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Aisha is almost ten years-old when she begins to play classical piano.
She attends then the Jazz Department of "Sweelinck Conservatory" of Amsterdam in 98/99.
In 2000, Aisha returns to Italy and studies with of M° Paolo Birro.
Contemporarily, she attends the "Music University " in Rome; she attends 3 years in one receiving a scholarship for Berklee summer workshops.
She attends the Summer workshops of the "Berklee College"; contemporarily, she attends other workshops leaded by some of the most important italian and foreign artists (the same Paolo Birro, John Taylor, Larry Goldings, Alain Caron, Stefano Battaglia, Franco D'Andrea, Tony Scott, Maria Pia De Vito,Barry Harris..) and the Venice conservatory, studying classical piano with M° Anna Barutti.Aisha performs in the meantime in many jazz-clubs and theaters and plays with high-level italian artists as Sandro Gibellini, Carlo Atti, David Boato, Piero Odorici, Enzo Carpentieri, Marc Abrams, Robert Bonisolo, Mauro Beggio, Fabrizio Bosso, Bruno Marini, Pietro Tonolo, Claudio Fasoli, Marco Tamburini and others.FESTIVAL"EtnoMusic Competition" in Milano (event in which Stanley Jordan has performed as special guest); in this contest, Aisha Ruggieri Quartet wins a prize for the original music written and arranged by Aisha for quartet;
Terni Jazz Festival
Padova Jazz Festival
Modena Jazz Festival
Woma Jazz Festival
Fandango Jazz festival
Lucca Jazz Festival
Siena Jazz Festival
Pavone Canavese Jazz festival
and othersThe festivals she has performed in with her trio included artists as Stanley Jordan, Dave Holland, Geri Allen, David Liebman, Tony Scott, Steve GrossmanAt the end of 2004, she spents some time in NY City , recording her debut album A-SYMMETRY in New York city, produced by english label 33 jazz records with Joe Strasser and Paul Gill and then by touring in 2005 in Italy with her NYC Trio, performing in some of the most popular jazz clubs.
COMING OUT NEXT (MAY 2008) GAS TRIO DEBUT ALBUM.
