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Guitarist, Composer, Vocalist. He graduated at the Conservatory of Classical Guitar when he was very young with the highest score and later on he got a degree in Jazz Music, too. Before that, when he was 10 he started his studies in Classical Guitar and when he was 13, he started performing as an artist in several concerts, something which paid him international credit. He traveled across different countries (Europe, U.S.A and Africa) and he experimented different music styles: this enabled him to develop his own personal style, which includes Jazz, in the frame of a variety of musical cultures, imported from different corners of the world and elaborated through his personal approach. His music could then benefit from the use of various instruments from different parts of the world. He attended courses at the Berklee School and seminars held by Mick Goodrick, Frank Gambale, Jim Kelly and John Hammond. Later on in New York, he met famous musicians such as Mike Stern, Richard Bona, Larry Coryell . Since 1999 he has written and performed soundtracks for films and short films, working with important directors, like Pasquale Squitieri, in his film ‘’Li chiamarono… Briganti’’ He played for Rai, Mediaset and the Vatican Radio and worked with different groups and Orchestra conductors including the Oscar awarded Nicola Piovani. He also performed and recorded with: Nasheet Waits, Enrico Pieranunzi, Jeanne Carroll, Greg Lewis, Rick Stone, Massimo Moriconi, Cicci Santucci, Francesco Puglisi, Franco Piana, Emilio Soana, Mike Applebaun, Gavino Murgia, Massimo Manzi, Riccardo Arrighini, Andrea Guerra, Michele Rabbia. In 1999 he performed with Christian De Sica in the Musical ‘’Tribute to G. Gershwin – An American in Paris’’ with the Universe Orchestra conducted by Marco Tiso. In 2007 and 2008 he worked again with Christian De Sica in another successful Musical entitled ‘’Parlami di me’’, written by Maurizio Costanzo and Enrico Vaime. In 2002 he performed in a concert in Mantova, at the presence of the Nobel Prize awarded, Rita Levi Montalcini. He also played in non-jazz musical ambiances; he performed with Ambrogio Sparagna, Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, Kay McCarthy, Raffaello Simeoni, Massimo Giuntini, Vicenzo Zitello, guitarist Franco Ventura, Rodolfo Maltese and in the group: “The Greenochâ€.As a leading artist he has recorded two albums; “According to me†and “Crossworld†– for the label – Philology. He also came up with his own track in the compilation of “Fairylands Collection IIâ€. .Discography:
CROSSWORLD - Introducing Luigi Pignatiello Quartet (Philology),
ACCORDING TO ME - Luigi Pignatiello Trio (Philology),
www.luigipignatiello.it