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Daniele di Bonaventura was born in Fermo, in Italy's Marche region, in 1966. He started classical training at 8, studying piano, cello, composition, and orchestration, and earned a diploma in composing. He has built a career as both pianist and bandoneonist, the tango-associated accordion relative, working across classical, contemporary, jazz, tango, and world music, with additional credits in theater, cinema, and dance.
His most visible work sits alongside trumpeter Paolo Fresu, already profiled on jazzprofiles.com: they recorded Mistico Mediterraneo (2011) with A Filetta Corsican Voices, In Maggiore (2015) on ECM, and Danse Mémoire, Danse (2017). He has also recorded with Enrico Rava, Oliver Lake, David Murray, Miroslav Vitous, and Rita Marcotulli, and paired with accordionist Gianni Coscia on 2018's Sospiri Sospesi. He has performed from New York's Town Hall to Paris's Salle Pleyel, across more than 20 countries on five continents. More recently, he guested on guitarist Luca Falomi's trio Naviganti e Sognatori, alongside double bassist Alessandro Turchet, on both the trio's self-titled 2021 debut and its 2024 album Mare Aperto (Abeat Records), the latter alongside vocalist Maria Pia De Vito, all confirmed at the Discogs release-credit level.
His catalog runs past 90 albums, on labels including Via Veneto Jazz, Felmay, Splasc(H), and Harmonia Mundi, spanning solo bandoneon records, string quartet collaborations, and Piazzolla and Jobim tribute projects.
Di Bonaventura's music sits at the intersection of jazz, tango, and classical composition, built around the bandoneon's association with Piazzolla's nuevo tango but extended into chamber-jazz and world-music contexts through his long-running Paolo Fresu partnership.
- In Maggiore (2015, ECM Records, with Paolo Fresu) - one of two ECM records with his most frequent collaborator. Listen
- Garofani Rossi (2019) - Spotify - Garofani Rossi Listen
Daniele di Bonaventura: Full Discography
Scope note: Press coverage states over 90 total album credits. Discogs lists 30+ Main/leader/co-leader entries alone; this file covers a selection tied to notable collaborators, not the full catalog.
Identity confirmed via Discogs artist ID 503228 ("Daniele Di Bonaventura"). Related entities (Band'Union projects) are his own named ensembles, not collisions.
SELECTED LEADER / CO-LEADER releases
| Album | Year | Label | Notes | Listen | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistico Mediterraneo | 2011 | (self-released) | With Paolo Fresu and A Filetta Corsican Voices. | Spotify | not found |
| In Maggiore | 2015 | ECM Records | With Paolo Fresu. | Spotify | not found |
| Danse Mémoire, Danse | 2018 | Tǔk Music | With A Filetta and Paolo Fresu. | Spotify | not found |
| Sospiri Sospesi | 2018 | (self-released) | With Gianni Coscia and Max De Aloe. | Spotify | not found |
| Garofani Rossi | 2019 | (self-released) | Spotify | not found | |
| Elegiaco | 2021 | (self-released) | Spotify | not found | |
| Mare Aperto | 2024 | Abeat Records | Naviganti e Sognatori (Luca Falomi, Alessandro Turchet, Max Trabucco), featuring di Bonaventura and Maria Pia De Vito. | not found | not found |
| Terras Do Risco (Dez Canções) | 2001 | Amiata Records | Portuguese fado project led by Arrigo Cappelletti; di Bonaventura on bandoneon. Added to this selected discography via the Arrigo Cappelletti build (2026-09-16). | not found | not found |
| Atlantico | 1999 | Il Manifesto | Album by Enzo Favata on which di Bonaventura plays bandoneon and is credited as composer of "Atlantico" and "Corale"; it gave Favata's long-running Atlantico quintet its name. | Spotify | not found |
| Made In Sardinia | 2003 | Il Manifesto | Enzo Favata's album with the Tenores Di Bitti and the Cuncordu Di Castelsardo; di Bonaventura on bandoneon and piano, and composer of "Isola" and "In Pari A Lu Ventu." | Spotify | not found |
| Ritornare | 2026 | ECM Records | Enzo Favata's ECM debut, credited to the Atlantico quintet and produced by Manfred Eicher; di Bonaventura on bandoneon and composer of "Sine Nomine" and "Albatros." | not found | not found |
| Cantabile | 2022 | Caligola (2316) | Federico Gili's solo accordion album; di Bonaventura is the guest on bandoneon on one track (Discogs-credited), and press coverage credits him with producing it. | Spotify | not found |
| Mare Calmo | 2015 | EvArt (0215) | Duo album with Giovanni Ceccarelli (piano), fourteen tracks of their own compositions; Discogs-confirmed. | Spotify | not found |
| Eu Te Amo [The Music Of Tom Jobim] | 2018 | Bonsaï Music (BON180801) | With Giovanni Ceccarelli (piano); guests Ivan Lins and Camille Bertault (vocals) and Jaques Morelenbaum (cello); Discogs-confirmed. | Spotify | not found |
| Pont De Vie | 2026 | Abeat Records | Billed to guitarist Maciek Pysz featuring di Bonaventura (bandoneon, piano) and Yuri Goloubev (double bass, piano); Discogs-confirmed. | not found | not found |
Full catalog (90+ releases across labels including Via Veneto Jazz, Philology, Felmay, Amiata Records, Splasc(H), Harmonia Mundi) at Discogs: Daniele Di Bonaventura.
