Session pianist and keyboardist. Jazz and pop arranger for different instrumental and vocal ensembles. Arrangements for strings, wind and brass ensembles, vocal groups and vocal backgrounds to pop songs.

I was born in Desenzano del Garda (Italy) on August 28, 1991. I started piano lessons at age 11. After classical piano and composition studies, I dedicated myself to improvised music, Jazz an...
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Session pianist and keyboardist. Jazz and pop arranger for different instrumental and vocal ensembles. Arrangements for strings, wind and brass ensembles, vocal groups and vocal backgrounds to pop songs.

I was born in Desenzano del Garda (Italy) on August 28, 1991. I started piano lessons at age 11. After classical piano and composition studies, I dedicated myself to improvised music, Jazz and electric keyboards, exploring contemporary sonorities.

Among my teachers: Paolo Ugoletti, Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli, Tino Tracanna, Attilio Zanchi, Massimo Colombo, Greg Burk, Oscar Del Barba, Pietro Tonolo, Paolo Birro and Riccardo Zadra. I studied Choral Conducting with Silvio Baracco.

I graduated in Jazz Piano at the Conservatory of Milan in 2015 with a dissertation on Chick Corea and the Fender Rhodes. During my academic years I specialized in electronic keyboards and synthesizers.
I took part to several masterclasses with artist such as Franco D’Andrea, Sandro Gibellini, Efrain Toro, Bob Moses, Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, Brian Blade, Jorge Rossy and Dave Liebman.

My compositions range from classical and contemporary music to jazz and pop.

I'm founder of BARBA NEGRI ZILIANI, contemporary jazz trio and EKE (Electric Keys Experiment), experimental group of electronic music and contemporary jazz.

I work as session musician (piano, rhodes, hammond and synthesizers) for jazz, rock, pop and classical music recordings.

I love to record music for artists of all kinds. In my studio I have a Boston Steinway grand piano, a Fender Rhodes Mark V, a Hammond T-1 organ, a Farfisa Pianorgan, a Moog Subphatty, a Nord Electro 3 and a Mikrokorg.
I'm a keyboard geek! : P

When I'm not playing or recording I love playing tennis, hiking in the mountains, travelling, eating great food and drinking good whiskey and a pint of Guinness.

RECENT DISCOGRAPHY:


• EKE - Electric Keys Experiment (2018) - Ritmo&Blu Records
• Angela Kinczly - S!lent (2019) - Ritmo&Blu Records
• Barba Negri Ziliani - Too Many Keys (2020) - MCP Records
• Olmo Chittò - Di Passaggio (2020) - Sonitus
• Gabriele Zanetti - Pain Changes (2020) - Fuori RoRa Music
• MOAI - MOAI (2020)
• Stereonoon - Yeah. And Stuff (2021)
• Barba Negri Ziliani - Orpheus in the Underground (2022) - EMME Record Label
• Matteo Ferrari - Maramao (2022) - Bluebelldisc Music/PS Classics
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