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Antonio Breschi, born 22 July 1950 in Florence, Italy, is a pianist, composer and trumpet player whose career blended classical, jazz and world music. He began piano at age three, studied at the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory, and founded the Florence Jazz Society at sixteen. His breakthrough came with the 1980 album Irish Meet the Blues, followed by Ode to Ireland (1982) which earned the best‑album award that year. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s he released albums such as Al Kamar (1989), Orekan (1993) and Songs of the North (1996), collaborating with artists including Ronnie Drew, Máirtín O'Connor, and José Seves. Antonio Breschi’s work extended to film scores for Il Linguaggio Dei Luoghi (1979) and The Nock (1996), and he authored books like Ecologia: Salviamo Anche la Musica. His 2008 Swiss National Radio presentation of Heyoka: The Soul Shaster highlighted his influence on intercultural dialogue. Antonio Breschi continued to perform, notably in a trio with his daughter Consuelo Nerea and cellist Davide Viterbo, while releasing LPs such as Dancing Waves (2014), Samara (2020), and Blessed Sadness (2021).
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