The Prize

The National Award for Independent Music

The Award has been awarded since 2015 to musicians and composers for their lifetime achievement and represents an important ceremony of each edition of "Note tra gli Ulivi".
The award is produced and hand painted by the Rollese ceramist Gabriella De Micheli

The Award over the years

Over the years, the "Award to the Presidency of the Liguria Region for Independent Music" has been awarded to various leading figures on the Italian music scene.

2015

Paolo Bonfanti

One of the most important figures of Italian blues, we could say the guitar of Italian blues

2016

Rudy Rotta

Ticino composer naturalized Venetian, great international guitarist, unfortunately passed away prematurely in 2017

2017

Claudio Capurro

Multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger, one of the most important Italian jazz musicians

2018

Carlo Aonzo

Acclaimed mandolinist, director of the International Mandolin Academy and of the annual “Manhattan Mandolin Workshop” course in New York.

2019

Edgardo “Dado” Moroni

Pianist and composer, one of the most sought-after Italian jazz musicians in Europe and America.

2022

Tommaso Perazzo

Pianist, rising star of Italian and international jazz, winner of the International Jazz Award 2018 in Amsterdam and currently at the Manhattan School of Music in New York.

2023

Lorenzo Piccone

Composer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, he is one of the few Europeans to be part of CandyRat Records, the prestigious US record company specializing in high-level guitarists.

2023

Rodolfo "Rudy" Cervetto

Internationally renowned percussionist from Genoa, with numerous collaborations with great names in the Italian jazz scene. President of the Louisiana Jazz Club in Genoa, the oldest in Italy