Mauro Brunini

Born in 1977,
he graduated in trumpet at the italian Conservatory "G. Cantelli ” of Novara.

Over the time he collaborated with many artists of the Italian jazz scene including P. Iodice, P. Fresu, D.Douglas, T.Tracanna, G. Comeglio, E. Soana, A. Zanchi, G. Cazzola... performing in prestigious stages such as in Milan the Blue the Note, Dal Verme Theater, Verdi Auditorium Largo Mahler. Abroad he played in KKL Luzern, Blues to Bop stage in Lugano (2013), Montreux Jazz Festival (2014) with the singer Iris Monè and with the ReFunk Band” (2017),“Ascona New Orleans Jazz Festival 28th & 29th Edition” performing with artists coming from the New Orleans area, the American artists Sherrita Duran for her soul band and Stephanie Urbina Jones in a honkytonk mariachi tex-mex show.

In Italy he won the first prize National Jazz Competition in Novara (2004), in 2005 and 2011 is selected among the finalists for the recognized international jazz competition "Premio Massimo Urbani".

He performed in festivals playing with different kind of artists and bands such as the "Musicultura Festival – Macerata", "Film Festival - Locarno" RSI live music stage, "Montecarlo Film Festival de la Comèdie” performing with some guest international artists like Mario Biondi and Caro Emerald.
He plays also  latin music with "La Maxima79" Orquesta visiting the major European cities and participating in an international tour touching Singapore, China, Mexico, Colombia.

Actually the jazz projects under his own name are  the "Jazz Around brasil" and a Jazz Quintet where he plays the style of the Hard Bop era and the last bu not the least  this special project entitled “Trumpet with Strings” a tribute to Chet Baker and to the jazz ballads played and arranged for trumpet, jazz trio and a strings quartet.

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