• Biography

    Playing his electric bass and acoustic bass guitar, Pierluigi Balducci has performed at numerous festivals and jazz clubs throughout Italy, Europe, Asia, South America, collaborating with jazz musicians as Paul McCandless, John Taylor, Ernst Reijseger, Gabriele Mirabassi, Luciano Biondini, Nuevo Tango Ensamble, Javier Girotto, Michele Rabbia, Antonio Tosques, Andy Sheppard, Roberto Taufic, Bebo Ferra, Vincenzo Maurogiovanni, Roberto Ottaviano and many others. Together with Gabriele Mirabassi and Nando Di Modugno he created the trio Amori Sospesi, which now boasts a ten-year concert activity throughout Europe and an intense recording activity.

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He has recorded about thirty albums as a sideman and as a leader. As a composer and a band leader, he released various albums under his name (since 2006 for the Italian label Dodicilune), always striving for a balance not only between writing and improvisation, but also between African-American jazz language and European classical and folk tradition.

The main Italian jazz magazines have written about his recordings, as well as All about jazz (USA), Jazzlife (JAPAN), Jazzwise (UK) and others. Musica Jazz and JazzIt and Italian national broadcaster Radiotre have dedicated considerable interviews to him. For several years, the prestigious Jazzit Award included Pierluigi Balducci of the most important Italian electric bassists in the jazz scene.

He performed live for the Italian broadcaster Radiotre, for Bayerisches Rundfunk, for Austrian ORFF and for South Korean MBC. He teaches electric bass at Jazz Department of Matera Music University, and is endorser of prestigious Italian marks like Meridian Guitars, GR Bass Amplifiers, Sansone Strings.


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