Bio

Singer, Jazz Vocalist, Composer.

Master Degree in Jazz Music at the Conservatory “Santa Cecilia” in Rome and Bachelor Degree in Jazz Singing at the Conservatory “G.B. Martini” in Bologna, she has studied with Maria Pia De Vito, Diana Torto, Norma Winstone, Cinzia Spata, Sheila Jordan.

She has received awards and acknowledgments such as the First Prize at the Jimmy Woode Award 2010 (Tuscia in Jazz Festival) for Best Voice, Best Jazz Soloist at the Jazz Festival of the Two Lakes 2010 (Castel Gandolfo, Rome), the First Prize at the Alma Jazz Music Festival with the Jazz Big Band of the Conservatory “G.B. Martini “in Bologna, conducted by M° Morganti).

She collaborates with musicians and institutions abroad (Europe and USA) on several occasions: in 2012 embarked on a tour with a band with her own name (Romina Capitani Quartet), playing in the major theaters and jazz clubs of Czech Republic . 
In the same year, she received a scholarship from the Italian jazz vocalist Gege Telesforo that allowed her to study in the U.S. at the Venice Voice Academy in Los Angeles.

In 2013 she leads a masterclass of Jazz Singing at Nyack College in New York, Manhattan Campus and has the opportunity to play at the Lincoln Centre in New York, Avery Fisher Hall.

In 2014 she performs again in Czech Republic and for the first time in Slovakia, touring with her Prague-based jazz quartet in 10 different cities (Brno, Prague, Zlin, Piestany, Ostrava…). On February 23 their cd EASY LIVING – TO PRAGUE WITH LOVE is officially released and the debut concert takes place in Reduta Jazz Club in Prague.

Recently she had the chance to tour in Italy with U.S. Band coming from Nyack College of New York City Manhattan.

In 2015 she starts a collaboration as visiting teacher with some European Jazz Universities, such as KUG (Jazz Voice Department) in Graz (Austria), HAMU (Jazz Department) in Prague (Czech Republic) – where she leads a masterclass  – and Berlin Jazz Institut in Berlin (Germany).

She has sung in some of the major Italian and international jazz festival such as: Lincoln Center – Avery Fisher Hall (New York City, USA), Reduta Jazz Club (Prague), Jazz Club Teplice (CZ), Jazz Dock Prague (CZ), Il Jazz Italiano per L’Aquila, Casa del Jazz (Rome), Percorsi Jazz Santa Cecilia (Rome), Auditorium Parco della Musica, Gezz Night (Rome), Piacenza Jazz Festival, Dolomiti Ski Jazz Festival, Jazz Club Blackmail (Florence), Orange Jazz Club (Pistoia), Enoteca Jazz Club (Siena), Toscana Musiche – Rumors T (Florence), Mediterranean Jazz (Isola d’Elba), Chapliniana Teatro Comunale (Bologna), Memorial Day Teatro Duse (Bologna), Torrita Blues Festival (Siena), Vicenza Blues Festival, Woman in Blues (Frosinone), Manca L’Acqua Blues Festival (Verona).

She currently teaches Jazz Voice for the Bachelor Degree Program at the Siena Jazz University, Siena.