Paride Pignotti Jazz Guitarist from Hayward, CA

Paride Pignotti is an Italian guitarist and composer based in Los Angeles. Playing both electric, acoustic, and classical guitar, Paride blends the passion of jazz with a Mediterranean flavor in his music. During his career, he has toured and performed internationally throughout Europe, the United States, Canada, and Africa, at numerous globally recognized venues and festivals such as Auditorium Parco Della Musica, San Jose for Performing Arts, Yamaava Theater, Borgata Theater, Nice Jazz Festival, Rome Jazz Festival, Healdsburg Jazz Festival, and Time in Jazz, among others. In 2020, he was one of twenty students selected by UNESCO Artist for Peace and Grammy-winning pianist Danilo Pérez to attend the Berklee Global Jazz Institute master’s program in Contemporary Performance at Berklee College of Music on a full scholarship. There, he had the opportunity to be mentored by world-renowned musicians such as Danilo Perez, Grammy-winning saxophonist Joe Lovano, and Grammy-winning bassist John Patitucci, among others.