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Mario Fragiacomo

Born: April 26, 1954

MARIO FRAGIACOMO, trumpetist, flugelhornist, composer was born in Triest (Italy). He started studyingmusic privately when he was 9 years old. His father, a former band player, is the one who first turnedhis thoughts into studying wind instruments. At 12 he started playing in the "Ricreatorio G. Brunner"band of Triest.

In the sixties he attended at the same time both the Conservatory "G. Tartini" in Triest and theaccountancy school. In 1971 he had the opportunity of playing with the Silvio Donati Jazz group at theBayreuth Youth International Festival in Germany. Following a co-operation with various musicalgroups, in 1973 he formed the "Trieste Jazz Ensemble", and with this group he performed severalconcerts of "Free jazz". He devoted then himself to the study of contemporary music, going deeper intothe study of jazz music. After moving to Milan, he improved his studies at "Nuova Milano Musica" withSergio Fanni and Luciano Biasutti. In 1977 he took part of a study seminar with Evan Parker and AndreaCentazzo and the Course on Jazz Music held in Milan by Giorgio Gaslini at the "Giuseppe Verdi"Conservatoire and subsequenthly entered his Big Band.