Biography

Eva Simontacchi – Jazz vocalist – Composer – Educator

Eva Simontacchi has a 20 year carreer as a distinguished vocal professional, training singers in all styles of music as a private coach or in schools and academies, in master classes and workshops, recording studios, audition preparation, club and concert performance preparation, stage behaviour and american diction for foreigners singing jazz or any other music genre. Head of the voice courses at the Vivaldi Academy in Bollate (Milan) for over a decade, she also taught at the Civic School in Lecco F. Zelioli at Villa Gomes for seven years, and in other academies and music schools including N.A.M.M. in Milan, Italy. She has consistently maintained a high level of visibility by pursuing an active performance carreer. Her performance experience has encompassed singing with small ensembles up to Big Bands. You can find her music on iTunes and in specialised stores. Jazz Albums: “Pure Ecstasy” (Splasc(H) Records, 2008) recorded with Roberto Cipelli (piano), Attilio Zanchi (double-bass), Gianni Cazzola (drums), Special Guest Gendrickson Mena (trumpet and flugelhorn), and “Places” (Abeat Records, 2012) recorded with Roberto Cipelli (piano), Attilio Zanchi (double bass), Massimo Manzi (drums), Special Guest Tom Harrell (trumpet and flugelhorn).