Lucio Amanti
Lucio Amanti | |
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Born |
1977 (age 36–37) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupations | Cellist |
Instruments | Cello |
Website | www.jazzcello.net |
Lucio Amanti (born 1977 Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian cellist. He grew up and begun his studies in Cello and composition in Naples, Italy then in France and finally in USA with Janos Starker.
In 2007 Amanti received both a diploma in Classical Cello and a master's degree[more detail]in “Jazz Studies.” Studying cello with Janos Starker and Jazz with Dr. David Baker.
At present, Amanti lives in Berlin, where he composes music for film and advertisement, this last working for Prof. C.F. Westermann’s Sound Branding team in a major design company.
Amanti performed all through the world in different formations: as soloist, in orchestra, Latin American Ensemble and Jazz Big band with musicians such as: Oscar price winner Luis Bacalov, Grammy award winner David N. Baker and David Sanchez.
His Jazz Suite for solo cello has been published by Schott Music.[1]
He has recorded one album, Jazzcello, which is available as a digital download.