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.
