Lucio Amanti is a Canadian cellist. He grew up and begun his studies in Cello

Cello

The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

 and composition in Naples

Naples

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 (Italy

Italy

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) then in France and finally in USA with Janos Starker

János Starker

János Starker |Kingdom of Hungary]]) is a Hungarian-American cellist. Since 1958 he has taught at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he holds the title of Distinguished Professor.- Child prodigy :...

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In 2007 Amanti received both a diploma in Classical Cello and a master's degree

Master's degree

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 in “Jazz Studies.” Studying cello with Janos Starker and Jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 with Dr. David Baker.

At present, Amanti lives in Berlin

Berlin

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, where he composes music for film and advertisement, this last working for Prof. C.F. Westermann’s Sound Branding team in a major design company.

Amanti performed all through the world in different formations: as soloist, in orchestra, Latin American Ensemble and Jazz Big band with musicians such as: Oscar

Academy Awards

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 price winner Luis Bacalov, Grammy award winner David N. Baker and David Sanchez

David Sánchez

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His Jazz Suite for solo cello has been published by Schott Music

Schott Music

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He has recorded one album "Jazzcello", which is available on digital download

Music download

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External links

• Artist's website