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Mario Fragiacomo

Born: April 26, 1954

MARIO FRAGIACOMO, trumpetist, flugelhornist, composer was born in Triest (Italy). He started studying music privately when he was 9 years old. His father, a former band player, is the one who first turned his 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 the accountancy school. In 1971 he had the opportunity of playing with the Silvio Donati Jazz group at the Bayreuth Youth International Festival in Germany. Following a co-operation with various musical groups, in 1973 he formed the "Trieste Jazz Ensemble", and with this group he performed several concerts of "Free jazz"