Download BIOGRAFIA I am a Grammy nominated performer , composer and

BIOGRAFIA
I am a Grammy nominated performer , composer and arranger well known around the world for my
achievements in Jazz and commercial music . I am also a dedicated teacher of trumpet,
improvisation and music in general. Since the beginning of my long performing career I have
enjoyed sharing my knowledge of the instrument and of the art of improvisation . I have written my
first Method for Improvisation for all instruments ( published in Italy) and I am planning to write
more. I am very patient and understanding in dealing with any difficulties my pupils might
encounter, and as a result they always enthusiastically overcome them.
Education
Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, Italy 1981-84
Diploma in Solfege, Conservatory of Livorno, Italy 1983
Diploma in Commercial Arranging, Dick Grove School, Los Angeles 1986-87
Diploma in Performance, Berklee College of Music, Boston 1988- 1990
Diploma in Advanced Brass Master Class with Allen Vizzutti, Santa Fiora, Italy 2008
Private lessons with:
Uan Rasey, former lead trumpet of the Metro Goldwin Meyer Orchestra
Vince Penzerella, New York Philarmonic
and Jazz greats Donald Byrd, Terence Blanchard, Kenny Wheeler, Enrico Rava
Awards:
Grammy Nomination with Groove Collective for Best Contemporary Jazz Album 2006
2nd prize at the Barga Big Band Arranging Competition
Barga, Italy, 1988
2nd prize at the Leverkusen Jazz Competition for Newcomers
Leverkusen, Germany 1982
Performance:
I played in the most important Jazz Festivals of the world including:
JVC New York, Montreaux, Nice, North Sea, UmbriaJazz, Montreal, Roskilde, Madarao. Theatres
and clubs including Town Hall, Symphony Space , Blue Note (New York, Tokyo and Nagoya),
Birdland, BBKing's, Irving Plaza, New Morning (Paris, France) Paradiso ( Amsterdam,
Netherlands). Recorded and produced over 30 albums of which 7 as a leader.
Also played with Jovanotti, the Mingus Big Band, the Village Vanguard Orchestra, Groove
Collective, Maxwell, Urban Tap.
Teaching:
CAM school of music, Florence , Italy
1982-86 trumpet teacher
UmbriaJazz Festival, Italy
1989-91 Berklee Clinics Trumpet Teacher Assistant
New York
1993-2006
private lessons , trumpet and improvisation teacher
Music Farm University, Empoli Italy
2005 Trumpet and Improvisation Master Class , Teacher
Universita' della Musica, Rome, Italy
2005 Improvisation Master Class , Teacher
Taranto, Italy
2006 Improvisation Master Class , Teacher
Smalls Jazz Club, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Improvisation Master Class , Teacher
Tel Aviv, Israel
February 2009 trumpet and improvisation Master Class , Teacher
CAM school of music, Florence , Italy
February 2009 improvisation Master Class , Teacher
Centro Didattico Produzione Musica, Bergamo, Italy
February 2009 trumpet and improvisation Master Class , Teacher
Scuola di Musica "Thelonious Monk" , Mira, Italy
October 2013
Conduction masterclass