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Lorenzo Bellini

Lorenzo Bellini is a pianist, composer and bandleader based in Vienna (AUT). Strongly influenced by New York pianists Mulgrew Miller and Kenny Kirkland, Bellini’s composition incorporates a mixture of harmonic depth and melodic clarity and Gospel feel. His music has been defined “vital energy, essential, pure, bright and deeply serious” (Garda Jazz Festival) and “powerful, imaginative, innovative, courageous, dynamic yet poetic, romantic, lyrical and super genuine” (Tiger Okoshi). In 2021 he released his first album of original compositions, Love Grain; followed by Source, recorded with his Italian quartet and soon to be published in 2025 by Gleam Records. In 2021, he graduated from Berklee College of Music of Boston (US) with a major in Performance. In 2022 he received a Scholarship by the Royal Academy of Music in London (UK), where he moved after 4 years living in the States, attending the Master in Jazz Piano. As a bandleader, he leads two bands: the London based Cloudy Peaks (with Kasper Rietkerk, Guy Dempsey and Luke McCarthy) and his Italian quartet formed by Luca De Toni on guitar, Matteo Padoin on bass and Andrea Dionisi on drums. With the latter, in 2023, he was awarded the 1st prize at the Music4TheNextGeneration Contest in Italy for the best composition, Source. Musical Director and side man, he has performed with artists like Tiger Okoshi, Ni Maxine, Dennis Montgomery, Christelle Pascall and Roberta Gentile.

Awards

1st prize at the prestigious Music 4 the Next Generation Contest

Lorenzo Bellini: Source

by Neil Duggan
June 26, 2025

Source marks the sophomore release from Italian pianist Lorenzo Bellini. After graduating from Boston's Berklee College of Music in 2021 with a performance major, Bellini formed lasting partnerships with his quartet members: guitarist Luca De Toni, bassist Matteo Padoin and drummer Andrea Dionisi, all fellow Berklee alumni who join him on this release. Following his time in the U.S., Bellini then studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. His expanding vision led to the formation of a second ...

As we all know by now, good is not enough to be able to stand out anymore….Lorenzo Bellini’s music is “Wow!” “This is it!”

Powerful, imaginative, innovative, courageous, dynamic yet poetic, romantic, lyrical and super genuine. His music should and will reach out to many true music lovers in the world.

It certainly reached deeply in my soul. Beautiful! Amazing! Bravo!

Tiger Okoshi

“This is an incredibly fresh sounding album, full of surprises, virtuosity and beauty – as a group they shift between colours effortlessly, and the fluidity of the solos brings everything together.”