I was born in Venice / Italy in 1967. I took my first music lessons at the age of seven starting with the piano. When I was about 17 I got interested in rock and blues, studying guitar with the late Germano Serafin (who played with Le Orme, a famous band in the 70’s in Italy).
Subsequently, after working together with several bands in the Northeast of Italy, I get interested in jazz and fusion, collaborating with U.T. Gandhi (Enrico Rava`s Electric Five). I attends different seminars (Frank Gambale, Mike Stern, John Taylor, Robert Dick). Before I arrived in London I kept the teaching assignment of jazz guitar at the Music Institute "Alfabeta"in Mantova and "Centro Educazione Musicale di Pordenone", I was a member of the quartet "Loudjazz" and of the project “Quadra Quartetâ€, with whom I recorded, my own trio with U.T. Ghandi (drums) and Giovanni Maier (doublebass). I had also played in many different situations (trio with Hammond, duo with guitar, ecc.). I played with a lot of famous jazz musicians, like Marc Abrams (Chet Baker), Max Dall`Omo (Barry Harrys), U.T. Gandhi and Giovanni Majer , Gianni Cazzola (Charlie Mariano, Lee Konitz), Riccardo Fioravanti (Massimo Urbani), Marco Ricci (John Stowell), At the moment I am teaching guitar at the Chelsea Independent College, and I play with some London based fantastic musicians, like Brian Edwards (sax), Roberto Manzin (Sax) Henrik Jensen (Double Bass) and Miles Danso.PartecipationsMay 2007
London Guitar Festival Queen Elizabeth Halls – Foier stage performance:
Duo with Henrik Jensen.Summer 2004
Cremona Jazz Festival with U.T. Gandhi (drums), G. Maier (doublebass)Winter 2003
Varese Jazz Festival “Art Blakey Jazz Club†with G.Cazzola (drums), R. Fioravanti (doublebass), E. Sartori (clarinetto, alto sax).Winter 2003
Cremona Jazz Festival with U.T Gandhi (drums), G. Maier (doublebass)Summer 2002
Ostiano Jazz Festival with P. Mappa (drums), Bruno Marini (Hammond)Summer 2002
Jazz Festival in Venice “S.Marco Jazz†with M. Dall`Omo (drums), A. Dondi (piano), N.Catacchio (double bass).Summer 2002
Jazz Festival in Cremona with U.T. Gandhi (drums), N. Catacchio.March 2002
Jazz Festival in Jesolo (Venice) with U.T. Gandhi (drums), N.Catacchio (doublebass)Winter 2002
Jazz Festival in Como Jazz Club with U.T Gandhi (drums), N. CatacchioSummer 2001
Jazz festival in Cremona with F.Lanzo (drum) N. Catacchio (doublebass)EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONMarch 2004 University of Pavia Degree in Musicology
treating the morphology of Django Reinhardt's guitar.Sept. 2003 Ostiano (Cremona) Workshop Masterclass
with F. TarresWinter 2002-3 Imola (Bologna) Private Lesson with
Tomaso LamaAug. 2002 International Competition of Arrangement First Price
and Composition for jazz orchestraJuly 2002 Siena Summer Jazz Masterclass Certificate of ParticipationJune 2001 Cremona, Palazzo Trecchi Masterclass with
J. StowellFeb 2000 Brescia, Scuola di Musica Workshop with M. SternApril 1999 CPM, Milano Workshop with F. GambaleNov 1998 University of Pavia Workshop with Robert DickApril 1997 Jesolo, Auditorium Workshop with John TaylorWinter 1997 Cremona, Circolo ARCI Masterclass Jazz WorkshopJune 1996 CPM, Milano Diploma in Jazz Guitar
Create your own visitor map!
