Lorenzo Cimino

Lorenzo Cimino graduated in trumpet and jazz composition. He is a teacher of musical instrument at the musical high school La Spezia Italy He is the artistic director of the La Spezia International Jazz Festival He has lectured at the University of Pisa, the Conservatory of Bologna, the Boccherini Lucca Institute. He studied with Pierre Tibhaud, Antoine Curè He has made numerous recordings on behalf of Rai, solo CDs and won the audition for First trumpet in the orchestra of the Festival di Fermo.

I have carried out an intense concert activity, founding and working the Ensemble Scelsi for 10 years, also performing numerous compositions in absolute first performances. Many composers have dedicated pieces to his trumpet such as: Giorgio Gaslini, Luciano Chailly, Pietro Grossi, Marco Betta, Piero Luigi Zangelmi, Claudio Josè Boncompagni, Fernando Mencherini, Gaetano Giani Luporini, Giovanni Sollima, Giuseppe Bruno, Paola Ciarlantini, Andrea Nicoli. These works are collected in the Cd 60 x 1 and Blue Freak He has also played with: Giorgio Gaslini, Tony Scott, Dado Moroni, Andrea Giuffedi, Mattia Cigalini, Flavio Boltro.

In 1997 he was among the soloists who inaugurated the Teatro Comunale di Noto (Sr) alongside Katia Ricciarelli and the Archi della Scala. In 1998 he participated in the realization of the CD “Amore Pirata” and Il Manifesto alongside Lester Bowie

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He has participated as a soloist in the following Festivals and Reviews: Anfiteatro Jazz (Lucca); Bologna Sogna (Bologna); Musical Evenings (Milan); in Germany Unna, Ludenscheid and Bochum for the Neue Kammermusik review; Romaeuropa; Trieste Contemporanea, Goethe Institut; Manzoni Theater (Pistoia); Teatro delle Erbe (Milan); Giglio Theater (Lucca); Municipal Theater (Noto); Municipal Theater (Florence); Verdi Theater (Pisa), Civic Theater (La Spezia), Pacini Theater (Pescia), Cathedral (Cefalù), Sirmione for the Great Summer, Summer Spezzina, Pescara S.Andrea Theater, Sestri Levante Andersen Festival, Piacenza Palazzo Farnese, Quimper ( Festival de cuivre), Bari Cathedral, Sulmona Midnight Concerts, Lerici Music Festival, Rossini Open, Cluster Music Festival Lucca.

In 2016, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Dadaism, he plays and writes the music of the “WiTz” Performance, the only Italian project awarded by the Dada 100 Foundation in Zurich.

In 2018 he released his first CD as composer “Mondo Volato” and Blue Freak.

In 2020 he participates with 2 of his compositions at the Festival della Chigiana Siena.

In 2021 he takes care of the arrangements for the tribute to Fred Buscaglione and plays with Peppe Servillo, Javier Girotto.

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