Alberto Pinton

Alberto has released sixteen albums of original music, fourteen as leader and two as co-leader, with the following constellations: Alberto Pinton Clear Now, Dog Out, Alberto Pinton Quintet, Pinton/Kullhammar/Zetterberg/Nordeson, Alberto Pinton Nascent, Alberto Pinton Noi Siamo, Alberto Pinton Sestetto Contemporaneo, Alberto Pinton Trio, Alberto Pinton Solo & the latest NUQuartet.

Alberto Pinton has toured and performed with Kenny Wheeler, John Surman, John Warren, Bob Brookmeyer, Maria Schneider, Jerry Bergonzi, Lennart Åberg, Nils Landgren, Nils Lindberg, Georg Riedel, Lina Nyberg, Magnus Lindgren, Kenny Werner, Steve Grey, Norma Winstone, George Russell, Tim Hagans, Peter Erskine, Joe Lovano, Steve Swallow, Carla Bley, Adam Nussbaum, Jim McNeely, Danilo Perez, Kathrine Windfeld, bassist Avishai Cohen, trumpeter Avishai Cohen, Django Bates, Swedish Radio Jazz Group, Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, Norrbotten Big Band, Peter Asplund Jazz Orchestra, Håkan Broström New Places Orchestra, Ann-Sofi Söderqvist Jazz Orchestra, Bohuslän Big Band.

His teaching experience, includes classes of ear training, improvisation, ensemble and instrumental lessons at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Master classes in Sweden, Italy and Canada.

Alberto received full scholarships from the Berklee College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree in Saxophone Performance at Berklee, Boston, in 1990 and with a Master's Degree in Saxophone Performance at the Manhattan School of Music, New York in 1995. During his four years stay in the USA, Alberto studied the saxophone with Hamiet Bluiett, Joe Temperley, George Garzone, Joe Viola, Dick Oatts, Gary Smulyan, Jerry Bergonzi, John Purcell. Theory and composition studies with Ed Tomassi, Hal Crook, Maria Schneider, Ludmila Ulehla and Nils Vigeland.

Born and raised in Marghera, an industrial town outside of Venice, Italy, he currently lives in Stockholm, Sweden.

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