Eleonora Strino

Eleonora Strino grew up in a creative household. Her father and sister were important painters of figurative art, but music was what attracted her. She began playing guitar as a teenager, and from the first time she heard Jim Hall playing with Bill Evans, she knew she wanted to be a jazz guitarist.
She studied at the conservatory in Naples, then at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Martijn van Iterson, Jesse van Ruller, and Maarten van der Grinten. Eleonora began her professional career as first guitar in the orchestra of Italian composer Roberto De Simone.

She met Greg Cohen during an audition in Berlin. He was Tom Waits’ long-time bass player, and had also played with Ornette Coleman, Lee Konitz and Woody Allen, among others. He took Eleanora under his wing and they started a collaboration that led them to play all over Europe at many important festivals. In 2017, they recorded the album Si, Cy – a tribute to American songwriter Cy Coleman. They continue to tour Europe periodically.

In 2018, Eleonora received an invitation from the renowned Italian pianist Dado Moroni, who has carried on the Oscar Peterson legacy, to be part of one of his bands. They played at leading Italian festivals with American vocalist Adrianne West, who previously worked with Barney Kessel and Joe Pass. In 2020, the Moroni band hosted a week of concerts and masterclasses in Switzerland.
Eleonora is also a composer and arranger. In October 2019, she won a prize for the best composition at the international Johnny Răducanu jazz festival in Romania (named after the Romanian jazz pianist), with her song Senza e Ce Sta. She was invited to play her music with Milan’s civic jazz band in the beautiful Strehler Theatre.

In 2021 she was invited to join Emanuele Cisi’s new project and in September that year recorded the album Far Away for Warner Music. In addition to the recording, a docufilm will be produced and broadcast on Netflix.

In October 2021 she went on a month-long tour of Germany and Holland, performing twenty-four concerts in thirty days in major theatres and jazz festivals with three other international guitarists (from Russia, Germany and Australia). The tour was arranged by prominent American manager Herschel Freeman, who had called her to be part of the important International Guitars Night tour of North America.

In July 2022 she was invited by internationally renowned guitarist Martin Tayler to play a trio performance, along with world-famous guitarist Ulf Wakenius on The Great Guitars tour – a project that began in 1973 and still continues to this. Over the years it has featured some of the greatest guitar players in jazz history, including Barney Kessel, Kenny Burrell, Herb Ellis, Larry Coryell, Tal Farlow and more.

In November 2022, Eleonora took part in the sixth Tenerife International Guitar Festival, and in the same month began the Women and Music tour – the farewell tour of artist Ornella Vanoni.

In December 2022 she participated in the first Salvador De Bahia International Guitar Festival, where she also held a masterclass at the music conservatory.

During her career, she has collaborated with musicians including, Jason Brown, Wayne Escoffery, Martin Taylor, Ulf Wakenius, Seamus Blake, Joey Baron, Dado Moroni, Adrianne West, Greg Cohen, Derryl Hall, Dario Deidda, Peter Bernstein, Jesse Davis, Aldo Zunino, Enzo Zirilli, Adam Pache, Emanuele Cisi, Rosario.

Eleanora is pursuing many current solo projects. The future is bright for this multi-talented artist.