IVANO BORGAZZI pianist, composer, he has studied at the Berklee College Of Music in Boston. He then settled in New York, where he had the possibility to perform besides many of the most important names in the international jazz scene such as Lee Konitz, Harold Land, Jimmy Owens, Tommy Campell, Craig Handy, Bruce Forman, Steve Turre, Paul Jeffrey, Cameron Brown, Dewey Johnson, and many others. In Europe he has been playing with: Heinz Becker, Joe Nay, Ellen Christy, Billy Elgart, Jimmy Cobb. In Italy he has been promoter of many groups and projects with several great italian musicians. He has partecipated in the recording of "Benefit", a Karl Potter's Album. In 1988 he partecipated in the Thelonious Monk Competition for pianists that took place in Washington D.C. He composed the music for the theatre-ballet performance "Opus 1" and "Improvised Elements", both of them performed in many italian theatres. One of the compositions has been required by the Contemporary Art Centre G. Pompidou in Paris. He is leader and member of the band Funky Company. He is even member of the Jazz Art Orchestra with whom he has performed in several festivals and Cultural Institutes in S. Francisco (California), Ethiopia, Kenya, Norwey and Sweden. He is now teaching at the CEPAM (Permanent Centre For Musical Activities) in Reggio Emilia.