ROBERT BONISOLO: Saxophone

(Niagara Falls, Canada 1/10/1966)

EDUCATION:

1984 - Attends "Berklee College of Music" studied with Joe Viola, John La Porta, Herb Pomeroy, Jerry
Bergonzi, George Garzone, Jimmy Mosher and many others.
1986 - Attends "The Banff School of Fine Arts" with a scholarship. He studied and played with Dave
Holland, Steve Coleman, John Abercrombie, Dave Liebman, Richie Bierach, Kenny Wheeler, Don
Thompson and Marvin Smitty Smith.
1986 - Back at Berklee for the "Performance Award"
1987/1988 - Received a Canadian Arts Grant where he lives in New York City to study privately with
Dave Liebman, Richie and Joe Lovano Bierach.
1994 - Complete the fifth year of classical saxophone at the Conservatory Girolamo Frescobaldi of
Ferrara.

COLLABORATIONS

Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass, Tom Harrell, Niels Lan Doky, Mike
Stern, The Carla Bley Band (Steve Swallow, Don Alias, Larry Willis, Hiram Bullock, Steve Jordan),
The Lydian Sound Orchestra Riccardo Brazzale , The Mingus Dynasty Band, Ivan Lins, Bob Mintzer,
Claudio Roditti, Franco Ambrosetti, Gianni Cazzola, Mario Rusca, Attilio Zanchi, Tony Arco, Marco
Vaggi, Julius Capiozzo, Roberto Gatto, Massimo Manzi, Massimo Faraò, Beggio Mauro, Antonio
Faraò , Renato Chicco, Danilo Memoli, Paul Birro, Lee Konitz, Kenny Wheeler, Elliot Zigmund,
Mario Gonzi, Rossana Casale, Barbara Casini, Francesca Sortino, Jenny B, Dado Moroni, Andrea
Dulbecco, Sandro Gibellini, Peter Condorelli, Adam Rogers, Garrisson Fewell, Michael Hendrix,
Patrizia Conte, Joy Garrison, Cheryl Porter, Jackie Allen Group, Tom Kirkpatrick, Kyle Gregory,
Paolo Fresu, Cipelli Roberto, Marco Tamburini, Fabrizio Bosso, David Roar, Jimmy Owens, Walter
Civettini, Randy Brecker, Roberto Rossi Reggie Johnson, Ricardo Fioravanti, Pauline Dallaporta, Billy
Cobham, Dejan Terzic, Gjaconovski Martin, Aldo Apple, Luigi Bonafede, Peter Condorelli, Andrea
Pozza, David Santorsola, Charles McPherson, Joe Magnarelli, Gianni Basso, Dominic Spera, Bert
Joris, Dres Palemart, Phillip Aerts, Peter Washington, Cameron Brown, Luke Bulgarelli, Manuzza
Luca, Mario Rusca, Pietro Tonolo, Piero D'Oryx, Mauro Negri, Carlo Atti, Rosario Giuliani, George
Robert, Matthieu Michelle, Andy Milnes, Terell Stanford, Andy Gravish, Ben Pewrosky, Alfred
Kramer, Stefano Bagnoli, Enzo Zirilli, Amadeo Ariano, Walter Paoli, Abenni Valerio, Roberto Dani,
Daniel Humair, Salvatore Maiore, Sangoma Everett, Miroslav Vitous, Fabrizio Sphere, Ben Street,
Rosario Bonacorso, Riccardo Dal Fra Marc Abrams, Stefano Senni, Aldo Zunnino, Piero Leverato,
Peter Washington, Louis Nash, Billy Drummond etc ...

