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Livio Minafra - Piano
Born in 1982 near Bari in Southern Italy, Livio Minafra began studying the piano with Professor Francesco de Santis at age 10. In 2004 he graduated from the Niccolò Piccinni Conservatory in Bari and three years later earned a jazz diploma, with a thesis on Cecil Taylor. The son of jazz trumpeter Pino Minafra and harpsichordist Margherita Porfido, Livio is a playing and composing member of several outstanding bands, such as Sud Ensemble, Canto General, Municipale Balcanica and MinAfric Orchestra, and has performed with them extensively in numerous countries. In 2009, he won the Top Jazz award as the best new talent in Italy.

Discography

Solo:

La Fiamma E Il Cristallo, 2008

La Dolcezza del Grido, 2003

Other projects:

Trasudando, 2008 (Fabio Bagnato A3)

Novecembalo, 2008 (Italian Music for Flute and Harpsichord)

Viva la Black, 2007 (K. & J. Tippetts, L. Moholo & Canto General)

Terronia, 2005 (Pino Minafra Sud Ensemble, Faraualla, Meridiana Multijazz Orchestra & Vittorino Curci)

Fòua, 2005 (Municipale Balcanica)

Una Banda di Pezzenti, 2005 (Daniele Sepe und Rote Jazz-Fraktion)