Arrigo Cappelletti (piano) - featured on Cappelletti's Portuguese fado project Terras Do Risco (Dez Canções) (2001, Amiata Records).
Paolo Fresu - his most frequent collaborator, across multiple albums including two on ECM.
Luca Falomi (guitar) - guested on Falomi's trio Naviganti e Sognatori on both Naviganti E Sognatori (2021) and Mare Aperto (2024), Discogs-confirmed. Profiled separately on this site.
Alessandro Turchet (double bass) - guested on the same Naviganti e Sognatori albums, alongside vocalist Maria Pia De Vito on Mare Aperto (2024).
Enrico Morello (drums) - drummer and effects on Paolo Fresu's Around Tǔk (2016, Casa del Jazz), on which Di Bonaventura plays bandoneon; Discogs-confirmed. Profiled separately on this site.
Enzo Favata (soprano saxophone, bass clarinet) - a partnership running from 1999 to 2026 at the Discogs credit level: bandoneon on Favata's Atlantico (1999), where Discogs also credits him as composer of "Atlantico" and "Corale," and on Made In Sardinia (2003); piano and Fender Rhodes on The New Village (2007); co-billed on No Man's Land (2006) and Jeux D'Enfant (2008); and bandoneon, plus composer of "Sine Nomine" and "Albatros," on Favata's ECM debut Ritornare (2026). Already profiled separately on this project.
Federico Gili (accordion) - bandoneon guest on one track of Gili's solo album Cantabile (2022, Caligola); Discogs-confirmed. Press coverage also credits di Bonaventura with producing the record.
Gaetano Partipilo (alto saxophone) - alto saxophonist on Paolo Fresu's Around Tǔk (2016), on which Di Bonaventura plays bandoneon; Discogs-confirmed.
Giovanni Ceccarelli (piano) - duo partner on Mare Calmo (EvArt, 2015) and Eu Te Amo [The Music Of Tom Jobim] (Bonsaï Music, 2018), and Di Bonaventura's collaborator on the track "Maria E Il Mare" on the compilations Eleven Projects (2013) and Quiet Details - Ma Fleur (2021); Discogs-confirmed. Profiled separately on JazzProfiles.com.
Massimo Barbiero (drums, percussion) - co-credited with di Bonaventura and Maurizio Brunod on the quartet album Jeux D'Enfant (2008). Profiled separately on this site.
Maurizio Brunod (guitar) - co-credited with di Bonaventura and Barbiero on Jeux D'Enfant (2008), a fellow guest on Brunod's own Duets (2013), and a member of the quintet on Brunod's Ensemble (2020); profiled separately on this site.
Max De Aloe (chromatic harmonica) - co-billed with di Bonaventura and Gianni Coscia on the trio album Sospiri Sospesi (2018, Barnum For Art); Discogs-confirmed. Profiled on JazzProfiles.com.
Yuri Goloubev (double bass, piano) - fellow featured player, with guitarist Maciek Pysz, on Pont De Vie (2026, Abeat Records); Discogs-confirmed.
