Simone Quatrana

PIANIST, COMPOSER AND IMPROVISER, SIMONE LIVES IN A CONSTANT NEED OF MUSICAL RESEARCH. RELUCTANT OF MUSICAL ACADEMY, HE STUDIED BY HIMSELF UNTIL, AFTER MOVING TO MILAN  HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY WITH FRANCO D’ANDREA.

HE HAS BEEN STUDYING JAZZ TRADITION BUT IN THE MEANTIME HE NEEDED TO FIND A PERSONAL WAY TO EXPRESS HIMSELF THROUGH THE PIANO, APPROACHING FREE IMPROVISATION. 

HE HAS RECORDED TWO ALBUMS WITH KEN VANDERMARK IN THE PROJECT “RARA AVIS”, THE SECOND ONE, A LIVE RECORDING FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR  HAS BEEN RELEASED BY NOT TWO RECORDS.

WITH THE PROJECT A-SEPTIC, AN INSTANT COMPOSING ORIENTED DUO WITH STEFANO FERRIAN, HE RECORDED TWO ALBUMS, THE LAST ONE, INSPIRED BY ORROR OF THE SYRIAN WAR, RELEASED BY AMIRANI RECORDS.

HE HAS BEEN PLAYING IN  SEVERAL PROJECTS, WITH MUSICIANS LIKE PETER BROETZMANN, RUDI MAHALL MIKOLAJ TRZASKA AND MANY OTHERS.

HE PERFORMED IN IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL IN EUROPE LIKE :

Novara jazz, Umbria Jazz,Ah-Um MIlano, Krakow Jazz fest, Jazz It fest, Jazz Italiano Per L’aquila, Jazz al piccolo Teatro, Cultura e Musica (Lugano), Aut Fest (Berlino), Ritmo delle Città, Piano city Milano, Valdapozzo Jazz fest, Soresina Jazz fest, Parma Frontiere, etc..