Stefano Bollani

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Stefano Bollani (born December 5, 1972 in Milan) is an Italian jazz pianist from Milan.

He made his professional debut at fifteen and received his diploma in piano from the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini in Florence. He performs classical music, smooth jazz, Brazilian jazz, and pop rock. In 1998, Musica Jazz magazine voted him Best Jazz Talent of the Year and later he would be awarded for jazz by a New Swing group in Japan. Recently he attended the Jarasum jazz festival in Jarasum, South Korea.

[edit] Discography

Gnòsi delle fanfole - Sonica, 1998; su testi di Fosco Maraini
Mambo italiano - Philology, 1999
Shades of Chet - Label Bleu 1999; con Paolo Fresu ed Enrico Rava
The Macerata Concert - Philology, 2000
Abbassa la tua radio - Ermitage, 2001
Disperati intellettuali ubriaconi con Bobo Rondelli - Arroyo Records, 2002
Les fleurs bleues - Label Bleu, 2002; ispirato all'omonimo libro di Raymond Queneau
Smat Smat - Label Bleu, 2003
L'orchestra del Titanic - Millesuoni, 2003
Il cielo da quaggiù - Millesuoni 2003
Concertone - Label Bleu, 2004
Close to You - Sundance, 2004
Mi ritorni in mente - Sundance 2004
Gleda - Sundance, 2005
I Visionari - Label Bleu, 2006
Piano solo - ECM 2006