Lorenzo Cimino

Lorenzo Cimino
He graduated in trumpet and jazz composition. He is a teacher of musical instruments at a high school
He is the artistic director of the La Spezia International Jazz Festival. He has made numerous recordings on behalf of Rai, solo CDs and won the audition for first trumpet in the orchestra of the Fermo Festival. I carried out an intense concert activity, founding and working for the Scelsi Ensemble for 10 years, also performing numerous compositions for the first time.
Many composers have dedicated songs to his trumpet such as: Giorgio Gaslini, Luciano Chailly, Pietro Grossi, Marco Betta, Piero Luigi Zangelmi, Giani Luporini, Giovanni Sollima, Giuseppe Bruno, Andrea Nicoli. These works are collected in the CD 60 x 1 and Blue Freak. In 1998 he participated in the creation of the CD "Amore Pirata" and Il Manifesto alongside Lester Bowie. He has participated as a soloist in the following Festivals and Exhibitions: Jazz Amphitheater (Lucca); Bologna Sogna (Bologna); Musical Evenings (Milan); in Germany Unna, Ludenscheid and Bochum for the Neue Kammermusik event; Rome Europe ; 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 La Grande Estate, Spezzina Estate, Pescara S.Andrea Theatre, Sestri Levante Festival Andersen, Piacenza Palazzo Farnese, Quimper ( Festival de cuivre), Bari Cathedral, Sulmona Midnight Concerts, Lerici Music Festival, Rossini Open Lugo.
He has played among others with: Lester Bowie, Javier Girotto, Dado Moroni, Peppe Servillo, Flavio Boltro, Mattia Cigalini, Giorgio Gaslini, Tony Scott, Cristina Zavalloni, Furio di Castri, Bebo Ferra