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Davide Calvi / BIO
A pianist, arranger and composer, he was born in Borgosesia (Vercelli),
in the north-west of Italy in 1968. Having studied piano in his home
town, he continued to study classical music with his teacher Shuto
Kayoko, a Japanese concert pianist, with whom he qualified, receiving
the diploma in piano in 1994 at the conservatoire of Rovigo.
During this time, he was
also developing a great passion for jazz and composition, and studied
with Maestro Renato Dionisi and the pianist Franco D'Andrea.
In 1991 he received a scholarship in Perugia to study jazz piano and
film music the following year with Ray Santisi at the prestigious "Berklee School" in Boston.
He has worked as a jazz pianist in Switzerland and Monte Carlo.
Currently he is composing and orchestrating music for films and
documentaries.
In November 2006 he gave a series of concerts in Somma Lombarda and Novara with the
great vibraphonist Mike Mainieri, founder and leader of the well-known
group "Steps Ahead".
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