Rita Marcotulli

The Profile

Italian jazz pianist and composer from Rome, noted for blending jazz with Mediterranean, Nordic and electronic colors. She has collaborated with figures such as Enrico Rava, Andy Sheppard, Dewey Redman, Palle Danielsson, Peter Erskine, Pat Metheny, Pino Daniele and Noa. She is also active in film music and was awarded major Italian film prizes for the score to Basilicata Coast to Coast.

Pianist and composer; Italian; active since the 1980s; frequent collaborator with Andy Sheppard and Enrico Rava; author of Koinè, The Light Side Of The Moon, The Woman Next Door, and a Pink Floyd tribute; awarded for the Basilicata Coast to Coast soundtrack.

The reviews praise the Roman jazz pianist Rita Marcotulli for a personal blend of jazz, electronics, and world flavors. Highlights include Koinè, The Light Side Of The Moon, The Woman Next Door, and a celebrated Pink Floyd tribute. Frequent collaborators include Andy Sheppard, Enrico Rava, and others. The writing notes her prepared-piano colors, studio craft, and cinema affinities.