Enrico Rosa: The past "Campo di Marte" as the new one was done by Mauro Sarti and Enrico Rosa.
Mauro found the musicians in Florence (Italy) who I have to write music for and so it started, i was not from Florence and I didnt know anybody in town apart from Mauro. We had Mauro on drums and some flute parts then another Drummer Marcovecchio from Califfi then en American bas player Richard Ursillo (called Paul Richard on the cover) a classical French horn player Alfredo Barducci who played organ / piano and flute and myself on acoustic and electric guitar and some piano and mellotron so we used two drums a part of the time and when Mauro had to play the flute we still have a drummer working. 
I did write and arranged the music completely and it was an interesting task because at that time I was mostly in Jazz and Classical so I knew Miles Davis, John Coltraine, Herbie Hancock and so on but I didn't know anything of the Progressive Rock and rock in general just what I could listen to passing by some music place, in a way that was good because with no models to follow I wrote the music for the instruments I had and for the story to be told, all done in a way  to be performed Live combining the acoustic and the electric sounds in a  kind of Symphonic way. 
It seems like it worked, the most amazing thing is that the band, which existed under many different names before the recording in January 1973 where the name was found, disappeared after the recording, the only performance with that constellation was at Mestre 6 months later where I played a solo part on the guitar and a  couple of tunes that we could put together in the morning before the Festival because we haven't played together since the recording, I in my extreme stupidity had done another band under the same name which played a completely different music already since January and while working in studios in Milano I was performing with Ares Tavolazzi and Giulio Capiozzo from Area and we did something with Demetrio Stratos too.
So the possibilities for the band to exist were taken right at the beginning from the guy who did the whole thing.
Sometimes I keep asking myself if someone can be that stupid.
For the name "Campo di Marte" it is to make a link to the field of war and the absurdity of War as the cover of the record shows mercenary soldiers  who asking for more money for their services boast their strength stabbing themselves with any kind of weapon.
About the new "Campo di Marte" it is: Mauro Sarti on drums, Maurilio Rossi on Bas, a very creativ musician of the prog scene since the late 70s with a great heart, Alexandr Matin Sass on piano/Keyboards, a great pianist from Estonia who I work together also on other projects, Eva Rosa, my wife, who is a trained classical recorder player and she loves rock and jazz and  with "Campo di Marte" she plays on different recorders and a digital wind controller (a flute/sax digital wind instrument with the same possibilities like a synth), finally I play the acoustic & electric guitar and write the music in the same manner as in the old days writing for the story in music and using all the colors of the electric and acoustic instruments  on a rock heart of bas and  drums.

Enrico Rosa: I  actually don't know how much it is sold of the old record in Italy, I haven't had the opportunity of following the prog scene in Italy because I moved to Denmark in 1974 and I am still here, so I have been living here the most of my life.
The same about the rest of the world but it seems like both the record and the CD reissue have sold a lot but unfortunatly I haven't been able to see how much even if I have done the Whole work.

Enrico Rosa: I realized that my old work was surranded by a lot of interest and at first thanks to Augusto Croce of the Italian prog site I started thinking to how good I felt when I played prog and how incomplete I have been ever since, because progressive rock is the only music art that gives me the possibilities to play with no restriction being the musician I am: on an Heavy Rock electric as well as on an acoustic classical mood or a more jazz rock feeling all coloring this great music that Progressive rock is.
So I met my old friend Mauro who also missed me and the music we could play together and that was it, we had to be born again.

Enrico Rosa: "Campo di Marte" is Progressive Rock and Progressive Rock is progressive because is done by more then rock, to limit a music art is to take away the heart of the music and the musician which is always in search of itself and of the universal language.
Music has no limits, I use to say to my students: music has no limits, but musicians have.

Enrico Rosa: The band did not have a chance to be on the road as "Campo di Marte" after the record was released, so how could anybody know our music and the band have another sort.
As I said the band vanished after the recording thanks to my idioty.
By the way before leaving Italy I was asked by Francesco of the Banco to join their band but I was disappointed from my home land and I wanted to expatriate that's why I turned also that offer down.

