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Pietro Valente

Pietro Valente - drummer and composer

About Me

Pietro Valente was born in Padua (Italy) on April 29th 1982. He started to play drums at the age of 8 and when he was 15 he was already performing with rock bands in the city clubs. In 2001 he entered in Università della Musica di Roma and he graduated with the best grades in 2006. At the 2006 Umbria Jazz Workshop he had been chosen as best drummer to perform at the 2006 Umbria Jazz Winter Festival and few weeks later he was the only drummer who won the scholarship at Siena Jazz Clinics. He performed in the music festivals in Italy and Asia, such as: Umbria Jazz Winter, Taichung Jazz Festival, Kaushung Lantern Festival, Porsche Jazz Festival, Shanghai JZ Festival, International Music Meeting, Veneto jazz, Festival di Verdura, Vicenza jazz, etc. In 2007 he recorded three CDs with the top jazz musicians in Taiwan for the Better Music of Taipei, and the CD “Reflection” has won the “2009 GOLDEN MELODY AWARD” as “Best Instrumental Album”. In 2010 his first album as a leader “Tales from the Far East” was published by Freecom and produced by “Circolo Jazz Verona”, an association who chose Pietro in 2009 as young Italian talent of the year.