Tommaso Miranda
Tommaso Miranda starts studying Sax at the age of 13, entering the Conservatory “Antonio Scontrino" of Trapani (Italy) under the guide of M ° Antonino Peri and achieving in 2014 the Diploma with full marks. In 2018 he also obtained the Academic Diploma Experimental II level in Saxophone reporting the top marks and Honorable Mention. He attended numerous master classes, with masters like Jean-Yves Fourmeau, Sixto Herrero, David Ponce-Grau Fabrizio Mancuso, Mario Ciaccio, Antonino Mollica, Sylvain Malezieux about saxophone in the classical music and master fields like Giarcarlo Mazzu, Salvatore Bonafede, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Gunter "Baby" Sommer and Esa Pietila as regards the arch of jazz and the avant-garde of improvisation techniques. "He has performed in various formations and has given numerous concerts both as a soloist and in chamber music groups (duo with piano, quartets and ensemble of saxophones). In recent years he has carried out intense concert activity with SAX SOLUM QUARTET, with which is the 1st absolute prize in the national competition City of Buseto, the 1st prize at the 21st "Benedetto Albanese" National Competition in Caccamo and with whom he also performs abroad at the National Conservatory Superior of Castilla-la Mancha (Albacete - Spain). With the SAX SOLUM QUARTET takes part in the master class of the HABANERA Quartet held inside of the IV International Saxophone Campus. He collaborate with prestigious entities such as the Sicilian Symphony Orchestra, the “The Brass Group - Jazz Orchestra Sicilian Foundation and the “Sicilian Improvisers Orchestra” of the "Curva Minore" foundation, which for years it has been promoting, studying and developing new languages and new techniques of musical execution. He recently joined the ONJ, the National Jazz Orchestra of the Italian Conservatories, with which he held concerts in Milan, in Florence and in the prestigious Pescara Jazz Festival. He also collaborated in the composition and registration of the columns sound for some short films of the film production house independent IFNOT that have been selected within the Film Festival at an international level such as Equality Festival (Kiev), Iranian Film Festival (San Francisco), International Open Film Festival 2016 and the Goldensun Short Film festival (Malta).