ELISA MINI – CANTO

Her musical studies began in her adolescence by studying Classical Guitar and Piano.She has studied voice and specialised in the stylings and language of jazz with some of the more notable figures of international jazz : Avishai Cohen, Jeremy Pelt, John Taylor, Steven Bernstein, Diana Torto, Bob Stoloff, Barry Harris, Stefania Scarinzi, Jay Clayton, Maria Pia De Vito, Sheila Jordan, Rachel Gould, Cameron Brown, Francisco Mela. Singer, composer and arranger, graduated with honors at Conservatory of Bologna in 2013 studying with Diana Torto. She partecipated in many Italian jazz competitions and won the first Prize in The “Festival Delle Arti” (BO), “Best Artist” in the Fara Sabina Summer School (2011), Best Soloist in the Solevoci International Contest (2016) and was finalist in the prestigious jazz contest “Scrivere in Jazz” in 2012. In 2013 was one of the students of the European Jazz School, performing in Bordeaux and Frankfurt. After trading a path of intense on-stage activity all over Italy and abroad as singer and backvocalist, participating with the ONJGT orchestra in the most important jazz festivals such as Umbria Jazz, Iseo Jazz, Nantes Jazz Festival, Torino Jazz festival and sharing the stage with prominent musicians such as Rosario Giuliani, Gianluigi Trovesi and Enrico Rava, is now presenting her latest work where she is composer and author.

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