Born in August, 9 1974 in Milan.
He developed his passion for music in the family circle, under the guidance of his grandfather, who taught clarinet.
He continued to study clarinet at the Conservatorio G. Verdi in Milan, where he obtained a first-class degree with M° L. Tessari; afterwards, he attended the two year post-diploma training program. At the same time, his discovery of jazz and the saxophone lead him to pursue its study with saxophonists Paolo Tomelleri, Pietro Tonolo and Tino Tracanna.
He obtained a first class degree in jazz music with M° Tino Tracanna at the Conservatorio G. Verdi in Milan.
In Milan, in 2001, he attended the Masterclass in jazz arrangement taught by Corrado Guarino and, in 2002, the jazz Masterclass taught by Dave Liebman and Massimo Colombo.
In 2005 he obtained the teacher certification for "classi di concorso 31 e 32 A".
At 36, his recording activity can already claim 8 records as a leader and coleader and 7 records as a sideman, plus a hectic concert activity.
AWARDS
As a clarinetist he came in first at the Concorso Internazionale di Musica
"Premio Ispra" (Va) in 1991, the Concorso Nazionale di clarinetto "Vito di
Lena" of Segni (Rm) in 1994, the Torneo Internazionale di Musica T.I.M. Erba
(Co) in 1997.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FROM SPECIALIZED MAGAZINES
He has had many reviews and recognitions in Italian and foreign magazines specialized in record productions.
He has been described by Enzo Siciliano in Repubblica as "the best young Italian saxophonist", and by Cadence magazine (USA) "a talent destined to make jazz history".
He has been voted as one of the best saxophonists of the year in the referendum TOP JAZZ 2007, 2008 and 2009, organized by the magazine "Musica Jazz", and JAZZIT AWARD 2011 organized by the magazine
"Jazzit".
MUSIC COLLABORATIONS
In addition to his own usual musicians, he has collaborated with artists that are amongst the greatest on the national and international scene, such as Gregory Hutchinson, Xavier Davis, Danny Grissett, Ugonna Ogekwo, Jimmy Greene, Quincy Davis, Asaf Sirkis, Yuri Goloubev, Marco Tamburini, Marco Brioschi, Paolo Birro, Tino Tracanna, Massimo Colombo, Massimo Manzi, Sandro Gibellini, Bebo Ferra, Stefano Di Battista, Andrea Dulbecco, Stefano Bagnoli, Riccardo Fioravanti, Ferdinando Faraò, Rudy Migliardi, Geggè Munari, Giorgio Rosciglione, Antonio Zambrini, Pietro Lussu, Roberto Cecchetto, Claudio Fasoli, Guido Bombardieri, Tullio De Piscopo, Laura Fedele, Sergio Orlandi, Massimo Pintori, Bruno De Filippi, Luigi Martinale, Alberto Mandarini, Giovanni Falzone, Stefano Bertoli, Javier Perez Forte, Francesco D'Auria, Montecarlo Night Orchestra and Nick The Nightfly directed by Gabriele Comelio
ENSEMBLES AND PROJECTS
As of now he directs his own quartet (with Massimo Colombo, Giulio Corini and Massimo Manzi), which sometimes is expanded to a quintet with Bebo Ferra's presence.
He co-directs the duo with Javier Pérez Forte.
He co-directs the duo with Massimo Colombo.
ORCHESTRAS' COLLABORATIONS
The acknowledgements from musical critics lead him to a hectic concert activity in prestigious theaters and concert halls in Italy and abroad, as a solo artist as well as in camera ensembles and symphonic orchestras such as the Orchestra Sinfonica of Pesaro, the Orchestra Sinfonica del Conservatorio "G.Verdi" of Milan, the Orchestra Villa-Lobos of Paderno Dugnano, the Operà Ensemble of Milan, and to collaborate with the lyrical singers Daniela Dessì, Fabio Armigliato and Barbara Costa and the pianist-orchestra director Marco Boemi.
In 2009 he was a solo clarinetist at the finale concert of the Festival Verdiano at Teatro Verdi in Busseto (PR). He collaborates with Nuevos Aires in researching and spreading Folktangojazz's rythms from South America.
