Lorenzo Grassi

Pop / Funk / Jazz

Bio

Lorenzo Grassi was born and raised in Rome, Italy where he started his musical career as a composer, singer, and guitar player. He has been a part of several successful projects, especially original Italian pop music and progressive rock/crossover. In his twenties he got into the Jazz idiom and began a road of serious studies of theory and harmony. He was a student at the Scuola Popolare di Musica di Testaccio in Rome for a few years and participated in two summer programs at the Berklee College of Music during the Umbria Jazz festival. Here he was lucky enough to play and study with such musicians as Jim Kelly, Winton Marsalis and many others.

In 2000 he won the Promising Artist of the 21st Century award, and was invited by the North American Cultural Center of San Jose Costa Rica to play several shows and teach a few clinics. Since then Lorenzo Grassi has always been very active in the music world as a performer, composer, producer and educator.

Teaching Philosophy

Lorenzo teaches by using the interactive method. He believes students should be engaged in all aspects of the musical process. He likes providing them with real world experiences and giving them projects that allow them to explore themselves on a deeper level. This helps a musician grow and mature. It is how he was taught and it worked well for him, so he sticks to his approach.