Composer · b. 1992
Federico Zaltron
Biography
Violinist, violist, music teacher, arranger and composer
Federico Zaltron graduated in Violin and Jazz at the Arrigo Pedrollo conservatory in Vicenza with honors.
He studied with Massimo Quarta, Carlo Feige, Pietro Tonolo and Paolo Birro.
He attended masterclasses with Lukas Ligeti, Tim Berne, Robert Bonisolo, Peter Erskine and Gil Goldstein.
Since 2020 he has been teaching Music Improvisation Techniques at the Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado in Milan.
Since 2014 he has been collaborating with Riccardo Zegna in projects ranging from duo to Big Band.
From 2014 to 2019 he was first violin in the Orchestra Nazionale Giovani Talenti Jazz.
He plays Swing and Hot Jazz in the groups Swing Job and The Hot Teapots.
He arranges music of Duke Ellington for the group Selfie Jungle.
From 2019 he is developing a solo violin/viola project on the music of Thelonious Monk.
In 2018/2019 he attends the free improvisation workshop "Forme Sonore" by Roberto Dani.