PLACES, FESTIVALS AND SHOWS
Amongst the jazz clubs e jazz festivals that featured him as a guest: Blue note of Milan (where he has played several times), La Palma club of Rome, Terni in jazz fest, Classicum jazz Roma, Ronciglione jazz festival Viterbo,
Festival Internazionale della Basilicata "Gezziamoci" Matera, Grado Festival
"Ospiti d'Autore", Ah-Um Jazz Festival Milan, Open jazz Varese, Rassegna
"Note Sotto l'Arco" Milan, Crocevia di suoni Agrate B.za (MI), No Borders
Italian Jazz Festival Gubbio, Brianza Open Festival Milan, Peperoncino jazz
festival Diamante (CS), Cosenza jazz festival, Lario jazz & Blues festival
……etc.
DISCOGRAPHY
Escaleras | CDS001
Felice Clemente – Javier Perez Forte
Crocevia di Suoni Records
September 2007
Blue of Mine | CDS002
Felice Clemente Quintet
Felice Clemente, Massimo Colombo, Bebo Ferra, Giulio Corini, Massimo Manzi, Tino Tracanna, Antonello Monni
Crocevia di Suoni Records
February 2009
Doppia Traccia | CDS003
Massimo Colombo – Felice Clemente
Crocevia di Suoni Records
November 2010
Nuvole di Carta | CDS005
Felice Clemente Quartet
Felice Clemente, Massimo Colombo, Giulio Corini, Massimo Manzi
Crocevia di Suoni Records
February 2011
Live 2006 | PIC 005
Felice Clemente Quartet
Felice Clemente, Xavier Davis, Valerio Della Fonte, Quincy Davis
Picanto Records
February 2007
Perfect World | PIC 002
Felice Clemente Quartet
Felice Clemente, Danny Grissett, Valerio Della Fonte, Gregory Hutchinson
Picanto Records
February 2006
Inside Me | CDH928.2
Felice Clemente records
F.Clemente, M.Brioschi, R.Migliardi, M.Colombo, V.Della Fonte, M.Manzi, L.Stefanuto
Splasc(h) Records
May 2004
Way Out Sud | CDH786.2
Felice Clemente Quintet
F.Clemente, G.Falzone, M.Colombo, V.Della Fonte, Tommy Bradascio
Splasc(h) Records
2003
RECORDING COLLABORATIONS AS A SIDEMAN
- Compilation "dodici note per un mattone" Accademia delle arti e professioni
di Monza e Brinza 2009.
- Opera Ensemble dir. Gerardo Colella Casa Musicale Eco 2007
- Compilation di Jazz Magazine n. agosto 2007
- Roberto Favilla Jr., Oi Dialogoi, Splasc(h) records 2006
- Marco Trifilio e Sergio Gimigliano, Wishlist, Picanto Records 2006
- Valerio Della Fonte, Per un istante, Splasc(h) records 2005
- Oliviero Biella Accade pÖl das FolkClub Ethnosuoni 2004
RADIO
He has been a recurring guest of radio broadcasts of RAI3 (Piazza Verdi),
Radio RAI International and Radio Classica.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Since 1999 he teaches music in middle schools in several schools.
From 1998 to 2008 he has been a saxophone teacher at Istituto Europeo Musicale (ISME) in Milan.
Since 2008 he teaches saxophone, harmony, ensemble music and music writing at CPM (Centro professione musica) in Milano.
Since 2009 he teaches clarinet and saxophone for the project "Orchestra giovanile Pepita" sponsored by the municipality of Milan.
Since 2006 he has created and is directing the Big Band Mixieland Jazz Band of Milano where he coordinates the classes and laboratories of improvisation and jazz pronunciation.
He has been promoting several projects to advance jazz culture, and since 2002 he holds seminars on jazz history for the municipalities of Agrate Brianza and Vimercate (MB).
In 2006 he held the Master class of saxophone for the association of Festival Internazionale della Basilicata "Gezziamoci" in Matera.
ARTISTIC DIRECTIONS
From 2005 to 2008 he was the founder and artistic director of Crocevia di suoni jazz festival of Agrate Brianza (MI).
In 2007 he created his own record label Crocevia di suoni records.
THEATER MUSIC
In 2001 he was the composer and co-arranger for the musical La principessa
Neghitò for the Teatro delle Erbe in Milan.
TV THEME MUSIC
Author of commercial jingles for Seat Pagine Gialle.
WEBSITES
http://www.feliceclemente.com/
http://www.myspace.com/feliceclemente
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