Tommaso Starace Quartet

Presented by: Kenilworth Jazz Club

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0	KENILWORTH: RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
P	Monday 7th March, 2022
N	7:30pm

Event information

Featuring Alex Steele piano, Wayne Matthews bass & Euan Palmer drums

Born in 1975 in Milano, Italy Tommaso started playing the saxophone and studying music at the age of 18. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1994 where he graduated at Birmingham Conservatoire with a Bmus first class honours and later at the Guildhall School Of Music and Drama with a Postgraduate Degree in jazz studies in the year 2000. He has performed with some of the most respected jazz musicians including Billy Cobham, David Liebman, Kenny Wheeler, Stan Sulzmann, Jim Mullen, Jonathan Gee, Paolo Pellegatti, Gianni Giudici. In the year 2004 he collaborated with award winning oscar film composer Dario Marianelli ( 'Pride and Prejudice' and ' The Atonement' ) recording music for 'This Little Life', a BBC drama for Channel Four.

In 2008 Tommaso was awarded with an Honorary Membership by Birmingham Conservatoire given to him for his significant contributions made across the years within the various branches of the music profession.

In 2012 Starace’s Italian Quartet released “Simply Marvellous”, a tribute to the late French pianist and composer Michel Petrucciani.

Tommaso is currently busy performing concerts with his quartet all over Europe.