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Giuseppe Santangelo is a professional saxophonist, flautist, and composer.
Born in Sciacca in 1981, he fell in love with the saxophone at the age of 14 after a dazzling listen to John Coltrane. He began to study self-taught, on jazz records, then over the years, followed by great masters .
While studying the saxophone in all its aspects, he followed courses in Musicology at the University of Palermo, graduating with a Musicological thesis on Jazz in 2007. Title of the Thesis: “Jazz: Forms, Structure, Language”, thesis in which he explains himself in technical and detailed way jazz music seen from the analytical point of view of those who make it.
During his last university year he moved to Milan to continue his studies and perfect himself at Civica Jazz, where he immediately joined the Civic Orchestra, very active on the national territory and a stable formation in the concert seasons of the Piccolo di Milano.
Peppe Santangelo has already produced 5 albums under his own name, and has other albums coming out and a songwriting project called Atlantide. In 2023 Giuseppe Santangelo was chosen by the well-known brand Dolce and Gabbana to accompany the Haute Couture fashion shows with his quartet. In December of the same year, an advertisement was released on the social networks of the well-known fashion brand which has more than 40 million followers, with the music composed and performed by the saxophonist and composer's quartet.
Born in Sciacca in 1981, he fell in love with the saxophone at the age of 14 after a dazzling listen to John Coltrane. He began to study self-taught, on jazz records, then over the years, followed by great masters .
While studying the saxophone in all its aspects, he followed courses in Musicology at the University of Palermo, graduating with a Musicological thesis on Jazz in 2007. Title of the Thesis: “Jazz: Forms, Structure, Language”, thesis in which he explains himself in technical and detailed way jazz music seen from the analytical point of view of those who make it.
During his last university year he moved to Milan to continue his studies and perfect himself at Civica Jazz, where he immediately joined the Civic Orchestra, very active on the national territory and a stable formation in the concert seasons of the Piccolo di Milano.
Peppe Santangelo has already produced 5 albums under his own name, and has other albums coming out and a songwriting project called Atlantide. In 2023 Giuseppe Santangelo was chosen by the well-known brand Dolce and Gabbana to accompany the Haute Couture fashion shows with his quartet. In December of the same year, an advertisement was released on the social networks of the well-known fashion brand which has more than 40 million followers, with the music composed and performed by the saxophonist and composer's quartet.