MARIO SERENO ( Pinerolo (TO) , February 27th 1978 )

Piano, beyboards, programming and backing vocals

At 5 he attended Giancarlo MORINI’s music school, learning theory, solfège and piano. In 1996 he attended public conservatory “A. Vivaldi” in Alessandria, studying organ with prof. ROMITI and theory with prof. BOTTINO, earning the diploma in theory and solfège; later in 2000 he attended the courses at C.F.M. in Torino with maestros Riccardo RUGGERI and Alessandro MANCINO, developping his jazz-oriented style. Since 1996 he cooperated in several combos, broadening his musical skills and facing various genres, from italian rock (MiRoClaMà, with whom he recorded a CD in March 1996), to latin (Magic Bus), to pop (with various artists, as session-man, for national contests), experimenting new techniques with progressive rock (Onda D’Urto) and developping his blues-jazz skills (MaMa-b, with whom he recorded several demos and an official CD, “Blueshoot”, in 2006).
He put into practice his passion for audio and recording preparing a home-recording studio, where he still carries out recording sessions with several artists from Torino.