ENZO OREFICE trio

Enzo Orefice was born in Naples in 1972 and from an early age he approached the study of the piano under the guidance of his mother, pianist and music teacher. Towards adolescence he began a serious study, aimed at obtaining the Piano Diploma, a goal he achieved in 1994 at the “D. Cimarosa ”of Avellino, under the guidance of Maestro Nicola Setaro.

Two years later he attended an annual jazz music course in Siena and studied with: Enrico PIERANUNZI, Mauro GROSSI and Paolino DALLA PORTA, subsequently graduating in " Jazz Music " and in " Didactics of Music " at the State Conservatory of Music in Benevento where studies with Piero LEVERATTO and Ettore FIORAVANTI. In recent years he collaborates with jazz players such as: Ada MONTELLANICO, Piero LEVERATTO, Maurizio GIAMMARCO, Ettore FIORAVANTI, Stefano CANTINI, Antonio ONORATO, Marco ZURZOLO, Jerry POPOLO, Harold BRADLEY, Aldo FARIAS, Claudia MARSS, Antonio GOLINO, Cheryl NICKERSON and many other musicians belonging to the jazz sphere.

He also collaborates with international actors such as Michele PLACIDO, Segio RUBINI, Alessandro HABER, Enzo MOSCATO, Paila PAVESE, Norma MARTELLI, Nando GAZZOLO. Orefice has participated in numerous television broadcasts in recent years both on RAI networks (Notte di Stelle - August 1999), (A face for Fotomodella - September 2000) and FININVEST (La Domenica del Villaggio - December 1999), also records for RAI-SAT and boasts a conspicuous concert activity throughout Italy.

Enzo Orefice is one of the founding members and Artistic Director of the CREAmusicaedeventi Association (Nusco, AV) and is the creator of the summer festival " ... between cultured music and jazz music ... " now in its third edition, of the winter festival "914 slm" now in its second edition, and of the review " JAZZIRPINIAfestival " in the first edition.