STEFANO BOLLANI
Pianist, born in Milan (Italy) in 1972. Graduated cum laude at the conservatory Cherubini of Florence. At a very young age he started working in pop music with Italian performers like Raf, Jovanotti, Laura Pausini, Irene Grandi, and Elio e le storie tese. He has also been working with artists of great renown such as Gato Barbieri, Lee Konitz, Jimmy Cobb, Han Bennink, Aldo Romano, Toninho Horta, Greg Osby, Elliot Sharp, and frequently collaborates with Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Roberto Gatto and Richard Galliano. In 1998 he was designated as the New Talent of Italian jazz in a survey conducted by the magazine "Musica Jazz".