DISCOGRAPHY

1992 DOCTOR IN JAZZ (George Diaferia)

1993 JOEY GOLDSTEIN & FRIENDS
THE WONDERFUL WORLD (Giorgio Albertazzi, Frederick Zecchin)
MELODIUS THINK (Lydian Sound Orchestra)
1994 FACES (Glaudo Venier)
THE EDGE (Michele Calgaro)
1995 LIVE STEAM (Di Vincenzo Gianantonio)
EXPOSE (Antonio Faraò)
THE Lydian Sound Orchestra
TIMON OF SUITE 1996 ATHEN (Lydian Sound Orchestra)
TALKING WITH THE SPIRIT (Carlo Ceriani)
1997 THANKS (Alessandro Zampini)
Lydian WORKSHOP (Riccardo Brazzale)
BLUES 1998 Bukowsky
CIRCULAR 360 ° (Cristina Mazza)
DUKE IS ALIVE SUCH SWEET THUNDER (Big Band Ritmo Sinfonica Citta di Verona)
2000 HEAD ACHE (Matthew Turella)
2001 JAZZ BREAKERS (Luke Boscagin)
Smells Like Teen Spirits (Jazz Breakers)
HAVE COMES (New Project & Jazz Orchestra)
THANKS (Alessandro Zampini)
2003 KISS ME Kiss Ba Ba (Francesca Sortino)
STRANGE MEETING (Walter Civettini)
2004 FINE HERBS (Michael Losch Quartet)
ROUND ABOUT MONK (Michele Calgaro)
SYNOPSIS 2005 (Antonio Tosques Quartet)
2007 REMEMBER THE SOUND (George Robert)
2008 ALAS ABRE (Ivan Lins)
2009 THE OPEN CAGE (Robert Bonisolo)
2010 MUSICOPOLI (Onfrio Paciulli)
etc ...

PARTICIPATION IN JAZZ FESTIVALS

Vienna Jazz Festival, Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Toronto Jazz Fest, Montreal Jazz Fest, Umbria Jazz,
Jazz Orvieto, San Remo Jazz Fest, La Spezia Jazz, Bergamo Jazz Festival Fano, Vicenza Jazz, Jazz
Veneto, Verona Jazz, Jazz Festival Lignano, Calvi Jazz Festival, Iseo Jazz Fest, North Sea Jazz
Festival, Lublijana Jazz Festival, Barcelona Jazz Fest, Jazz Peniscola (Spain) Vigo Jazz Fest, Jazz Fest
Basel, Jazz Marostica, Padua Jazz Festival, Vienna, Bari Jazz Festival, Festival Of Murge (BA), Foggia
Jazz Festival, Schaffhausen Jazz Festival, European Jazz Expo Sardinia, Venice Jazz Festival, etc ...

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

DIZZY GILLESPIE SCHOOL OF MUSIC 1990/1991- Bassano (VI)

1993/2007 - SCHOOL OF MUSIC Thelonious Monk Vicenza
1995/1998 - C.I.M. INSTITUTE OF MUSIC CENTRE of Verona
1998/2006 - L.A.M.S. WORKSHOP ART AND MUSIC SHOW in Verona
1998/2000 - SCHOOL OF MUSIC TRENTINO Pilcante Ala (TN)
2000/2003 - COOPERATIVE MUSIC JAN NOVAK SCARL Villa Lagarina (TN)
2003 - 2010 - EDUCATIONAL MUSIC THEATRE DANCE CENTRE in Rovereto (TN)
2006 / - CONSERVATOIRE DE LAUSANNE (Lausanne, Swizterland)

MASTERCLASSES/ SUMMER JAZZ WORKSHOPS

2000 LANCIANO
2000/2001/2002/2003/2008/2009 FELTRE
2003/2004/2005 SONDRIO (Guido Manusardi)
2003/2004/2005/2006 CEREVEN COURSE SPECIALIST JAZZ (VR)
2006/2007/2008/2009 Faenza International Saxophone Festival

AWARDS

1982 - He was chosen for the "Canadian All Star Band"

1983 - He was chosen for the "American All Star Band"
1984 - Wins the "Canadian Rising Star Award"
1984 - Wins the "American Rising Star Award"
1987/1988 - "Canadian National Arts Grant" Private studying with David Liebman and Richie Bierach
in New York

CONTACT:
ROBERT Bonisolo
via Costa 11
36071 ARZIGNANO (VI)
Tel 0444/672276
Cell 347 433 6760

robert.bonisolo @gmail.com