ANTONELLA VITALE

ANTONELLA VITALE

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She sang in various trio and quartet formations with Andrea Beneventano, Massimo D'Agostino, Andrea Avena, Pietro Ciancaglini, Lorenzo Tucci, Francesco Puglisi, Stefano Sabatini, Nicola Stilo, Claudio Colasazza, Gianni Savelli, Mauro Verrone, Mauro Battisti, Carlo Battisti.
She now teaches singing at the New Mississippi Jazz School in Rome.

Previously, she studied singing and piano at the Scuola Popolare di Musica Testaccio in Rome, where she followed Nicola Stilo's workshops and where she joined Danilo Terenzi's big band as the solo singer.

In 2003, her first solo album is released by Alphamusic; in support she has Andrea Beneventano, Francesco Puglisi, Lorenzo Tucci and Aldo Bassi.

In 2001 and 2002, she realised a CD-Test for the magazine Audio Car Stereo, with songs written, composed and sang by herself.
In 1999, she participated at the Ciampino Jazz Festival in duet with the guitarist Andrea Memeo under the name JAZZ TANDEM.
Luigi Onori from the pages of the Il Manifesto: ...the duet Jazz in Tandem composed by Antonella Vitale and Andrea Memeo warmed up the spectators with the enthusiasm and warmth of their approach.

Vitale has an excellent voice and a charisma that flows from a ductile and personal voice in any language she sings in. Italian, English or Brazilian...".

In 1998, she came first in the modern singing section of the contest Concorso Nazionale Musicisti Citta` di Latina and won an award in the Ciampino Jazz Festival contest (guitar and voice duet).

In June, 1997 she took part to the prize contest Citta` di Colleferro, where she came third in the jazz section.

In 1996, she took part in the realisation of a soundtrack CD for Primrose Music, recording choirs and solo vocals.