of various kinds, from graphics to animation, from videos to music, from calculation to programming; learn to play the sitar, the kora, the esraj, the santur, the singing bowls, the bansuri, the Native American flute and the shakuhachi and others world instruments; he reads books from the East to the West, technical or evasive; he practices yoga and various types of meditations, knowing and coming into contact with masters of world standing; learn to divine with the tarot and I Ching, undergoing and analyzing different divination systems such as karmic astrology; listen to music from all over the world by developing an attentive and critical ear and study the musical traditions of all continents without exception by writing books and manuals on the subject; learn the basics of the profession of sound engineer, attend and organize courses in music therapy, nada yoga and sound massage; organizes events, exhibitions and theatrical performances that also see him as a protagonist; learn to draw, get lost in mandalas; he builds indoor fountains, learns to work with wood and is interested in feng shui; he takes care of the paintings and follows the artists; is interested in herbal medicine, homeopathy and oriental medicine such as acupuncture, shiatsu or ayurveda; he is interested in Zen, Buddhism and Hinduism; he is familiar with gardening, removals and small plumbing jobs; knows the English language and has collaborated in some literary translations, in also carrying out the job of proofreader, editor and coordinating creative writing courses; performs as a solo musician or in a group, develops new and personal methods of musical and narrative teaching, builds and repairs musical instruments.

He is also currently one of the few Kora teachers known worldwide through the Kora Lessons project.