IN DUO
Pamino Pia (piano)
Dino Contenti (kontrabas)
                        
Palmino Pia Born in Turin in 1953 where he still lives.
 He started studying the piano at the age of 8, then subsequently went on to perfect his talent with that instrument under the guidance of excellent teachers and he then decided to take up the activity professionally without posing any stylistic limits, having the background of sound instrumental (and musical in the broadest sense) grounding which allows him to alternate between jazz and rock and even to light pop music.
 He performs frequently in Piedmont clubs, from the historic and glorious "SWING CLUB" to the more trendy clubs with some of the most renowned Turin musicians, from FLAVIO BOLTRO and EMANUELE CISI to TIZIANA GHIGLIONI, LUIGI TESSAROLLO and CARLO ACTIS DATO.
 Togheter with FULVIO ALBANO and CLAUDIO CHIARA he formed a sextet which plays exclusively original compositions and has already performed several concerts including the Internationals Jazz Festivalis at Briançon, Montgenéve and Coutances (France).
 Currently he is very busy with his own project which involves the interaction of a string quartet and a jazz duo working on original compositions and original arrangements.
 An expert composer and above all arranger, one can certainly say that there is not a big-band in Turin which has not collaborated with him both as a pianist and arranger/orchestrator.
 He frequently works with RAI (Italian Television), for which he has composed and
arranged various interesting works always using large orchestral ensembles.
 Several of his compositions and orchestrations appear in the "SCOMEGNA MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS" catalogue.
 He currently performs as a pianist/arranger in the group ANONIMA VOCALI which is a splendid vocal quintet offering an Italian revisit of the classic "vocalese".
 He also performs with GIANNI BASSO (duo, quartet and big-band) and FRANCO CERRI.
 He has partecipated in various Festivalis, including the Turin JVC JAZZ Festivali and the EUROFestivali of Ivrea, playing with the american soloists BOB MOVER (altosax) and BENNY BAILEY (trumpet).
 Togheter with Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale he played with LUCIANO PAVAROTTI in two recitals held from the famous tenor in Mantova (27-1-99) and Alba (30-1-99).
 In addition to his concert performances he also takes an interest in education, as shown by the teaching posts of the piano and arrangements/orchestrations wich he occupied from 1985 to 1994 at the "Centro Jazz" of Turin. He has actually been teaching at the very prestigious "SCUOLA DI ALTO PERFEZIONAMENTO MUSICALE" of Saluzzo (Italy).

Dino Contenti Contrabbassista, esordisce come musicista nell’85.
 In  seguito a lunga esperienza come bassista, maturata nell’ambito della musica moderna di vario genere (pop, rock, etnica, funky, blues, latin ecc…), entra in contatto con musicisti di varie tendenze.
 Il suo avvicinamento al contrabbasso  avviene dapprima con lo studio della musica classica; successivamente, l'esigenza di esprimersi attraverso l'improvvisazione, lo porta  alla scoperta del jazz. Comincia ad esibirsi in concerti accompagnando musicisti italiani e stranieri, tra  cui:
 GIANNI NEGRO, PIETRO TONOLO,  LARRY NOCELLA, EMANUELE CISI, ANTONIO FARAO’,  MARIO RUSCA, RICCARDO ZEGNA, PAOLO BIRRO, GIANNI BASSO, CARLO SOLA, ENRICO RAVA, TIZIANA GHIGLIONI, FRANCESCA  OLIVIERI, FLAVIO BOLTRO, FRANCO CERRI, BOB BONISOLO,  HALSTEIN, TONY CASTELLANO, BOB MOVER, DICK ECKSTALLE  SMITH, BARNEY KESSEL, JIMMY COBB, RAY MANTILLA, TOMMY  CAMPBELL, SKIP HADDEN, GARRISON FEWELL, NORMAWINSTONE,  GIANNI COSCIA, GIANLUIGI TROVESI, GABRIELE MIRABASSI.
Attualmentete  collabora con il quartetto di CLAUDIO FASOLI e con  il trio del chitarrista GARRISON FEWELL con il quale  ha partecipato al Montreux Jazz Festivali del ’98 e del‘99.

 Con quest’ultima formazione spesso accompagna la cantante  inglese NORMA WINSTONE, con l’arpista NewYorkese PARK  STICKNEY con il quale ha suonato nel 2002/2003 in tutta Europa.
 E’ stato  il contrabbassista del Musical “A  qualcuno piace caldo” con Alessandro Gassman, Gian Marco Tognazzi e Rossana Casale.
 Numerose sono le patrecipazioni  a trasmissioni televisive sui canali RAI e Mediatset.
 Dal 1987  al 1999 ha svoltoattività didattica  al CENTRO JAZZ di Torino.
 Dal 1987 svolge attività didattica al CENTRO JAZZ di Torino.

Motori di ricerca inserire Palmino Pia diversi siti.
http://www.arpnet.it/cluster/curriculum.htm  (Dino)