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Born 1954, in Torino (Italy). At the age of 20 Claudio Lodati founded the legendary ART STUDIO along with Carlo Actis Dato, Enrico Fazio and Fiorenzo Sordini. The group recorded 7 LPs and played hundreds of concerts throughout Italy and Europe.

1983 - 1993 Lodati was involved in two major theme-based projects, DAC'CORDA and VOCAL DESIRES. Formations varied with the participation of seasoned musicians, including Antonello Salis, Maria Pia De Vito, Ellen Christi, Giovanni Maier, Maurizio Brunod, Enrico Fazio, Fiorenzo Sordini, Massimo Barbiero, UT Ghandi, Alex Rolle, Laura Culver.

Lodati has brought his music to a long list of festivals and series, in Italian cities such as Florence, Palmi, Milano, Foggia, Padua, Pisa, Reggio Emilia, Brescia, Modena, Tarcento, Siena, Torino, Rome, Venice, Genoa, Bologna, Trieste; and in Europe at Tubingen, Jazz Fest Konstanz 2000 (Germany), Sens Music Meeting, Belfort, Chanteney, Paris, Poitiers, Avignon and Montpellier '95, Le Mans '98 (France), MU.MO.VO. London (UK), Locarno, Basel, Zurich, Lucerna (Switzerland), Belgrade (Yugoslavia), Pristina (Kosovo), Stettino, Swinoujscie (Poland), Amsterdam, Zwolle, Rotterdam (Netherlands), Krani (Slovenia).

Jazz Festival Volterra 2008; MITO festival (Settembre Musica) in Torino 2010.

He toured the USA and Canada in 1995, '96 and '98 with the group ALIENSTALK, accompanied by vocalist Ellen Christi of New York and Swiss musicians Luigi Archetti and Jan Schlegel - more than 60 concerts in cities including New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Hartford, Toronto, Buffalo, Rochester, Erie, Chicago, Baltimore, Cleveland, Middletown.

In 2001 Lodati played at the Daniel Sorano National Theater in Dakar (Senegal), with Ellen Christi, Fiorenzo Sordini and Senegalese musicians, including Youssou N'Dour's bassist Habib Faye.

Besides the musicians already mentioned, Claudio Lodati has played and collaborated with Hervè Bourde, Bobby Zankel, Tristan Honsinger, Karim Tourè, Fred Frith, Hens Reichel, Guido Mazzon, Radu Malfatti, Louis Sclavis, Tiziana Ghiglioni, Franco Cerri, Pascale Charreton, Irene Robbins, Tiziana Simona, Claudio Cojaniz.

He has also been featured on radio and TV broadcasts on Italy's RAI, Radio France (including the well known show "France Music"), Radio TV Yugoslavia, as well as radio stations in New York and Washington DC.

Articles on Lodati and reviews have appeared in the music press and newspapers the world over. He has been mentioned in numerous books and music encyclopedias, including Grande enciclopedia del Jazz (Curcio Editore, Italy), I Grandi del Jazz (Fabbri Editori, Italy), Storia del jazz Moderno Italiano (AZI, Italy), II Jazz in Italia by Arrigo Polillo (Fabbri Editori Italy).

Since 1988 he has taught jazz guitar at the City of Torino's Scuola Civica Musicale.

CLAUDIO LODATI

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