Pierpaolo Zenni

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Born in Chieti in 1998, Pierpaolo Zenni began studying music at a very young
age. He earned a first-level degree in Classical Piano with top marks (110 cum
laude). Alongside his classical studies, he also pursued jazz piano under the
guidance of Maestro Marco Di Battista. After completing his undergraduate
studies, he enrolled in the two-year program at Siena Jazz University, studying
with renowned musicians such as Fabrizio Puglisi, Yonathan Avishai, Jeff
Ballard, Ferenc Nemeth, Giovanni Falzone, Demian Cabaud, Gabriele
Evangelista, Dan Kinzelman, and many others. He completed the jazz
master’s program in Siena with a final grade of 110 cum laude.
He won the 2022 Conad Jazz Contest with the quintet Five Angry Men, the
Mutti Prize from the Bologna Jazz Festival (which included a full scholarship to
the Siena Jazz summer workshops), and was a finalist for the 2023 Saba
Prize.
He has performed at various festivals and prestigious clubs, including Umbria
Jazz Winter (Orvieto), Umbria Jazz Weekend (Terni), Il Jazz Italiano per le
Terre del Sisma (L’Aquila), Verdi Viva (Bologna), Camera Jazz Club (Bologna),
Blue Note (Milan), Cantina Bentivoglio (Bologna), Montagnola Republic
(Bologna), Teatro Mazzacorati (Bologna), Sghetto Club (Bologna), among
others.
He collaborates and has collaborated with musicians and ensembles such as
Giovanni Falzone, Guglielmo Pagnozzi, Giovanni Benvenuti, Pietro Paris,
Barend Middelhoff, Michele Corcella, Cristiano Arcelli, Stefano Senni,
Alessandro Paternesi, Francesco Bigoni, Gaetano Alfonsi, Martini Big Band,
Orchestra Fonterossa, among others.
He is a member of the Cristiano Arcelli Quartet, Mauro Patti’s Telamon
Quintet, and Davide Angelica’s band Kolosso. He also leads and co-leads the
trio Apologies and the quintet Five Angry Men.