Paolo Alderighi

Paolo Alderighi, originally from Milan, is one of Italy’s foremost jazz pianists. He earned his degree in Piano Performance from the G. Verdi Conservatory of Milan in 2000, and a degree in Economics for Arts, Culture and Media from Bocconi University in 2005. Since 1996, he has performed all over Europe, the United States, and Japan.

He frequently performs in duo with his wife, acclaimed pianist Stephanie Trick, making arrangements of songs from the classic jazz, swing, and ragtime repertoires. In 2014, they played for the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall at the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival. In 2020, they released their sixth recording together, I Love Erroll, I Love James P., features the compositions of two legendary figures of jazz piano, Erroll Garner and James P. Johnson.

The duo has performed in a variety of venues, including the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, Jazz at Filoli, the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, the Kobe Jazz Street Festival in Japan, the London Jazz Festival, the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, the Ascona Jazz Festival in Switzerland, Jazzland in Vienna, Jazz Bistro in Toronto, and other jazz clubs and festivals.