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Monique diMattina (born December 28, 1971, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian jazz singer, songwriter, pianist and composer. diMattina is noted for her stylistic versatility, moving easily between genres from contemporary classical piano through various jazz roots and contemporary styles (ref. Andrew Ford article - http://insidestory.org.au/monique-dimattina-in-new-orleans), and for pithy turns of phrase as a songwriter (re. "Dylanesque swagger with the Aussie vernacular"). diMattina's recorded oeuvre reflects these diverse interests. diMattina has cited J.S. Bach, Nina Simone, Sidney Bechet, Edith Piaf, Bob Dylan, Astor Piazzola, Toots Thieleman, Ricki Lee Jones, Lili Boulangere, Donny Hathaway and Alain Toussaint as influences on her music. ==Early life and career== On her mother's side diMattina has English (convict), Irish, Scottish, French and Danish blood, while her paternal grandparents both immigrated to Australia from the Aeolian Islands off the coast of Sicily. Both parents and all five siblings played music to some degree, and when diMattina's maternal grandmother gifted the household with a piano young Monique became hooked. Through her high school years Monique focussed on classical piano repertoire, also playing clarinet, alto saxophone, celtic harp, electric bass, guitar and orchestral percussion. diMattina studied law at the University of Melbourne upon leaving high school, but left this course to take up jazz piano studies at the Victorian College of the Arts. diMattina completed a Master of Music and a Bachelor of Letters at the University of Melbourne, completing her Masters thesis on Miles Davis pianist Wynton Kelly. In 2000 after receiving several prizes and awards including a Queens Trust award and Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship, diMattina moved to NYC where she lived on and off until 2009. There Monique waited tables at the Village Vanguard Jazz Club while studying with Sophia Rosoff, a founder of the Abby Whiteside Foundation, Fred Hersch, Sam Yahel and Barry Harris. She played regularly at the 55 Bar, The Living Room, Rockwood Music Hall and Joe's Pub, performed recitals for dignitaries including Kofi Annan, Bill Clinton and Vaclav Havel, worked on the Bjork Dancer in the Dark web orchestrations, opened for Lou Reed, ran the NYC marathon and taught at the Henry Street Music School. In 2002 diMattina released "Live at the 55" - an instrumental collection of covers and originals in a blues/roots vain, with Adam Armstrong on bass, Kim Thompson on drums, diMattina on wurlitzer piano and K.T Tolhurst on pedal steel. In between periods in NYC diMattina travelled extensively, spending time in Europe, Japan, China and one year in Sydney Australia while playing in the Lion King Orchestra. Following the birth of her first child in Harlem in 2008, diMattina returned to live in Melbourne, Australia in early 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Monique Di Mattina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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