Born in Ferrara, Italy, 1982. With an early interest in jazz, he takes his first clarinet and saxophone lessons in Ferrara. He attends workshops held by Steve Lacy (1998) and Andy Sheppard (2000). He attends the “Seminari senesi di Musica Jazz†(2-weeks international master classes in Siena, Italy) in 2000, 2001 e 2004. After the 2001 edition he has been granted a scholarship for the 13th IASJ (International Association of Schools of Jazz) meeting in Helsinki (2002).
He plays with Enrico Rava's “Under 21†quintet between 2004 and 2005.
He has been working for the internet jazz review All About Jazz – Italy (italia.allaboutjazz.com) as a writer.
He has played in Italy, France, Germany, Slovenia, Finland, Denmark.
He has been featured in these festivals (among others): Bergamo Jazz, Clusone Jazz, Umbria Jazz - Perugia, Musicus Concentus – Firenze, Modena Jazz Festival, Terni in Jazz, Suoni in Cava – Apricena (FG), Fandango Jazz Festival – La Palma Club (Roma), Carega Jazz Festival – Verona, Crossroads – Emilia Romagna, El Garda Rojo – Garda (VR), Lent Festival – Maribor (Slovenia), Piacenza Jazz Fest, Gubbio No Borders – Gubbio (PG), Young Jazz In Town – Foligno (PG), Umbria Jazz Winter – Orvieto (TR).
He has been playing with: Marc Abrams, Ralph Alessi, Pietro Ballestrero, Nelide Bandello, Stefano Battaglia, Francesco Bearzatti, Walter Beltrami, Paolo Birro, Piero Bittolo Bon, Robert Bonisolo, Roberto Bordiga, Antonio Borghini, Domenico Caliri, Tommaso Cappellato, Max Chiarella, Greg Cohen, Giulio Corini, Daniele D'Agaro, Paolo Damiani, Luca Dell'Anna, Zeno De Rossi, Alessandro Fedrigo, Claudio Filippini, Johannes Fink, Danilo Gallo, Jonathan Gee, Ronny Graupe, Kyle Gregory, Michael Griener, Gerhard Gschloessl, Giovanni Guidi, Simone Guiducci, Ulrich Gumpert, Tristan Honsinger, Aljosa Jeric, Daniel Kinzelman, Christian Lillinger, Joao Lobo, Andrea Lombardini, Giovanni Maier, Emanuele Maniscalco, Edoardo Marraffa, Sebastian Merk, Pasquale Mirra, Alessandro Minetto, Giorgio Pacorig, Walter Paoli, Gianluca Petrella, Francesco Ponticelli, Enrico Rava, Stefano Risso, Jan Roder, Alfonso Santimone, Daniele Santimone, Enrico Sartori, Beppe Scardino, Federico Scettri, Stefano Senni, Chris Speed, Massimiliano Sorrentini, Achille Succi, Ares Tavolazzi, Enrico Terragnoli, Diana Torto, The Tiptons, Marco Zanoli, Enzo Zirilli, among others.
He attends the Permanent Workshop held by Stefano Battaglia in Siena since 2004.
In 2006-2007 he writes and performs live music for the play “Metalloâ€, written and performed by Emiliano Pergolari and Michele Bandini and produced by Teatro Stabile dell'Umbria.
He's a member of El Gallo Rojo (www.elgallorojorecords.com) label/collective.
His projects include Headless Cat, Osmiza, Houdini's Cage, El Gallo Rojo double quartet, Rootless, Nimoy. He currently works with Shtik, Gianluca Petrella Cosmic Music Orchestra, Orange Room, Giulio Corini Libero Motu, Hatzel, Kibalcic, Francesco Diodati Neko, Orchestra Vertical, among others.
DISCOGRAPHY:
* Rootless - Brian Had A Little Plate (El Gallo Rojo Records - 2005)
* Zeno De Rossi Shtik - Me'or Einayim (El Gallo Rojo Records - 2007)
* Gianluca Petrella (special guest Paolo Fresu) - Cosmic Music (Gruppo editoriale L'Espresso - 2007)
* Giulio Corini Libero Motu - Libero Motu (El Gallo Rojo Records - 2007)
* Beppe Scardino Orange Room - Orange Room (El Gallo Rojo Records - 2007)
* Osmiza - Pop Gossip (Jazz Engine Records - 2007)
CONTACTS:
mail: [email protected]
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