Kunstuniversität GRAZ
Music Education Department - Jazz Piano (AT)
Date of Birth: 19/10/1989
Place of Birth: Palermo, Italy
Piano, Keyboards and Synths Player / Composer / Arranger / Sound Engineer / Educator
EDUCATION
15/08/2018 – 15/04/2019:
Sound Engineering – Recording, Mixing, Mastering and Steinberg Certification with an AES sound engineer and a certified Steinberg tutor/trainer
Roxy Studio – Steinberg Center and Warner Official Supplier, Palermo (Italy)
5/10/2015 – 29/10/2017:
Music Education Bachelor of Arts – Jazz
Kunstuniversität, Graz (Austria).
7/10/2013 – 26/10/2015:
Master of Arts - Jazz Piano
Kunstuniversität Graz (Austria) – “Mediterranea Suite”: Development of a melodic, harmonic and rhythmic process.
2/10/2009 – 23/6/2013:
Bachelor of Arts - Jazz Piano
Kunstuniversität, Graz (Austria).
3/10/2005 – 23/06/2008:
“The Brass Group” School
Jazz Piano
6/10/2003 – 30/6/2009:
Conservatory of Palermo, IT
Classical/Jazz
EXPERIENCE
From 23/2/2018 on:
Online Music Teacher at MusicU Live - Toronto (CDN)
From 28/9/2009 on:
Musician: Graz (Austria) – Piano & Keyboards Player - Composer - Arranger - Sound Designer - Mixing & Mastering Engineer - Educator.
2017:
Performer with the Hangway Big Band, which hosted the young talent Louis Dowdeswell as Lead Trumpet, one of the most requested trumpet player at an international level by a lot of artists of different genres.
2014:
Founder of the World-Fusion international project “Pangea Project”, with which he had the opportunity to perform in Austria and Slovenia.
Part of an international group of Afro-Cuban music, called “Barrio MIxto”, with which he performed in Austria and Italy, and organized also several Latin music workshops in Graz.
2012:
Performer at the club "Le Scimmie" in Milano, as part of the international Cinzia Catania Quintet during the final stages of the European Jazz Contest.
2009:
Performer with the jazz orchestra of the Conservatory of Palermo at Villa Celimontana (Rome), in a tribute concert to the great pianist and composer Luca Flores.
2005:
First Jazz Festival – big band piano player
14/2/2004 – 27/9/2009:
Musician: Palermo (Italy)