Stefano Bollani

Quick Facts

Full Name	Stefano Bollani
Occupation	Pianist
Date Of Birth	Dec 5, 1972(1972-12-05)
Age	52
Birthplace	Milan
Country	Italy
Birth City	Lombardy
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Stefano Bollani Biography

Stefano Bollani is one of the most popular and richest Pianist who was born on December 5, 1972 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Stefano Bollani (born 5 December 1972, Milan) is an Italian musician, composer, and singer. He is also writer and TV presenter.

Bollani wrote and hosted various Italian radio and TV shows: Il Dottor Djembe (Radio Rai 3, 2006-2012), Sostiene Bollani (Rai 3, 2001 and 2013), L’importante e avere un piano (Rai 1, 2016).

There is also a cartoon character based on Bollani, named Paperefano Bolletta, who appeared for the first time in the Italian version of the Disney magazine, Donald Duck pocket books (Topolino), on September 22, 2009.

Around this time Bollani appeared again in the Italian pop music scene, but the most relevant collaboration was that started in 2009 with jazz pianist Chick Corea, with whom Bollani toured through various Italian cities showcasing a totally new duo performance. The live album Orvieto is based on these performances.

Bollani has published several books, including the novel La sindrome di Brontolo (2006) and three works on the world of music: L’America di Renato Carosone (2004), Parliamo di musica (2013) and Il monello, il guru, l’alchimista e altre storie di musicisti (2015).

Stefano Bollani Net Worth

Stefano Bollani is one of the richest Pianist from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Stefano Bollani 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The same year, Japanese label Venus Records released four albums featuring”Stefano Bollani Trio “Stefano Bollani Trio” formed with Ares Tavolazzi on contrabass and Walter Paoli on drums: Black and Tan Fantasy (2002), Volare (2002), Falando de amor (2003) Ma l’amore (2004) and I’m in the mood to the Love (2007). In the same year, Bollani was collaborating with the contrabassist Jesper Bodilsen as well as drummer Morten Lund who he joined to form”the “Danish Trio”. Over the course of three years, Stunt label released Mi ritorni in mente (2003) Near to You (2004 featuring Danish vocalist Katrine Madsen) and Gleda Music of Scandinavia (2005). In 2009 ECM released Stone in the Water.

In the period between 2002 and 2006,, Bollani recorded 6 albums with French label Bleu. The first album was the album Les Fleurs bleues (2002), which was inspired by the novel written by Raymond Queneu. It was recorded with Scott Colley and Clarence Penn The album was then followed with Smat Smat (2003) which was praised in English publication Mojo for being one of the top recordings of 2004. In 2004, Concertone came out, which was the debut record Bollani composed with a full symphonic ensemble – that of the Orchestra della Toscana directed by Paolo Silvestri – based on the choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti designed an original ballet to the Stuttgart Ballet. The same year Bollani was also awarded the New Star Award, conferred for the first time an American musician by the Japanese journal Swing Journal. The fourth of the albums was released in the year 2006 with the title I visionari and recorded by the band whose name is homonymous, composed of Mirko Guerrini Nico Gori, Ferruccio Spinetti and Cristiano Calcagnile. The album also had special appearances by Mark Feldman, Paolo Fresu and Petra Magoni (at the time his wife).

In 2006 Piano Solo was released and the Italian magazine Musica Jazz awarded it the best album of the year and nominated Bollani for the best Italian musician of the year. The following year, Bollani tackled classical repertoire with the Filarmonica ‘900 of the Teatro Regio of Turin, directed by Jan Latham-Koenig, by recording the Concert champêtre, Les Animaux Modèles, and the Improvisations number 13 and 15 by Francis Poulenc. A few months later BollaniCarioca came out, recorded with important Brazilian artists. In 2007 he played a piano in a Rio de Janeiro favela: only Antônio Carlos Jobim had done this before. In the same year he won the Hans Koller European Jazz Prize as the best European musician of 2007 and was listed among the 5 most important musicians of the year by American website All About Jazz alongside Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus and Sonny Rollins.

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Bollani has also worked in theater, both as musician-actor and as composer. During the 2015/2016 season he co-wrote, co-directed and acted in La regina Dada with his partner Valentina Cenni.

Facts & Trivia

Stefano Ranked on the list of most popular Pianist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Stefano Bollani celebrates birthday on December 5 of every year.

Bollani’s collaborations in the first years were not limited to jazz, but included works with Italian pop artists such as Elio, Irene Grandi, Marco Parente, Peppe Servillo, Bobo Rondelli, Banda Osiris, Bandabardò, Massimo Ranieri. In the meantime, the partnership with Enrico Rava kept flourishing and together they released Montréal Diary/B (2001),Tati (2005), The Third Man (2007) and New York Days (2009). Furthermore, Bollani featured in several albums and international tours where he played with such musicians as Gianni Basso, Gianluca Petrella, John Abercrombie, Jeff Ballard, Larry Grenadier, Paul Motian, Mark Turner, Phil Woods, Gato Barbieri and Pat Metheny. Two notable collaborations occurred in 2003: one with Russian singer Sainkho Namtchylak (Who Stole the Sky?), and one with Hector Zazou who invited Bollani to play alongside him in Strong Currents (other guests were Laurie Anderson, Jane Birkin and Ryuichi Sakamoto).

Top Facts about Stefano Bollani

1. Stefano Bollani is an Italian jazz pianist and singer.
2. He was born on December 5, 1972 in Milan, Italy.
3. Bollani has released over 30 albums as a solo artist and collaborator.
4. He won the prestigious French award Victoires du Jazz in 2007.
5. Bollani has performed with renowned musicians such as Chick Corea and Phil Woods.
6. In addition to jazz, he has also explored classical music and Brazilian music genres.
7. Bollani is known for his virtuosic piano playing and improvisational skills.
8. He has been praised for his ability to blend humor into his performances.
9. Bollani is a regular performer at major international jazz festivals.
10. His album “Joy in Spite of Everything” was named one of the best jazz albums of 2014 by The New York Times.