FRANCESCO CARTA Graduated in piano at the "Cesare Pollini" Conservatory in Padua. He got then the Diploma in jazz music supervisored by M° Franco D'Andrea, at the "F. A. Bonporti" State Conservatory in Trento, with the thesis on "The polyrhythmics in jazz music". In 1990 he became member as pianist, composer and arranger of the vanguard music ensemble "Devil Roll", with whom he has performed and recorded so far three Cd for the label Hurdy Gurdy Records" of Venice. He improves his jazz studies with Stefano Battaglia, Franco D'Andrea, John Taylor, obtaining, with top marks, a professional certificate of "Contemporary Music Performer", promoted by the European Community, inside the Siena Jazz Istitution. In 1998 he was finalist of the "Massimo Urbani Music Award" in Urbisaglia (Macerata) for emerging jazz musicians. In the same year he came 3° to the award "Jazz Cafè Festival" in Rovoleto Di Cadeo (PC). In 2000 he has played with the big band of the festival "Itinerary Jazz" of Trento directed by the american composer Maria Schneider. In 2001 he attended a course of "Sound Technique" at the "A. Buzzolla" Conservatory in Adria given by the eng. Roberto Furlan. In the same year he became member as pianist of the vocal quartet "Blue Bop". He is in charge of the musical transcriptions in a book sponsored by the Ministy of Education of Slovenia, that avalyses the soundtracks composed by the american Bernard Hermann. He is teaching classical and jazz piano at the Veneto Musical Academy of Vicenza. He is performing in theatres and jazz clubs with various formations: piano solo, duet with sax, trio with doublebass and drums, quartet and big band. Nowadays he is working on the composition of the new CD of the band "Devil Doll" and on an opera for soprano and chamber orchestra based on Emily Dickinson's poetry. Recently he has become member as pianist of the Toni Moretti Quintet, with whom he collaborates even in smaller formations as trio and quartet