Bruno Valle

Biography
Teacher

Bruno Valle was born in 1993. His enthusiasm for music developed at the early age of 8 when he would start playing the trombone in the ESMU de Burela and the Seminario de Jazz. Always concerned about his education, he soon starts to study at the Conservatory of Music. A few years later, in 2012, he moves to San Sebastián to study a Bachelor in Jazz Trombone at the Centro Superior de Música del País Vasco en San Sebastián (Musikene). In 2017 he moves to the Netherlands to study a Master of Music where he graduated in 2019.

He has been taught by great trombone players such as Carlos Martín, Ilja Reijngoud, Elliot Mason, Bert Boeren y Andy Hunter. Moreover, he has received lessons from outstanding musicians such as Bob Sands, Steve Davis, Tineke Postma y Mariano Diaz and assisted to master classes with well recognized musicians such as Ben Wendel, Mark Guiliana, Donny McCaslin, Ari Hoenig, Antonio Hart, Michael Mossman, David Binney, Nate Wood, Maria Schneider, Robin Eubanks, Bob McChesney, among others.

In 2018 he was selected to be part of the Generations Jazz Festival in Switzerland, where under the conductor Maria Schneider, he has had the opportunity to perform various concerts with the Generations Big Band.

He has been finalist in competitions like the Jazz at Duketown 2018 Competition with Daniel Clason Ensemble or the Mechelen Jazz 2018 Competition with PAGODA.

He has played in jazz festivals such as the Generations Jazz Festival (Switzerland); Mechelen Jazz Festival (Belgium); Breda Jazz Festival (Netherlands); Jazz in Duketown (Netherlands); Festival de Jazz de Madrid (ES), Rotterdam Caribbean Festival (Netherlands); Heineken Jazzaldia of San Sebastián (Spain); CanJazz – International Jazz Festival of Cangas (Spain); Festival Interceltique de Lorient (France), among others.

Furthermore, he has had the opportunity to share stage and play with well recognized artists such as Maria Schneider, Donny McCaslin, Ben Wendel, Nate Wood, Reinier Baas, Perico Sambeat, Ilja Reijngoud, Bob Sands, Bobby Martínez, Carlos Martin, among others and collaborate with many international artists and bands.

He currently combines his activity as a professional musician with teaching.