Cristian Caprarese

Born in Pescara in 1988, Caprarese has expressed a remarkable interest in jazz and world music since he was a teenager.

He took part in several projects and music productions, collaborating with national as well as international artists. Such experiences and collaborations contributed to enhance his creative skills, and throughout his career as professional pianist, he has constantly explored new sonorities.
After attending a five-year jazz piano course at the “Accademia Musicale Pescarese”, Caprarese went on to graduate at the music conservatory “Luisa D’Annunzio” in Pescara, both in Jazz Piano and in Composition. He attended piano masterclass with Marco Di Battista, Franco D’Andrea, Carlo Morena, Otmaro Ruiz, Jason Lindner, John Taylor, Aaron Goldberg, Ramberto Ciammarughi, Enrico Pierannunzi and Luca Mannutza.
In 2013, he toured throughout Italy with Zawinul Syndicate’s guitarist Amit Chatterjee. The next year, he toured with N.O.A Orchestra and Teddy Reno. Throughout the years, he has had the chance to play and collaborate with Marco Tamburini, Thomas Kirkpatrick, Massimo Manzi, Chester Withmore, Linda Valori, Pippo Matino, Michael Supnick, Maurizio Rolli, Gabriel Oscar Rosati, Michael Supnick, Javier Girotto, and others.
Since 2016, he has been working as composer and arranger for the American dancer and choreographer Norma Miller. In 2010, he took part in Sheta Vayas’ recording “Gypse Lune”, while later that year he recorded “Solemn I” with the Antonio Marrone Trio. In 2013, he played the piano in Rogerio Celestino’s recording “Desejo Africano”. In 2015, he played in Luigi Blasioli’s recording “Sensory Emotion”, published by Dodicilune Records. He was the pianist and the arranger of Billy Bros Swing Orchestra’s 2016 recording “Swinging Love Fest”, featuring Norma Miller as guest. In 2019, he played in Luigi Blasioli’s disc “Mestieri d’oltremare e favole di jazz”, published by Dodicilune Records.
Cristian Caprarese played around Europe in clubs and festivals such as B-Flat Club (Berlin), Copenhagen Lindy Exchange (Copenhagen), Cave du 38riv' (Paris), Casa del jazz (Rome), 100 Club (London), Le Bal Charlot (Annecy), Hutball (Dresden), Marckolswing - festival international de jazz classique (Basil).
He won several national music competitions, such as "Paolo Barrasso" Competition (Caramanico Terme, 2016, 1° Place); Pescara Students Festival 2007 (Pescara, 2007, 1° Place); "Musica al Cenacolo" National Music Competition (Pescara, 2013, 1°Place); "Dizzy Gillespie" Prize (Spoltore, 2006); National Art Competition "Abbado" (Pescara, 2015, 2° Place).