FEDERICO CALCAGNO
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, 21st Century Modern, Third Stream • Italy

Federico Calcagno (1995) is a clarinet and bass clarinet player, creative jazz musician, improviser and composer from Milano, Italy. He studied classical and jazz clarinet at Milan Conservatory, and in 2019 he graduated in Jazz Master in bass clarinet at Amsterdam Conservatory and attended the International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), directed by Vijay Iyer and Tyshawn Sorey. In February 2019 Federico released his first album with his Italian band The Dolphians. This first recording is dedicated to Eric Dolphy and his music – From Another Planet [Emme Label] – which has been catalogued in the list of the best 100 albums of the 2019 by JAZZIT magazine. Federico won the first prize at the “Premio del Consevatorio di Milano 2018” with his chamber project Tri(o)ttico, the critics award and 2nd prize in the prestigious Italian jazz competition dedicated to Massimo Urbani (Premio read more...