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Santo Florelli

Santo was born in Sicily and spent part of his childhood in New Jersey. In the early 90’s he began studying with the composer and drummer Max Biaselli Graduated from the Liceo Artistico P. Klee in Genoa, Italy, which along with academics, also specialized in visual communication and design. In 2000 he continued his music studies at the Modern Music Academy in Milan. He took private lessons with the renowned Italian drummer, Agostino Marangolo (Rome). In 2010 he attended the Collective Music College in Manhattan. In addition to pursuing his own studies, he’s also been a music teacher since 1998 at several institutions: Liceo Scientifico Cassini, Genoa Accademia Artistica Sinafe, Genoa Città Della Musica, in Genoa Farrington Music in Burlington, NJ. Conducted master classes in percussion at Percfest, Italy which is an annual international musical festival and learning symposium. He’s worked with many Italian jazz, latin, pop and rock bands and theatrical production companies. He’s also collaborated with Franz di Cioccio (PFM), Emanuele Dabbono (multi Platinum artist) and numerous well-known artists of the Italian music scene. He was dubbed the “Master of Musical Sensitivity” in the February 2012 issue of “Drum” magazine. He is an artist endorser for both Rotodrum and Saluda cymbals. Besides being a member of Emanuele Dabbono projects, he also currently works with Doug Travis , Sight by Sound project, Clark Kent Phone Booth and the Italian-Argentine band Aparecidos, which tours Europe.

Music collaborations: Emanuele Dabbono, Terrence Brown, Fraz di Cioccio (PFM), Matteo Merli, Korey Riker, Jimmy Weinstein, Tommaso Rolando, Alfie Pollitt, Matteo Cerboncini, Marco Cravero, Marcello Picchioni, Giulio Gaietto, Bobby Soul, Martin Grace (Delirium), Carlo Aonzo, Facundo e Santiago Moreno, Silvia Dainese, Marco Tindiglia, John Solley, Alberto Malnati, Joe Torricelli...

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Discography: “Canto di spine”(2004) , “Lo que hay en el charco” (2009) Dodicilune Label (www.dodicilune.it), Twelve Days of Fitness” (2010), Palito bombom (2011 ), Best Before Sunrse (2018).