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Skills:
soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone
classical and jazz saxophonist
compositions and arrangements
200+concerts across Italy, France and Switzerland
Teaching
Orchestra Saxophone Player
Arturo Toscanini Foundation, Parma, 2020 - 2023
40+ concerts per year: film scores, chamber music, saxophone quartet, combo jazz, big band jazz, classical music and Opera
Jazz Saxophone Player
Italy, 2022 - 2023
San Teodoro Jazz Festival 2023, Novara Jazz Festival 2023, Salsomaggiore Castello in Jazz 2022, Jazz and Wine Parma 2022
Milestone Piacenza Jazz Festival 2022
Saxophone Teacher
“Camillo Golgi” High School, Brescia, Italy, 2021 - 2023
Teaching saxophone to five students starting from basic skills up to bachelor level
Concerto Soloist
Paganini Auditorium, Parma, 2016 - 2018
R. Strauss, Oboe Concert in D major, Soprano saxophone transcription
A. Glazunov, Concerto op. 109 in E flat
EDUCATION
Master in Performance - Jazz Saxophone
“G. Nicolini” Conservatory of Music, Piacenza, Italy, 2020 - 2023
Study of modern and traditional jazz repertoire, under the teaching of Mattia Cigalini
Jazz composition and arrangement of small and large ensambles under the teaching of Enrico Zanisi and Andrea Saffirio
Master in Performance - Classical Saxophone
“A. Boito” Conservatory of Music, Parma, Italy, 2016 - 2018
Study of classical chamber music and contemporary soloist concerts for alto, tenor and soprano saxophone under the teaching of Massimo Ferraguti
Diploma in Classical Saxophone (equivalent to Bachelor + Master)
“A. Boito” Conservatory of Music, Parma, Italy, 2009 - 2016
Study of techniques and tone of saxophone Study of soloist and chamber music repertoire Study of orchestra repertoire
MUSIC COMPETITIONS
Premio Crescendo, Firenze, Italy, 2017 - 2nd Prize
“Jacopo Napoli” European Music Competition, Salerno,
Italy, 2013 - 3rd Prize
“Danilo Cipolla” 5th National Music Competition, Cosenza, Italy, 2007 - 1st Prize
Nardis (miles Davis)
St.Thomas (Sonny rollins)
On green Dolphin street (Branislau Kaper)
Yes or No (Wayne shorter)
Moment's Notice (John Coltrane)
Airegin( Sonny Rollins)
Confirmation( Charlie Parker)
317 est 32nd street (Lennie Tristano)
On the sunny side of the street (Jimmy Mchugh)
In Walked Bud ((Thelonious Monk)
Four (Miles Davis)
Spain (Chick Corea)
Body and soul ( Johnny Green)
Darn that Dream (Jimmy Van Hausen)
Giant steps (John Coltrane)
Footprints( Wayne Shorter)
All of me (Gerald Marks)
I Love you ( Cole Porter)
You and the night and the music (Arthur Schwartz)
Dolphin Dance (Herbie Hancock)
the Maze (Herbie Hancock)
Wave (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
Estate (Bruno Martino)
Got a Match? (chick Corea)
etc....
"We need a performance space of at least 8 meters x 5 meters. We require 2 x 13 amp power sockets and 2 parking spaces."
We need to know any directions that will help us find the venue and find the right place to load in our equipment. We’d also need to be informed if there’s a sound limiter in the venue."
"Yes, we’re completely self contained. We bring our own PA system to all of our gigs as well as a simple lighting rig."
"Yes, we’re happy to play music from Spotify before, after and between our sets. We’re happy to choose the music ourselves or let the client choose the music."
I played the day after the John Patitucci trio in Piacenza, for the Piacenza jazz Festival in the Milestone Jazz club.
We love playing at all sorts of events but weddings are our favourite! The guests are always happy and it’s easy to get them dancing."
We started gigging whilst at conservatory and our performances developed from there. Since we started we’ve performed at hundreds of weddings, parties and events across Switzerland and France."
"John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and Charlie Parker: ." They are my saxophone Idols and the most important musicians in history of jazz.
We normally arrive 1 hour before the performance to set up. We normally perform 2 x 60 minute sets. We’re happy to play a bit longer or shorter but we’ve found that these set times suit us and our audiences best."
We’re happy to play outside but we ask for shade, a flat level surface and a power supply close to the performance area."
We can learn specific songs before the event but we usually limit this to 3 songs. The clients are welcome to pick a set list from our repertoire or let us choose the music for them."
Previous customers would describe us as a high energy group that loves to get the audience on their feet dancing."
our most recent clients have been restaurant owners in France and Switzerland and some jazz festival managers.
Rive jazzy festival Nyon, ragtime Geneva, les copains d'abord Pays de Gex, a contresens Ornex, etc.
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