The Lorenzo Cellupica Quartet was founded with the aim of experimenting with new compositional and improvisational ideas, seeking to explore the boundaries of jazz through fusion with elements from different styles and musical genres. The compositions, all by Lorenzo Cellupica, combine the accessibility of melodic elements with the complexity of structures.

Lorenzo Cellupica, Piano Composer

Damiano Drogheo, tenor and alto saxophone

Gianfranco De Lisi, El. Bass

Massimo Ceci, Drums

Lorenzo Cellupica is a pianist, keyboardist, composer, and music teacher from Isola del Liri (FR). His multifaceted training, spanning diverse genres such as jazz, classical, rock, blues, and prog, has allowed him to build several successful ensembles over the years. Throughout his career, he has received numerous awards, both as a soloist and within the groups he founded, including first prize at the Non solo jazz festival held in Alvito, the TG24 Critics' Award for best musician, and the Rotary Club Frosinone L’eccellenza della musica italiana award, 21st Edition for Jazz. He has released several releases, both as a group (Möbius Strip and Time Lag by the Möbius Strip group) and as a soloist (In A Haunted House). His projects have received reviews and accolades from various Italian and foreign magazines, such as Prog Italia, Classic Rock Italia, Rockerilla, Raropiù, Hamelin Prog, Arlequins All About Jazz, Progression Magazine, ProGGnosis, Jazz in Europe, and DPRP. He has also performed at numerous festivals such as Pozzuoli Jazz Festival, Jazzit Festival (Pompeii), Stazione Birra (Rome), Defrag (Rome), Lo Sciamano (Rome), La Casa di Alex (Milan), and others. He has also performed in the United States, first at the Reggies in Chicago for the Progtoberfest Festival as the opening act for Soft Machine, and later at other clubs in Illinois and Wisconsin.