Michele Tino

Michele Tino is an Italian saxophone player, composer and educator, mainly working in the Jazz environment.
In the last few years he’s been getting more and more attention as one of the most significant artists in the Italian new musical scene and as one of the most personal and in demand alto and tenor saxophone voices.
Born in Naples in 1991 he began his musical studies as a child, on piano.
At the age of 11 he moved to Florence and discovered a deep passion for Jazz music, leading him to approach the study of alto saxophone.
He began his Jazz Saxophone studies at the age of 18 at the Ferrara conservatory and then moved to Rovigo, where he got his bachelor and master’s degrees, both with the highest grade “Cum Laude”, under the guidance of Marco Tamburini.
At the same time he studied privately with clarinet and saxophone player Nico Gori.
In 2013 he entered the master in Jazz Studies at the Conservatorium Van Amsterdam.
In 2015 he attended one semester at Temple University in Philadelphia, studying with Dick Oatts and Terell Stafford.
After he graduated at CvA in 2016 he moved back to Florence, where he is currently based.
By the time Michele Tino moved back to Italy his professional career developed very quickly, soon becoming a stable member of many relevant musical projects. This made him more and more well known as a soloist, mainly on alto saxophone, but also on tenor saxophone and flute.

website: www.micheletino.com