Alice Ricciardi

Award Winning 2nd prize at 2005 International Montreux Jazz Festival Voice Competition - Performer at 2006 IAJE Conference in New York and at Jazz at the Lincoln Center Dizzys Club.



Born in Milan, approached music at seven, attending the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory where she studied violin and piano.



In 1995 she started studying jazz singing with Francesca Oliveri, Roberta Gambarini, Tiziana Ghiglioni at Accademia Internazionale della Musica in Milano directed by Enrico Intra and Franco Cerri obtaining the diploma in 1999.



She specialized attending stages of vocal improvisation with Rachel Gould. In 2002 she achieved European diploma "F.N.E.I.J." (Fèdèration Nationale des Ecoles d' Influence Jazz et des Musiques Actuelles) in France, valid for the instruction of jazz and modern music in all Europe.



Collaborations include some of the most renowned Italian and international musicians such as:Fabrizio Bosso, Lorenzo Tucci, Pietro Lussu, Nicola Conte, Dario Rosciglione, Giovanni Amato, Gaetano Partipilo, Andrea Nunzi,Roberto Tarenzi, Paolo Benedettini, Enrico Intra, Franco Cerri, Tony Arco, Nicola Muresu, Gianni Cazzola, Civica Jazz Band directed by Enrico Intra, James Cammack ,Joseph Lepore, Luca Santaniello, Marco Panascia, Anthony Pinciotti, Will Terrill,Neal Miner.



She sang in: "Mass" by Leonard Bernstein at the Theatre A.Bonci in Cesena, "Colloquio con Malcolm X" by Giorgio Gaslini, "The Second Sacred Concert" by Duke Ellington.



She performed at: Teatro Morlacchi Umbria Jazz 08,Blue Note Milano, Cotton Club Tokyo, Jazz Cafè London, Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory Milano, Villa Ada Roma, Piccolo Teatro Milano, Teatro Romano Verona, Anfiteatro Romano Cagliari, Sferisterio Macerata, Stadio dei Marmi Roma, Auditorium G. Mahler Milano, Scalo 76 Rai Due.



Debut album "COMES LOVE" released for the prestigious label Blue Note/EMI on February 2008.