Tommaso Profeta

TOMMASO PROFETA

Born in Casale Monferrato in 2004, he began his musical studies at the age of six with the piano, to switch to saxophone the following year.

Followed by his teacher Claudio Bianzino, he tackled the study of the instrument starting with the curved soprano saxophone, and then moving on to the alto in 2016. In July 2018 he attended the Summer Jazz Clinics of the Berklee College of Music in Boston in Perugia under the guidance of Jim Odgren and Fernando Huergo. In January 2019 he began playing as the first alto in the Erios Junior Jazz Orchestra, a formation that includes young musicians from seven to twenty years old, with whom he had the opportunity to share the stage with numerous guests (Michael Steinman, Rudy Migliardi, Wally Allifranchini, Emilio Soana, Nico Gori, Fabio Buonarota, Pasquale Innarella, and subsequently Anais Drago, Diego Borotti). In April 2019 he received the scholarship promoted by the Jazz Festival Città di Mortara and had the opportunity to perform during the Festival flanked by the rhythm of Emanuele Cisi. In June 2019 he passed the ABRSM grade 4 saxophone exam. In June 2019 he was invited to play at the Monfrà Jazz Festival, when he performed with Erios New Talent Quartet. During the concert he was noticed by Gianni Cazzola, who wanted to host him with his quartet during the evening concert. In July 2019 he participated in the 34th edition of the Berklee College of Music Summer Jazz Clinics in Perugia under the guidance of Jim Odgren, Jim Kelly and Jeff Stout. At the end of the courses he was awarded the “Five Week Performance Program” scholarship which includes a study stay at Boston College. He was also selected by Giovanni Tommaso to be part of the septet that opened the Umbria Jazz Winter festival in Orvieto in December 2019. In July 2019 he also participated in the Twins Music Academy & NYC Jazz Workshop courses in La Spezia with Antonio teachers Ciacca, Michael Rorby, Andy Farber, Luca Santaniello, Lucio Ferrara and Patrick Boman. During the courses he was selected for the audition of the five finalists for the Tiberio Nicola award. In September 2019 he participated together with the Erios Junior Jazz Orchestra in the sixth edition of the Jazzin Festival, organized in Barcelona by Joan Chamorro and the musicians of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band; within this context he has the opportunity to meet and play with jazz personalities as Dick Oatts and Scott Hamilton. In June 2021 he plays in the Turin Jazz Festival with the Erios JJO and guest Joan Chamorro.