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Giacomo Aula (born March 28, 1967 in Lagonegro , Potenza ) is an Italian jazz pianist .

Aula had classical piano lessons from Maria Martino . After studying Afro-American music in Turin , he went to Siena , where he qualified as a jazz pianist with Stefano Battaglia , as a jazz orchestra musician with Bruno Tommaso and as a musicologist with Marcello Piras and Stefano Zenni . He then studied electronics and electroacoustic music at the Politecnico di Torino until 1994 .

In 1997 he appeared in a trio with Eliot Zigmund and Daniele Esposito . He then became a member of the Orchestra Nazionale Giovanile Italiana , where he had the opportunity to work with musicians such as James Newton , Salvatore Tranchini , Bruno Tommaso, Peter Erskine , Enrico Rava , Palle Danielsson , Pietro Tonolo , Rudy Migliardi , Gianluigi Trovesi , John Taylor , Mario Raja , Giancarlo Gazzani , Lorenzo Petrocca , Tony Mann , Eugenio Colombo , Ettore Fioravanti , Giancarlo Schiaffini , Paolo Fresu , Emanuele Cisi and Lee Konitz .

Aula works regularly with Larry Schneider , with whom he has released several albums. As a sideman, he worked on recordings of Horace Silver , Bill Evans , Thad Jones and Mel Lewis .

Aula teaches piano at the Scuola Musicae Fabri di Montiglio d'Asti and the Scuola Civica di Bardonecchia in Turin and at Siena Jazz .

Discography

  • Big Band of Centro Jazz Torino with Lee Konitz , 1994
  • Brain Cigarette with the Luciano Bertolotti Sextet, 1996
  • Orchestra Nazionale Giovanile di Jazz with James Newton , 1997
  • Jazz Inside - Giacomo Aula Trio feat. Lorenzo Petrocca , 1997
  • Praca de Santiago with Manuel D'Oliveira , 1997
  • Just Beginning with Larry Schneider, 2000
  • The Looking Glass Session , 2003

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personal data
SURNAME Auditorium, Giacomo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Lagonegro , Potenza