SIMONE DI BENEDETTO

Simone Di Benedetto, 1989, graduated in double bass with highest grade at the Vecchi-Tonelli Conservatory in Modena with Maestro Giannoni, specializing with Maestro F. Petracchi in the Walter Stauffer Academy in Cremona and at the courses of the Chigiana Academy. He also studied composition in the class of M ° A. Giacometti, graduating cum laude and honors, with a work on the relationship between composition and improvisation. Meanwhile, he approached jazz, mastering the study of the instrument with musicians such as Salvatore Maiore, Roberto Bonati, Paolino Dalla Porta, Eddie Gomez, Drew Gress, Dario Deidda, Ben Street, Furio Di Castri, Massimo Moriconi, Glauco Zuppiroli, Ares Tavolazzi. He also graduated in electric bass at the Modena modern music academy with Stefano Cappa. In 2017 he wins the AIR - artists in residence contest, which allows him to live a six-week artistic residency in Copenhagen. From 2010 to 2016 he take part continuously at the read more...