Andrea Tofanelli

Tromba

email: andrea.tofanelli@vecchitonelli.com

 

Citato su Wikipedia in diverse lingue, Andrea Tofanelli si è diplomato nel 1987 al Conservatorio di Lucca col massimo dei voti con lode, perfezionando gli studi classici con Armando Ghitalla (Boston Symphony Orchestra) e approfondendo gli studi jazz con O. Valdambrini e S. Fanni, (trombe soliste delle orchestre tv RAI). Nel campo del Jazz si è esibito con artisti come Maynard Ferguson e la sua Big Bop Nouveau Band, Randy Brecker, Claudio Roditi, Peter Erskine, Kenny Wheeler, Tom Harrell, Paul Jeffrey, Dave Liebman, Carmen Bradford, Butch Miles, Eric Marienthal, Frank Foster, Paul Jeffrey, Dave Liebman, Lee Konitz, Steve Swallow, Lew Soloff e Dani Felber solo per citarne alcuni. Si è esibito al “Maynard Ferguson Tribute” ufficiale (2006) a St. Louis e nel 2008 ha ricevuto il Visa O-1 for “Extraordinary Ability in the Arts” dal Governo degli Stati Uniti. È apparso nel film TV “Le ragazze di San Frediano”. In questi ultimi 30 anni si è esibito in circa 100 programmi televisivi su RAI, Mediaset, La7 e Sky, registrando come session man più di 600 dischi (molti dei quali premiati con i dischi d’oro e di platino), colonne sonore (Nastro d’Argento 2021) per il cinema, spot televisivi e video per i più famosi artisti pop e jazz italiani, nei migliori studi di registrazione italiani ed europei. Si è esibito come solista nei più famosi teatri e festival di Italia, Stati Uniti, Giappone, Canada, Australia, Norvegia, Inghilterra, Germania, Svizzera, Lussemburgo, Norvegia, Svezia, Polonia, Malta, Finlandia, Francia, Spagna, Russia, Brasile, Polonia, Croazia, Liechtenstein, Austria, Olanda, Belgio, Scozia, Costa Rica, Messico, Portogallo, Serbia, Romania, Ungheria, Grecia, Egitto e Principato di Monaco, e ha collaborato con artisti italiani come Luciano Pavarotti, Jovanotti (tour 1997), Fiorello, Adriano Celentano, Claudio Baglioni, Gianni Morandi, Renato Zero, Elio e le Storie Tese, Maurizio Crozza, Demo Morselli Big Band, Antonella Ruggiero, Toto Cutugno, YuYu, Irene Grandi, Fausto Leali, Articolo 31, Gino Paoli, Tullio De Piscopo, Francesco Baccini, Ivana Spagna, Andrea Mingardi, Rossana Casale, Demo Morselli Big Band Orchestra, Dirotta su Cuba e molti altri, oltre che artisti internazionali come Gino Vannelli (tours 2012/2016), Paul Anka (tours 2007/2008), George Michael, Gloria Gaynor (dal 2010 al 2010), Joe Cocker, Tom Jones, Burt Bacharach Michael Bublè, Dee Dee Bridgewater, New York Voices, Tony Hadley, Randy Crawford, Matt Bianco, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, The Gibson Brothers, Samantha Fox, Imagination, Patrick Hernandez, Tony Hadley, Paul Young e Petula Clark. Docente di fama internazionale, tiene masterclass in tutto il mondo e ha insegnato in molte università americane (California State University Northridge di Los Angeles, San Diego State University, Riverside City College, Fullerton College, Upland HS, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma Christian University, Rowan University di Philadelphia, West Chester University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University Of Massachussets Amherst, International Trumpet Seminar alla Grand Valley State University, PAHS Band Boosters & Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts in Port Angeles), in Giappone (Japan Band Clinic) e in vari paesi europei (Norges Musikkhøgskole-Norvegian Academy of Music, Musique Militaire Grand-Ducale Philarmonie, Musikhochschule di Lubecca, Amburgo, Schramberg e Offenburg, Eisenach-Wartburg, Teror Festival de Trompeta e Festival Internacional de Trompeta de Maspalomas Isole Canarie, CIMVO Curs Internacional de Musica Vila de L’Olleria, Accademie Musicali di Poznań, Lodz e Szczecin, Zespół Szkół Muzycznych nr. 1 di Varsavia, Letnia Akademia-Summer Brass Academy di Opole, Hochschule Luzern Musik, Zurigo, Mennedorf, Ermatingen) e Sudamerica (Costa Rica e Messico). Ha collaborato come prima tromba e solista con la Sinfonieorchester Basel, l’ORT Orchestra Regionale Toscana, l’Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, l’Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Emilia-Romagna “A. Toscanini”, l’Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro Regio di Torino, l’EUR Spettacoli, l’Orchestra del Teatro del Giglio di Lucca, l’Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina, La Camerata Strumentale di Prato e l’Orchestra da Camera Lucchese. Andrea è attualmente l’unico trombettista italiano ad insegnare sia musica classica che jazz a livello accademico, Professore di Tromba Classica presso il Conservatorio di Musica “Vecchi-Tonelli” di Modena e Professore di Tromba Jazz presso la Scuola di Musica Fiesole. È artista/clinician internazionale Yamaha dal 2003, membro del Consiglio Direttivo e dell’Advisors Council dell’ITG International Trumpet Guild americano, professore e artista della WBA World & European Brass Association / WBA International Online Academy del M° Otto Sauter. Nel 2023 è entrato a far parte della Recording Academy of Los Angeles, diventando membro votante nella giuria dei Grammy Awards. È stato direttore artistico del Dean Benedetti Jazz Festival (2000-2011) e attualmente della rassegna musicale “Vissi d’Arte Jazz”.

