Professional Singer

About

Vocalist and improviser, Selene Zuppardo (1998) is currently attending a Master in Jazz Vocals at the Royal Conservatoire in the Hague (NL), where she’s conducting a research project around different methods to lead free improvisation. Indeed, her last works live between Jazz and Contemporary Music, with many moments dedicated to improvisation and contaminations from electronic music.

Selene has a Bachelor cum laude in Jazz Vocals from the Francesco Morlacchi Conservatoire in Perugia, where she studied under the guide of the singer Marta Raviglia. Prior to this, Selene majored classical piano at Francesco Petrarca Musical High school in Arezzo.

 Her passion for music and arts started from a really young age. In fatc, she began to study piano and sing in a choir at the age of 6. Thanks to her father influence, she also developed a love for contemporary italian poetry.

 At the age of 25, Selene has already performed in many different stages in Italy and abroad as a leader, co-leader and guest, such as: Umbria Jazz, Valdarno Jazz Festival, Borgo Jazz Festival, TivoliVredenburg (UT), Festival Dei Due Mondi Spoleto, Jazz on The Corner, Mengo Music Fest, MAHMUTT Spazio Politeama (AR), Casa delle Energie (AR), Amare (HT), Fortezza Medicea (AR), ABC Theatre (BO), Centro Onda d’Urto (AR), Wolfsburg Castle (VfL), Teatro Petrarca (AR), and many more.

Voce

DROPS

JOTC Open Orchestra

JOTC Open Orchestra is a one of the few Jazz Orchestra active in Italy. The project was born in 2020 and it is lead by Francesco Giustini. As the name suggests, the orchestra aims to remain “open” to different combinations and possibilities in terms of repertoires, style, musicians and arrangements.

Performing live several times, the JOTC Open Orchestra has explored different shades of Jazz: from the golden years of the Count Basie Orchestra, to European Jazz with contemporary sounds.

Selene has been part of the JOTC Open Orchestra from the beginning of the project. In thier debut album “MO’ JOE” , dedicated to the music of Joe Henderson, Selene had the opportunity to record as vocalist and also to compose the lyrics for Black Narcissuss and Serenity.

THRU IMPRO WE CONNECT

Thru Impro We Connect are interactive concerts of free improvisation where the audience is direclty involved in the creation of the music. In fact, listeners can send inputs direclty to the musicians, who begin to improvise freely from them.

The music created is an expression of the exchange between audience and musicians.

The goal of this project is to cancel the distance between the listener and the performer, and to create a unique and unrepeatable experience in each performance.

Selene Zuppardo TRIO

Selene Zuppardo, Santiago Fernandez and Emanuele Caporali are three young musicians active in Italy and abroad, whose research involves Jazz and contemporary sounds.
Sharing a background of classical music studies, the three started playing Jazz together and together they grew within this style. Including sonic experimentation, classical and contemporary music, the repertoire is a blend of diverse influences that nevertheless find its center in jazz standards and more contemporary jazz compositions. The program features music by : Kenny Wheeler, Charles Mingus, Charlie Haden, Joe Henderson, Fred Hersch and more.