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Fabrizio Doberti

Fabrizio Doberti

Fabrizio Doberti is a Tuscan drummer and composer.

Born in Lucca on 21 August 2001, he began playing drums at the age of nine. He attended a private school of music in Lucca from 2011 to 2015, then began individual drums lessons from 2015 to 2017. In 2018 and in 2019 he participated for the first time the Siena Jazz Summer Workshop where he had the opportunity to study and play with masters of Jazz such as Jeff Ballard, Matt Penman, Avishai Cohen, Lage Lund, Susanne Abbuehl, Ferenc Nemeth and Nir Felder. In the same year he began to study piano by taking private lessons. In 2020 he enrolled at the Siena Jazz Percussion and Drums Bachelor’s degree course: during the Academic Year 2021/2022, he attended the "Siena Jazz Stage", where he had the opportunity to work and play with Ralph Alessi and Demian Cabaud. In the Academic Year 2022/2023, he was selected by the school to participate in the project "Erasmus Plus", in collaboration with the Conservatorium Van Amsterdam, and was chosen to join the Siena Jazz Orchestra, with which he has the opportunity, among many activities, to play with Jason Palmer and Miguel Zenón in the opening concert of the Siena Jazz Summer Workshop 2023. Also in 2023 he participated in the Special Masterclass of Enrico Rava.

He began his concert activity at the age of 14, playing in the orchestra of the Istituto Comprensivo Lucca 6. Over the years, he expanded his knowledge, thanks to a strong desire to get involved and a great dedication to create musical collaborations. Doberti has performed in many clubs and festivals such as Pisa Jazz Festival, opening at Christian McBride & Inside Straight, Fara Music Festival (Rieti), Barga Jazz Festival, Litorale Jazz Festival (Venice), Jazz Prime (Florence), Straborgo (Livorno), Gregory’s Jazz Club (Rome), Borgo in Jazz (Campobasso), Soundout Music Festival (Lucca), Chigiana meets Siena Jazz (Siena), Borgo Sonoro (Forlì), Ex-Wide (Pisa).

In addition to his work as sideman, Doberti composed over the years writing music for the projects with which he collaborated. Also, he leads a group in which he plays standards and songs of his composition.

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