Francesco Salomoni approached flute at age 8, soon switching on guitar. During the years he spent in Cremona, Italy, he had his first classical education and became a name in the local music scene.
After moving to Rome he fell in love with the trombone "my prison and my joy" he likes to say.He had a classical education on trombone attending conservatory and studying with Maurizio Persia, bass trombone of the Accademia Nazionale di S.Cecilia. Inspired by the playing of multiinstrumentalist Michael Supnick Francesco started looking in different directions and found a new world during his first experience at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. He spent a whole summer there and in 2005 he was awarded with a Scholarship to attend a Summer Performance Program.
He had the opportunity to study with personalities such as Phil Wilson, Lin Biviano, Charles Lewis, Tiger Okoshi just to name a few.
He understood that Boston was the place where he had to stay to grow as a musician. But that wasn't the time yet so he went back to Italy where he attended another year at conservatory in the jazz department.
At the same time he organized a quartet and started performing in clubs around Rome, receiving some good reviews. He also played with the big band directed by Gianni Oddi and took part in theater and tv shows. Besides this he was hired for other orchestra gigs and joined Baritone Saxophonist Red Pellini in hot jam sessions.
In 2006 he decided to move to the USA with his fiancee, and after being selected for a residency at Atlantic Center for the Arts with Sam Rivers, he was sure that Florida would be his new home.
Inspired by the work with Sam Rivers Francesco composed the music of the Free Art Project first album, Miami seen with foreigner eyes. The Free Art Project wants to be a cauldron of art where music, visual arts and performing arts can be together and interact.
Francesco is an enthusiast partecipant of the sessions organized by the Hot Jazz Alligator Gumbo Society in Pompano Beach, FL.
After meeting a violinist in Downtown Miami he had the chance to shine his symphonic trombone and joined the Alhambra Symphony Orchestra.
In 2007 Francesco served as a brass instruments teacher at Kendall Conservatory of Music in Miami, FL.
Since 2008 Francesco is president of the Hot Jazz Club of Miami, preserving and promoting traditional jazz.
2009 brought a new opportunity of musical development and making new friends in the form of VNP: Very Normal People Band, where Francesco happily keeps playing his trombone.
