Jean Luc Ponty says of him: “a solo violin album is a great concept! Stefano Zeni did a great job!”
Stefano Zeni was born in Milan on December 30, 1974. He graduated in violin from Trento Conservatory in 1997 and afterwards attended the jazz summer workshops in Siena under M° Bruno Tommaso and M° Gianluigi Trovesi in 1999. He postgraduated in Jazz from Brescia Conservatory in 2004.
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Jean Luc Ponty says of him: “a solo violin album is a great concept! Stefano Zeni did a great job!”
Stefano Zeni was born in Milan on December 30, 1974. He graduated in violin from Trento Conservatory in 1997 and afterwards attended the jazz summer workshops in Siena under M° Bruno Tommaso and M° Gianluigi Trovesi in 1999. He postgraduated in Jazz from Brescia Conservatory in 2004.
Versatile musician, composer and arranger he performs regularly with modern, jazz, fusion, ethnic, classic and folk groups (Remondini, Savoldelli, Zeni...Mutanti Musicali, Corimè, duo capRiccio, Mille Anni Ancora, Gabriele D'Alonzo...).
He is currently working with the following musicians: Ellade Bandini, Boris Savoldelli, Marco Remondini, Mario Arcari, Giorgio Cordini, Joe Damiani, Diego Maggi and many others.
Past collaborations include those with Mauro Pagani, Eugenio Finardi, Antonella Ruggiero, Fabio Concato, Cisco (ex Modena City Ramblers), Sandro Gibellini, Barbara Casini, Michele Ascolese, Pier Michelatti, Fulvio Sigurtà, Mauro “Otto” Ottolini and many others.
He has been mentioned for six years in a row on the annual jazz magazine JAZZIT in the best jazz violinists category (2013-2018).
Passaggi Circolari (yvp music - Germany) is the debut studio album by Stefano Zeni. It was released on 15 october 2011.
In 2017, he collaborated with ROCKIN1000 as "violin guru" (string section leader) in Seoul and New York City; a musical event in which 300 musicians played simultaneously soul artist Andra Day's song "Rise up".
The collaboration as leader of the string section continues on 7 July 2019 with a concert of 1000 musicians in the Frankfurt stadium.
"Parallel Paths" (Zanetti Records, Italy - 2018) is the first solo album by Stefano Zeni.
Stefano was able to secure two prestigious collaborations: the American vibraphonist Mike Mainieri, already founder of the band Steps Ahead (in Twilight) and the Italian vocal performer Boris Savoldelli (in Blue Crab).
He works in recording studios in various roles collaborating with a lot of different artists - He recorded more than 60 albums.
Teacher of jazz violin at the Conservatory of Cosenza (three-year and two-year degree courses) and of jazz strings at the CDM of Rovereto (three-year professional specialisation - first level degree). He delivers several Masterclasses on violin and improvisation
He is a Cantini electric violins endorser.
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