 

 

ANDREA TOFANELLI (Viareggio, Italy, July 26th, 1965). Mentioned on Wikipedia in many  languages ​​and in many other music books and encyclopedias, is considered one of the world’s leading trumpeters specialized on Maynard Ferguson’s jazz trumpet-style, but he is well known also for his skills in the classical music field. In 1987 Andrea finished his Conservatory studies with highest full marks, graduating cum laude. During his career he has been performing in the most prestigious festivals and theaters of USA, Japan, Canada, Australia, Norway, England, Germany, Brazil, Luxemburg, Norway, Poland, Malta, Sweden, Finland, France, Russia, Liechtenstein, Austria, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Scotland, Poland, Romania, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Portugal, Serbia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Hungary, Egypt and Principality of Monaco.

In 2008 he received the Visa O-1 for extraordinary skill in the arts from the USA Government and from 2014 to 2019 he was the first Italian trumpeter in history to be invited to join the prestigious Board of Directors of the ITG International Trumpet Guild, still continuing that important activity also at today as counselor. He is currently also professor and performing artist of M° Otto Sauter’s WBA World & European Brass Association and his WBA International Online Trumpet Academy. In 2023 Andrea Tofanelli has been called to join permanently the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) in Los Angeles as effective voting member for the Grammy Awards. Lead trumpet and soloist in the most important Italian TV shows of the last 30 years (over 100 tv shows) for RAI, MEDIASET, LA7 and SKY channels, and very in demand as session man in the most important studios in Italy and abroad (more than 600 albums and DVDs recorded, many of them winners of Golden Discs and music awards all around Europe), he has collaborated with almost all the most famous Italian artists like Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Jovanotti, Fiorello, Adriano Celentano, Claudio Baglioni, Gianni Morandi, Renato Zero, Elio e le Storie Tese, Antonella Ruggiero, Toto Cutugno, YuYu, Irene Grandi, Fausto Leali, Art. 31, Gino Paoli, Tullio De Piscopo, Francesco Baccini, Ivana Spagna, Andrea Mingardi, Rossana Casale, Dirotta on Cuba, Demo Morselli Orchestra) as well as many international stars like Paul Anka, Gloria Gaynor, Amy Stewart, Donna Summer, Randy Crawford, Carl Anderson, Gibson Brothers, Matt Bianco, Kid Creole Kid and the Coconuts, Samantha Fox, Imagination, Patrick Hernandez, Paul Young, Petula Clark). In the jazz field, he performed and toured with legendary names like Maynard Ferguson, Gino Vannelli, Peter Erskine, Randy Brecker, Eric Marienthal, Claudio Roditi, Kenny Wheeler, Tom Harrell, Paul Jeffrey, Dave Liebman, Dusko Gojkovich, Steve Swallow, Frank Foster, New York Voices, Till Brönner, Valery Ponomarev, Carl Anderson, Lee Konitz, John Taylor, Daniellson, Lew Soloff and collaborated with Italians jazz artists like Enrico Rava, Stefano Bollani, Gianni Basso, Paolo Fresu, Massimo Nunzi, Bruno Tommaso, Giorgio Gaslini, Gianluigi Trovesi, Paolo Fresu and many others. He also performed as international soloist with the Atlanta Seventeen Big Band, Joe Gransden Big Band, Sandvika Storband (Norway), Yuzo Kataoka All-Star Big Band (Japan), Ralph (Italy), New England Jazz Band, Jazz Band of San Diego, Pyl’s All-Star Big Band (Australia), Luxembourg Jazz Orchestra, Opus78 Big Band, Harmonie Bascharage (Luxembourg), SMZ Big Band, ZHdK Big Band (Switzerland), Jazz Orchestra in Karlsruhe (Germany). He is a regular member of the Yamaha European Trumpet All Star and won the “Swiss Jazz Award” (2009) and a Platinum Record (2015) with the prestigious Dani Felber Big Band in Switzerland. Worldwide appreciated as trumpet teacher and clinician, thanks to his enormous professional activity that gave him skills and experiences in all existing genres of music, from jazz to classical, from pop to contemporary and beyond, Andrea is one of the very few trumpet professors in the world teaching both Classical Trumpet (“Conservatory of Music “Vecchi-Tonelli” in Modena) and Jazz Trumpet (at the prestigious “Scuola di Musica di Fiesole” in Florence) and he is regularly invited to teach in several American universities and European conservatories. Andrea collaborated as first trumpet and soloist with many prestigious classical orchestras too, like Sinfonieorchester Basel, ORT Orchestra Regionale Toscana, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra Sinfonica dell’Emilia-Romagna “A. Toscanini”, Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro Regio di Torino, EUR Spettacoli, Orchestra del Teatro del Giglio di Lucca, Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina, Camerata Strumentale di Prato and Orchestra da Camera Lucchese).