Changing Shapes Lorenzo Vitolo

• 1 Unusual Muse 07:50
• 2 Beyond Desire 06:35
• 3 Blue in Green 05:01
• 4 Vicinity 09:00
• 5 Unspoken Words 06:07
• 6 Apart 06:12
• 7 Next Stop 07:06
• Total Runtime 47:51

Info for Changing Shapes

Changing Shapes is Lorenzo Vitolo’s debut recording project whose songs were written during different moments of his musical and artistic growth. The thread that links these compositions is the continuous change of shapes and notes, of spaces and times, of thoughts and feelings.

The project was realized in a trio line-up of musicians with whom Lorenzo had already collaborated for different concerts in their home town of Groningen in the Netherlands. This trio has found a great unity, despite the geographical distances and the different musical backgrounds of each musician. Lorenzo Vitolo has a background of classical music and jazz studies, re-emerging in his compositions and performances.

He is continuously inspired by the study of and listening to those who created before him, and he appropriately mixes his knowledge with the one offered by the infinite horizon of this beautiful music that is jazz. Rafael Abdalla, the double bass player, comes from San Paolo. He has three albums and a large number of participations in music and record projects by other musicians. He contributes to the project with his deep understanding of the wonderful Brazilian music that he mixes wisely with modern jazz sounds. George Potamianos, the drummer, is from Patras, Greece. After his studies in Greece he moved to Holland to perfect his jazz studies. He is involved in various projects, and he always supports music with his great energy, with which he creates a powerful empathy with the other musicians and listeners.

Lorenzo Vitolo, piano

Lorenzo Vitolo
born in Naples in 1998.

He starts playing piano at eight with two private teachers, at ten he began studying classical piano. Graduated with marks of 110 cum laude and mention in classical piano, Bachelor and Master degree, at the conservatory San Pietro a Majella of Naples (IT).

Finalist at Parmigiani Solo Piano Competition 2017 in Montreux (CH).

He is currently attending the New York Jazz Master program at the Prince Claus Conservatorium in Groningen (NL) Pianist with the Generations Big Band 2018, under the direction of Maria Schneider, performing in two concerts and shared the stage also with Gary Versace. He played with Generations Unit 2018, touring in Switzerland and Germany with the trombone player Adrian Mears during summer 2019.

He will play at “Piano Off Stage” Lucerne Festival 2019, Lucerne (CH)

He will partecipate to UNISA International Competition 2020 in Pretoria, South Africa.

He plays in many clubs in Italy and Europe with various bands and in a few months he will release his first album recorded in trio.

This album contains no booklet.