MASSIMO CANTINI drummer born in Olbia (Sassari) in 1970. He begun playing the clarinet with the band of his community when he was eleven, passing on, soon later, to drums. In 1993 he attended in Ozieri (Sassari) a clinic with the drummer Salvatore Corazza. He then moved to Siena to attend the improvisation courses given by the Siena Jazz Association, studying with M° Francesco Petreni and attending the courses of ensamble music with R. Manetti, K. Lessman, F. Spinetti (Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel) and F. Petreni. In 1999 he partecipated to a formation course for theatrical music, sponsored by the European Community, led by the composers G. Schiaffini and S. Marcucci. In 1999 and 2001 he has been attending, at Siena Jazz, the couses of high qualification for trio, given by Stefano Battaglia, Paolino Dalla Porta and Fabrizio Sferra. In 2001 he has been partecipating to the workshops with Elvin Jones and Marco Tamburini. He is now teaching drums and ensamble music at the "Scienza e Arte" Music School in Perugia and he is regularly performing at the Contrappunto Jazz Club in Perugia. He is collaborating for the ensamble music course at the Singing and Improvisation Department given by Fabrizia Barresi at Siena Jazz. In May 2002 he won the 3° competition "Genova Jazz" with Alessandro Giachero on piano and Luca Necciari on bass. With the same band in July he obtained the Special Mention at "Barga Jazz 2002". In November 2002 he won the international competition "Incroci Sonori" in Moncalieri (Torino). Nowadays Massimo Cantini is touring and performing with various jazz groups (trio, quartet) and with the G. O. P. Big Band directed by K. Lessman, recording the homonymous CD, released for the Siena Jazz Records. He has been collaborating with K. Lessman, N. Gori, G. Stracciati, J. Mulholland ( teacher at the Berklee School in Boston), Motus Danza. He is even working for his next CD release that will be published in spring 2003