Augusto Pirodda Quartet
Augusto Pirodda is a minimalist. He plays few piano notes but chooses them carefully. “Choose” may be the wrong verb. Pirodda is a committed improviser who trusts the moment. The notes he chooses are the first ones; from there, intuition and emotion guide his fingers.
(c) Thomas Conrad, Jazzwerkstatt
The Brussels-based Augusto Pirodda begins playing piano at the age of 6. Until 1998 he lives in Sardinia where he makes many musical experiences of different kind (Pop, Rock, Reggae, Jazz, Folk, Rhythm & Blues, Contemporary music) by performing all around the Island, meanwhile he studies Experimental Composition in the Conservatorium of Cagliari. In 2002 he graduates from the Koninklijk Conservatorium Den Haag (Holland).
Over the years Pirodda released several recordings and performed all over Europe with several musicians, among them Mark Murphy, Eric Vloeimans, Ben Slujis, Jean Jacques Avenel, Simon Goubert, Manolo Cabras, Marek Patrman, Jeroen Van Herzeele, Eric Thielemans, Alexandra Grimal, Antonio Pisano, Joao Lobo, Lynn Cassiers, Nicolas Ankodinoff, Eric Vermeulen and others.
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