Federico Casagrande
France 法国
2012.10.15 21:30-22:30
演出地点：华侨城创意园B10
Venue：B10, North District, Oct-loft
演出者 Artists：
Federico Casagrande – Guitar 吉他
生活在巴黎的爵士吉他手Federico Casagrande从小在意大利学习古典音乐。
2003年他在美国的波士顿伯克利音乐学院修学，并在2006年以最高荣誉毕业。
2007年他获得了Gibson Montreux爵士音乐节吉他比赛的冠军。
他与萨克斯手Christophe Panzani一齐创建了巴黎本土乐队The Drops。他们的第一张专辑已经在2010年十月发行，并已经四处参加巡演。
他也会作即时创作的个人演出，同时也会为欧洲不同的爵士乐团伴奏。
Paris based jazz guitarist Federico Casagrande started in early age the study of classical music in Italy.
In 2003 he moved on a scholarship to Boston, U.s.a., where he attended the Berklee College of Music and graduated summa cum laude in 2006.
He studied with Giampaolo Gobbo, Sandro Gibellini, Tommaso Lama, Dave Tronzo, Mick Goodrick, Rick Peckham, Greg Hopkins, Jeff Galindo, Garrison Fewell, Dave Santoro, Hal Crook, Ed Tomassi.
In 2007 he won the first prize at the Gibson Montreux Jazz Festival Guitar Competition with George Benson president of the jury.
He leads several projects performing original composition.
With saxoponist Christophe Panzani he founded The Drops, paris based band whose first album has been released in october 2010 and has been extensively touring since then.
He performs also in solo focusing on extemporary compositions, often collaborating with dancer Laura Moro or interacting with other forms of art.
He works as well as a sideman in various jazz groups in Europe.
