Lorena Fontana

He began studying the guitar at the age of 15 and then devoted himself exclusively to the study of the voice, piano and composition. Giorgio Baiocco, Ares Tavolazzi, Jimmy Villotti, Tomaso Lama and Renato D'Aiello. # Nbsp; Between 1986 and 1988 he moved to London where he attended the Advanced Course in Jazz & Rock Music at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama studying with Lionel Grigson, Scott Stroman, Norma Winstone, Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor, Ian Carr, Brian Abrahams. with Bruno Tommaso, Franco D ´Andrea, Paolo Fresu, Enrico Rava. # nbsp; He studies arrangement with Bruno Tommaso and self-taught piano. At the invitation of saxophonist Lee Konitz in 1993 she moved to New York. She studies individually with Sheila Jordan and between 1995 and 1996 she completes her training studying the contemporary classical repertoire with the soprano Dorothy Dorow. # Nbsp; In 1997 she graduated in Jazz music at the Conservatory of Trento with the pianist Franco D ' Andrew.
Gifted with a particularly flexible voice, over the years she has dedicated herself not only to jazz singing, but also to many other musical genres, including fusion, pop, rock, gospel, new-age, oral tradition, tango, Celtic music and classical chamber music and contemporary.
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