(23 February 2016) Music and words, thoughts and comparison, history and traditions. Rino Cirinnà, Stjepko Gut, and Rui Caetano are the protagonists of the meeting scheduled for tonight (at 7pm) at the Italian Cultural Institute in Lisbon. The three will hold a concert-lecture on “The Italian-Americans in the history of jazz.” Rino Cirinnà comes from a three-generation family of musicians and he studied clarinet in Catania and Rome, attending Orchestra Directing courses with Thomas Briccetti. Cirinnà taught at the Brookline Music School, Somerville Highschool and is director of the Canicattini Bagni jazz music workshop. Cirinnà also participated in numerous recording sessions and played in the most important Italian festivals and theaters. Stjepko (Steve) Gut was born in Yugoslavia, and he has performed in orchestras with Woody Herman and Lionel Hampton, Clark Terry, Curtis Fuller, Mel Lewis, Joe Newman, Sal Nistico, Clifford Jordan, Frankie Dunlop, Horace Parlan and many others. He currently teaches at the Music Academy in Graz and is director and leader of the RTS Big Band. He lives between New York, Graz and Belgrade, carrying out an intense concert and teaching activity. Finally, Rui Caetano began studying piano at the age of 11 and, in 1994, jazz at the Jazz School of the Hot Clube de Portugal. In 2001, he graduated in Jazz and Contemporary Music at New School University and in 2002 he began teaching at the School of Jazz Luís Villas Boas Lisbon. He performs in concerts and workshops centered on Jazz and Contemporary Music, involving important musicians of the Portuguese jazz scene. In 2005, he founded the Rui Caetano Trio with which he released two albums: “Reflexos” and “Invisível”. (Red)
