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Self taught from the age of eight, in 1991 Davide received his degree in the Discipline of Art, Music and Shows-Performance at the University of Bologna, Italy. In 1996 he won the “First Prize Jazz Section G. Gershwin Award†at the International Piano Competition Ibla-New York Grand Prize.
Beginning in the mid 1970’s he carried out intensive concert activity and participated in several competitions, as well as numerous international jazz festivals doing tours outside of Europe and also in the U.S.A. and in Japan.
Davide has collaborated with various musicians, among which are Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Urbie Green, Benny Golson, Dave Liebman.
To date, he has recorded sixteen albums, seven of which Davide is leader and composer. Quiet (1989, BMG-Mac); Broceliande Fairy Tales (1991, Ricordi-Les Folies Art); Tambor Sagrado (1994, Le Parc-High Tide); Be Tune (1996, Philology); To Bill Evans (1998, Philology); Rhythm And Changes (2004, Just Jazz-Sony Germany-PJL Japan); Sonority (2005, King Japan).
He has also dedicated himself to teaching and writing instructional books for BMG-Ricordi, methods, Jazz – L’arte dell’ Armonizzazione (2000), J.A.D.A. – Appendice Con Armonizzazioni Ragionate (2001) and Jazz – L’arte dell’ Armonizzazione Complete Edition (2004) and translating into Italian methods published by Hal Leonard Keyboard Style Series (2004/2005).
Davide currently resides in Trani, Italy. He is the instructor of Piano, Harmony and Composition for the Jazz Music degree program at the “N. Piccinni†Music Conservatory of Bari, Italy.
