Pasquale Stafano, pianist, composer and arranger after his studies and degrees in classical piano and jazz at “Umberto Giordano” Music Conservatory in Foggia (Italy), he started the musical career playing with his projects in Italy, Russia, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Portugal, Poland, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, Lithuania, Belgium, Netherlands, Slovakia, Morocco, China, Hong Kong, Arab Emirates, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan. He collaborates with some of the best contemporary jazz musicians like Javier Girotto, Gabriele Mirabassi, Fabrizio Bosso, Valtinho Anastacio, Max Ionata, Roberto Ottaviano, Michele Rabbia, Kiwha Lee, Yeahwon Shin, Adam Baldych. He also collaborated with the Italian very famous actors Michele Placido and Giorgio Albertazzi. Pasquale recorded seven albums as leader, the last one is Mediterranean Tales with bandoneon player Gianni Iorio released in January 2020 by Enja Records. Read the review on All About Jazz by Ian Patterson. In September 2021 the new album “Sparks” will be released by Enja Records. His composition entitled Milonguita was arranged and recorded by cellos ensemble “12 Cellist der Berliner Philharmoniker”, all members of the most famous Orchestra, in their new album called “Hora Cero” released in May 2016 by Sony Classics. He is Piano Jazz Professor at “Stanislao Giacomantonio” Conservatory in Cosenza. He held workshops and masterclasses at University in Italy, South Korea, Switzerland,Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and Thailand.