bio
Born in Rome, her music work is inspired by the swing tradition and by the pop melodies of her youth at same time.
She developed a deep passion for music after watching the movie Sister Act: when she was a child, she says that all she wanted was to have black skin, sing, and direct a choir… obviously she did not fulfill her dream as a whole, but she achieved two thirds of it!
When she was a kid, I sung in the choirs of all the schools she has attended, as well as in that of the church of her neighborhood. When she was 12, she began studying classical guitar, and she continued for 3 years with Maestro Salvatore Rotunno. Then, she studied modern singing at the Scuola Popolare di Musica Donna Olimpia. In 2007, she enrolled at the Professional Jazz Singing Diploma course at the Saint Louis College of Music in Rome, where she studied with Pierluca Buonfrate, Antonio Solimene, Claudio Colasazza, Andrea Avena, Pierpaolo Principato, Claudio Mastracci, and Diego Caravano.
In that same period, she graduated in Translation and Interpreting, working later as ground staff for Alitalia at Leonardo da Vinci airport in Rome. From these experiences, she learnt that you have to follow your dreams if you want to be happy... and she realized that this was not part of any of her dreams!
Therefore, she changed her life and chose to continue study music and to attend the Jazz Composing and Arranging course at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory, studying with Maria Pia De Vito and Danilo Rea, and in April 2013 she obtained her degree with a thesis named “The silence”.
She also continued studying vocals and jazz, attending numerous seminars with - amongst others - Cinzia Spata, Bob Stoloff, Roger Treece, Albert Hera.
As she deeply believe that music is one of the best way to see beauty in the world and to heal human being in many ways since we are kids, she studied Didactics for children, and I followed Orff-Shulwerk Methodology and Practice courses at the Scuola Popolare di Musica Donna Olimpia, attending also seminars on Body percussion and Choir direction. In 2015, she attended a seminar on the Teaching of music to visually-impaired people, and, in 2016, a seminar on Children’s choirs Direction at the Scuola popolare di Musica di Testaccio.
She has been working in Italy as music teacher for kids and adults and she led several choirs. Two of her choirs of kids sang during the italian TV show “Home Christmas” with Laura Pausini, and then with Fiorella Mannoia.
Since 2019 she is based in Paris. After having washed so many dishes in a kitchen, today she performs in jazz clubs and festivals and she works as music teacher, for kids and adults, and she is choir director in a Conservatory.
Artistic Experience
In 2015, she won the “Women in Jazz” contest, performing in London and at the Casa del Jazz in Rome.
She has been performing as band leader in various jazz bands since 2009, and has collaborated with many renowned italian musicians - such as Riccardo Biseo, Francesco Puglisi, Red Pellini, Giorgio Cuscito, Attilio Berni, Mario Donatone, with a repertoire of mainstream jazz.
In 2016, she took part in the recording of jazz album “Something there” (Filibusta records) of saxophonist Milena Angelè, singing the song Little person; for Italian band La batteria she recorded, with a vocal trio, a song for the new version of the soundtrack of “Amore tossico”.
In 2009, she opened the concert of the Italian artist Antonella Ruggiero at the Etruria Jazz Festival as leader of a jazz quartet.
In 2010, the Saint Louis College of Music selected her to take part in the Gezz Night Festival at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome with her project Roma in Duo, double bass and voice with Flavia Ostini. That same year, she sang during tv show Jazz bar. In 2011, she worked as background voice for memorable Italian songwriter and singer Claudio Rocchi.
Between 2011 and 2013 she sang in a dixieland band called DIXIELadies during the theatrical performance “Please, me racconti l'America” by actor Marco Rea. With DIXIELadies she also took part in numerous festivals in Rome and Puglia.
In 2012, she was part of the choir singing Pink Floyd's suite “Atom Heart Mother” with cover band Acoustic Floyd and Max Gazzè at Crossroads club in Rome. In that same year, she was chosen among the musicians of the Santa Cecilia Conservatory and took part in a tournée of some Italian conservatories with a Free jazz project.
In 2013, she participated in the National festival Jazzit Fest of Collescipoli, Terni, organized by publisher Luciano Vanni, with “In principio era il silenzio”, a performance written by her mixing theatre and music.
Until 2013, she sang and collaborated with the World Spirit Orchestra choir of the Casa del Jazz in Rome, taking part also to important tv shows such as Neripoppins, with Italian artist Neri Marcorè.
Since 2013, she has been part of a vocal quartet singing a repertoire of funny Christmas Carols, for which she also writes the arrangements.
In 2016, she became the singer of Dixieland orchestra Original Saxiie Band, leaded by Attilio Berni.
In 2019 she released her first album with original music, Until Now, with the italian label Filibusta Record, playing with Gianluca Massetti on piano, Francesco Pierotti on double-bass and Valerio Vantaggio on drums. The album was presented at AlexanderPlatz Jazz Club in Rome.
She performed in jazz clubs in Italy such as Alexanderplatz, Gregorys, Charity Cafè, Elegance Jazz Club, and in festivals, as Lucca Jazz, Etruria Jazz, Rome Gezz Night, etc.
She presented her album in Paris at the Sunset Sunside in 2020 and she was the leader of the resident band of Café Français.
Today you can find her performing in Paris and Rome, in jazz clubs and festivals, and teaching music to kids and adults.