Simone Quatrana
Appears on:Pianist, Jazz Musician, Teacher, Music Researcher.
Born on May 9th, 1984.
Graduated with honors from the two-year Jazz Piano program at the Nicolini Conservatory in Piacenza.
Diploma in Jazz Piano from the International Academy of Music in Milan, under the guidance of Maestro Franco D’Andrea.
Graduated in Science and Technology of Musical Communication in Milan.
Studied with Franco D’Andrea, Umberto Petrin, Barry Harris, Alberto Tacchini, Fabio Gianni, Mario
Rusca, Gabriele Comeglio, Marco Vaggi, Franco Cerri, Enrico Intra.
Was a pianist for the Civica Jazz Band, which has collaborated with Dave Liebman, Max Roach,
Bobby Watson, David Murray, James Newton, Patrice Caratini, Lennart Aberg, Eddie Daniels, Bob
Brookmeyer, David Raksin, Andrew Hill, Kenny Barron, and Kenny Wheeler.
Has performed with artists such as Peter Brotzmann, Ken Vandermark, Rudi Mahall, Mikolaj
Trzaska, Enrico Rava, Alberto Mandarini, Franco Ambrosetti, Emilio Soana,Marco Vaggi, Roberto
Rossi, Tony Arco, Gabriele Comeglio, Riccardo Luppi, Tiziano Tononi, Daniele Cavallanti, Cristiano
Calcagnile, Tito Mangialajo Rantzer, Francesco Chiapperini, Giancarlo Nino Locatelli, Massimo
Falascone, Paolo Botti, Filippo Monico, Franco Cerri, Giulio Visibelli, Paolo Tomelleri, and the
Civica Jazz Band in Milan.
With various ensembles, he has performed in Italy and Europe, gaining recognition in the world of
radical improvisation, jazz, and free jazz. He has played in many countries, including Austria, the
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Portugal, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Finland, Denmark,
and Germany.
For several years, he has been involved in teaching, gaining experience in teaching modern piano
and jazz, and in managing ensemble music groups.
In November 2016, he held an improvisation workshop at the Civico Musicale Brera Institute in
Novara.
In 2018, he won the National Arts Award for Best Soloist.
In 2020, he won the Nuovo Imaie competition, allowing him to tour and perform solo piano
concerts at major Italian jazz festivals and record an album with a prestigious label.
In 2021 and 2022, he was included in the Top Jazz chart as the best new Italian talent of 2020 and
2021 in Musica Jazz magazine.
He has performed at important festivals and theaters in Italy and abroad, including Ah-Um Milano
Jazz Festival, Novara Jazz, Umbria Jazz Fest, Krakow Jazz Autumn, Jazz it Festival, Jazz Italiano
Per l’Aquila, Jazz Al Piccolo Teatro, Jazz and Culture Festival in Lugano, Aut Fest (Berlin), Break in
Jazz Milano, Ritmo delle Città (Milan), Tales in Jazz, In Tra Jazz e Cinema, Ortica in Jazz, Area M,
Artshot 2015, Valdapozzo Festival 2015, Jazz Italiano per l’Aquila 2015, JAZZ MI, Soresina Jazz
Festival, Parma Jazz Frontiere, Empoli Jazz, Grey Cat Follonica, Sile jazz, and Bergamo Jazz.
• NuTimbre – Risk – dEN-Records [dEN007] 2012
• Rara Avis – Mutation/Multicellulars Mutations – EN-Records [dEN015] 2013
• NuTimbre – Cycles – dEN-Records [dEN019] 2014
• A-Septic – dEN-Records [dENk001] 2014
• Rara Avis – Nottwo Records MW927-2 2015
• Extemporary Vision Ensemble – Our Redemption – Rudi Records [RRJ1027] 2015
• Lupi – Everything Will Be Fine – Bunch Records – BR40-2015
• Insight Trio – Paradigm Shift – Aut Records – AUT029
• SIMONE QUATRANA- Punto – Bunch Records – BR47/2016
• YUGEN – DEATH BY WATER – Altrock – ALT-053
• EXTEMPORARY VISION ENSEMBLE – The Big Earth – Rudi Records [RRJ1037] 2018
• A-SEPTIC – Syria – Amirani Records AMRN055 – 2018
• Andrea Grossi Four Winds – We Insist records – CDWEIN09 2020
• HIIT – For Beauty Is Nothing But The Beginning Of Terror – Clean Feed SKU: CF632CD
• Francesco Chiapperini – Transmigration – Splasch Records H 1574