Stefano Bollani
The music of the pianist Stefano Bollani lives under the sign of irony, a pronounced italian flavour, a bubbly tie with the past. Characteristics that are evident in his three records published by the french company Label Bleu: Les fleures bleues, with Scott Colley (bass) and Clarence Penn (drums), which is inspired by the world of the writer Raymond Queneau; Smat Smat, a solo album and Concertone for jazz trio and symphonic orchestra (coming out soon).
His playing record is vast, extending a full 360° around.
His professional debut came at the age 15. Since then, he was involved in more than 70 records and in concerts in all the most important festivals all aorund the world, such as Umbria jazz, Saalfelden, Montreal or the North Sea; he’s been performing on very prestigious stages (La Scala di Milano, Town Hall in New York).
After being graduated with full honours cum laudae at the conservatory L. Cherubini in Firenze (1993), he’s been touring Europe as a keyboard player with famous italian pop singers.
As the best new talent in italian jazz, he won the referendum of the review Musica Jazz in 1998 and the italian Django d’ or in 2000.
In 2003, the Japanese magazine Swing journal awarded him the New Star award, first time ever for a European musician.
Some of his collaborations are: Richard Galliano, Aldo Romano, Gato Barbieri, Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Pat Metheny, Miroslav Vitous, Michel Portal, Hector Zazou, Sainhko Namtchylak, first of all his mentor Enrico Rava, whom he’ s been playing since 1996.
http://www.stefanobollani.com/
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