Enrico Rosa: On the new CD there will be already some new tunes and I have a lot of material ready for a completely new album all in the spirit of "Campo di Marte".
The band is back and we will be at any Concert where people would like to experience "Campo di Marte" Live giving our best and with all our heart in the spirit of  music.

Enrico Rosa: Eva, she is a great musician with no limits who studied with the greatest recorders performer in the world and she is the reason why I could find the strength to start the band again and with her during the last three years in which we have been living together I have explored the crossover to rock and classical and Jazz with our project ROSÆ where we play a concert travelling in time by music from the 12th century until today reaching to great contrast from totally acoustic tunes until progressive tunes with a bas recorder and an heavy rock guitar.
So she is perfect for the "Campo di Marte" spirit.

Enrico Rosa: A live recording at the Space Electronic, actually the recording we used in 72 as a demo to UA that had shown interest into releasing my work, the recording was done at the Space Electronic in Florence where we use to perform our concert most days of the week and we play the tunes we later recorded some of them in a different way and with English lyrics on some of the theme that became instrumental later on.
The recording was copied on a test record (in Italian called  "Lacca") that I got at that time and that I left it  to my old good friend Nello in Italy for 30 years; he kept it well and when I asked if he still had it he said: "of course here is it waiting for you"!!! The recording was called Concerto Zero and so it will be named again.
The new recording is a Live studio session done the day after the Festival On the Road of Pelago (July 12th 2003) where unfortunately it was impossible to do a recording with a mobile studio.
So we recorded all in one take like a Live concert at La Terrazza (Ronta -Firenze) where the mobile studio from "Larione 10" with Sergio Salaorni moved to do the recording.
We did a Live studio session to keep the authenticity of the music so the music you will listen to, will be real and will include some old tunes rearranged for a more live performance and three new titles.

Enrico Rosa: I would love to perform with "Campo di Marte" and give the Audience the best performance every times.

Enrico Rosa: It is a great feeling, I feel even better then in 72-73. The public is fantastic and from 18 years old to 60. I don't believe that something like that could be done before. Young people writes to me asking me about the guitar sound and others thanks for having given them such a great musical experience, young radio station wants to send the old and the forthcoming work of "Campo di Marte" this is fantastic. (Photo by Augusto Croce on July the 12th 2003 at "On the Road" Pelago (Italy) From the left: Eva Rosa, Enrico Rosa, Mauro Sarti, Alexandr Matin Sass and Maurilio Rossi).

Enrico Rosa: I am afraid that I can't give an answer to this one, as a musician I work a lot with music every day but I can't have the time to listen to so much like you do or the public so my opinion would not be right if given in general.
I can say something about a peace of music presented to me which I will listen to carefully and then say what I feel but not say something about a very large amount of recordings that I haven't heard or heard to little of it and so be superficial.

Enrico Rosa: Thanks a lot for keeping music alive, "Campo di Marte" would have never existed if you did not discover it.
A great thank to all the Latin America that with its Great Heart can feel the deepest meaning of  the Progressive Rock of "Campo di Marte".

First Formation
Enrico Rosa - Ac. Guitar, El. Guitar, Mellotron, Vocal.
Mauro Sarti - Drums, Percussion, Flute.
Alfredo Barducci - French Horn, Flute, Piano, Organ.
Carlo Felice Marcovecchio - Drums, percussion.
Paul Richard - Bass and Vocal.

