Lina Allemano

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Lina Allemano
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Background information
Born (1973-10-20) October 20, 1973 (age 51)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Genres Jazz, free improvisation
Occupation Musician
Instrument Trumpet
Website linaallemano.com
Lina Allemano in Denmark 2022 Photo Hreinn Gudlaugsson Lina-Allemano DSC02828.jpg
Lina Allemano in Denmark 2022
Photo Hreinn Gudlaugsson

Lina Allemano (born October 20, 1973) [1] is a Canadian musician in the genre of jazz and free improvisation. [2]

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Life and career

Allemano grew up in Edmonton, Alberta. [3] Her mother was a literature scholar and writer, and her father is a musician and French teacher.

At ten years old, she began to play her brother's old trumpet. [3] Her father familiarized her with jazz, and at the age of 12, she began to take classical lessons. Her first club concert was at the age of 15. For her education, she moved from Edmonton to Toronto in 1993, where she now resides.

She began performing with Howard Johnson, Don Byron, Dave Holland, Mike Murley, and Joe Lovano.[ citation needed ] She was invited to the Festival of New Trumpet Music in New York City by Dave Douglas, where she appeared on the scene with Ingrid Jensen and drew the attention of Down Beat.[ citation needed ] In 2012, she toured Europe with the group, and in 2014, she appeared in Europe with Achim Kaufmann and Christian Weber.[ citation needed ]

Allemano's quartet Lina Allemano Four performs free jazz and has released six albums. [4]

She composes pieces described as both "[complex] and [having a sense of] anarchic freedom." [5] She also leads the improvisation ensemble Titanium Riot with members including Ryan Driver (analog synthesizer), Rob Clutton (bass guitar), and Nick Fraser (percussion). She has performed with the Paul Read Orchestra, Tim Posgate Horn Band, Cluttertones, the Jane Fair/Rosemary Galloway quintet, the Neufeld-Occhipienti Jazz Orchestra, and has performed as a sidewoman for groups with Marianne Trudel, Achilla Orru, Rob Clutton, Victor Bateman and Tania Gill. Additionally, she has appeared on more than 40 albums.[ citation needed ]

She currently splits her time between Berlin and Toronto. [6]

Partial discography

Leader or Co-Leader

Sideperson

References

  1. ↑ Hickman, David. Trumpet Greats: a biographical dictionary. Hickman Music Editions.
  2. ↑ Jazz Musicians born on October 20 All About Jazz
  3. 1 2 "Lina Allemano is Splitting Time | Musicworks magazine". www.musicworks.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  4. ↑ "Lina Allemano Four Concert & Tour History | Concert Archives". www.concertarchives.org. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  5. ↑ Tom Gsteiger Der Landbote (2012) Archived 2016-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Hum, Peter (22 June 2018). "Berlin-based Canadian jazz musicians Peter Van Huffel and Lina Allemano head to Ottawa". Ottawa Citizen . Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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