Dario Chiazzolino is an Italian Guitarist & Composer from Turin. He is one of Italy’s high demand Jazz Musicians performing regularly internationally & recording with American and Europe’s best Jazz Musicians. He began studying guitar at the age of 11 and completed his formal Tertiary Jazz Guitar Studies at The Conservatory of Music ‘Guiseppe Verdi’ in Turin Italy. The following year he attained a Masters Diploma from The University of Music’ in Rome. Italy.
In recent times he has performed & recorded with musicians including:
- Yellow Jackets
- Billy Cobham
- Andy Sheppard
- Dominique Di Piazza
- Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez
- Taylor Eigsti
- Willie Jones III
- Bobby Watson
- Bob Mintzer,
- Russell Ferrante
- Jimmy Haslip
- Enrico Rava
- Stefano Bollani
Dario Chiazolino has won several prestigious Awards including:
- 2006 Best Guitarist – Berklee Umbria Jazz Award
- 2007 Competition Winner for Torino Jazz Lab
- 2008 Official registration – Jazz Italia
- 2011 Best Guitarist – Italian Jazz
- 2011 Featured on Archivio Chitarristi Jazz Italiani
- 2011 Selection for Ultra Sound Records: Nuovi Segnali Acustici
- 2012 Artist of the year – D-mag
- 2015 Best Guitarist – Guitarlist
- 2015 Top 15 best songs 2015 – “Floating†– Suono
He has performed at innumerable high profile Jazz Festivals Including:
- 2010 Villasimius Jazz Festival – Cagliari, Italy2010 Drumstock Festival – Turin, Italy
- 2010 Rotterdam Jazz Festival – Rotterdam, Netherland
- 2010 Jazz Wilde Young – Pisa, Italy2010 Festival Manouche – Rivoli, Italy
- 2011 Wine More Jazz – Barolo, Italy
- 2011 Jazz Ad Alta Quota – Pinerolo, Italy
- 2011 Cantiere Jazz – Turin, Italy
- 2011 Vortex Jazz Festival – London, UK
- 2011 International Edimburgh Jazz Festival – Edimburgh, Scotland
- 2011 New Festival – Parma, Italy
- 2011 / 2012 Vallo Blue Note – Vallo di Lucania, Italy
- 2011 Bergamo Jazz Festival – Bergamo, Italy
- 2012 Cochi Jazz Festival – Asti, Italy
- 2012 Sud Tirol Jazz Festival – Trento, Italy
- 2012 Conegliano Jazz & Blues Festival – Conegliano, Italy
- 2012 / 2014 Turin Jazz Festival – Turin, Italy
- 2013 Legnano Jazz Festival – Milan, Italy
- 2013 Un Paese a Sei Corde – Opaglio, Italy
- 2014 Cantiere Jazz – Turin, Italy
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