Actual Line Up:
Enrico Rosa -Acoustic, Electric Guitar and Vocal
Eva Rosa - recorders: Alto, Renaissance Soprano, Bass and Yamaha wind controller WX5
Mauro Sarti - Drums and Vocal
Maurilio Rossi - Bass
Matin Alexandr Sass - Piano and Keyboards

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Alpetoppen 25
DK-6000 Kolding
Tel/fax (+45) 7554 1416
Cell. (+45) 22 540 440
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Campo di Marte - A band from Florence, Campo di Marte were another of those band that despite a good recording deal with a major company (that incidentally was the only effort by United Artists to produce an italian prog group), only released an album and disappeared. The group was formed in 1971 by guitarist Enrico Rosa and drummer/flutist Mauro Sarti, that had previously played with minor groups like Senso Unico and La Verde Stagione, along with american-born bass player Richard Ursillo (named Paul Richard in the LP cover notes as it "sounded less italian"). Keyboardist Alfredo "Carlo" Barducci was a trained french horn player, and the large number of instruments played gave the new group the chance to mix classical inspired rock music with various influences obtaining a rich and varied sound.

A fifth member was added with drummer Carlo Felice Marcovecchio, that had previously played with another very popular group from Florence, I Califfi, and the presence of a second drummer left Sarti the freedom to play the flute in many tracks.

The band had a good live activity, playing under different names, and the final one, Campo di Marte (named after a quarter of Florence), was found during the LP recordings.

The album lyrics referred to the foolishness of wars, and in contrast the cover contained a drawing of ancient Turkish mercenaries injuring themselves to demonstrate their strength and courage. The same design was contained in the band's posters. Text history was taken from the site by Augusto Croce.

Enrico Rosa - Born in Leghorn (Livorno- Italy) September the 18th 1951. He is an extremely versatile guitar virtuoso always exploring various musical fields. Session man, composer and arranger, in Italy and Denmark since 1971. In 1973 composed and recorded a Symphonic Rock Album with his band at the time,"Campo di Marte", which is a milestone of the Italian progressive rock of the 70s, reissued on CD in 1994.

In Italy, from 1972 to 1978 guitarist for Gianni and Marcella Bella, as well as on several productions by CBS and UA working in studios and concerts with Ares Tavolazzi, Capiozzo (Area), Tullio De Piscopo etc.

In Denmark has performed in the Jazz field solo or with Max Leth, Hugo Rasmussen, Jesper Lundgaard, Ole Kock Hansen, Niels Jørgen Steen, Willy Egmose, Hans Esbjerg etc.

On his CD" Passione & Musica" released in 2002, Enrico has been working with Torben Bøtker Bjørnskov on Bas, Frank Thøgersen on percussion, Matin Alexandr Sass on piano. On tour 2001 with Latin (o) touch (Tony Cigna's group) with Flavio Piantoni on bas, Orazio Maugeri on Saxophone and Francois Bahu on piano.

At the end of the 70s Enrico Rosa moved to Denmark and started solo concerts by classical guitar playing fusion between classical music and Jazz developing new right-hand technique on the guitar using combination of plectrum and finger picking.

During the 80s, soloist on Yamaha concerts where he performed solo on several electric and acoustic guitars. From 1981 to 1990 arranger and guitarist at Sans Souci Theater (Kolding DK). In concert with big band and Denish rock singer Jette Torp as well as The Odense Symphony Orchestra with Sarah Brightman and the recording of Ron Goodwin film scores.

Since 2001 Enrico has started a new project, ROSÆ ,where classical music for recorder have been presented with new guitar parts as well as compositions by Enrico (on CD in 2002) and a new ROSÆ production crossing over to jazz and rock is due for 2003 presenting on CD this other side of ROSÆ concerts by Eva and Enrico Rosa.

In October 2002, in Boston (USA), Enrico Rosa and pianist Ferdinando Argenti have recorded a Jazz production with original compositions to be released in 2003 including Eva Rosa on recorder as a guest soloist on two tracks.

In 2003 Enrico with "Campo di Marte" again in an historical concert at "On the Road" Pelago (Italy) where the band performed for the first time after 30 years recording a new Live CD, on July the 12th.

Enrico Rosa has been teaching on Conservatories and other Musical Institutes since 1979 and has been a part of the creation of the Conservatory of Jazz/Funk/Rock in Denmark as well as the complementary music education as MGK in Denmark.