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Irene Serra
After moving back to Milan, she started studying Jazz at the age of 16 with the renowned Italian Jazz singer Tiziana Ghiglioni at the Academy of Music in Milan.
She moved to London in 1999 to continue her music studies at the University Of Surrey and then Goldsmiths College. She went on to complete a MMus (Jazz Studies) at the Guildhall School Of Music and Drama.
She has performed various styles of music ranging from jazz, blues, bossanova, gospel and soul in venues in and around London such as the Barbican Centre, Upstairs @ Ronnie Scotts, Pizza Express Jazz Club in Dean Street, the Union Chapel in Islington, the Hackney Empire, The 606 Jazz Club, The Spice Of Life, The Forge Venue and the Djanogly Pitch at the National Theatre.
She was one of the semi-finalists in The Brussels International Young Jazz Singer in 2008 and was the only European finalist in the Shure Jazz Voice Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2009.
Irene has also worked as a session singer and vocalist in Ibiza, Italy, France, Belgium, Switzerland and the UK.
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
Requiem For The Faithful
From: Requiem For The FaithfulBy Irene Serra