Davide Cerreta
About
Who is Davide?
Davide Cerreta is an Italian-German jazz singer, pianist, composer, arranger, lyricist, educator, event organizer, and artist manager who has appeared in several international venues, TV shows, and festivals around the world, including Umbria Jazz Festival, X-Factor (Sky1), Rai 1 (National Italian Channel), The Jazz Bakery (LA), Peperoncino Jazz Festival (NYC), A-Trane Jazz Club (Berlin), MHH Theater (Paris), Ateneo Theater (Panama), Van Beecks Mini-Theater (Amsterdam), Gregory's Jazz Club (Roma), among others.
Cerreta is Assistant Professor for the Voice Department at Berklee College of Music based in New York City, USA.
How did it all start?
Davide Cerreta, born and raised in Roma, Italy, has always been fascinated by music. His first introduction to the arts was through his fathers music collection. From then on Cerreta's musical curiosity had sprouted.
Cerreta began taking piano lessons at the age of 9, the guitar at the age of 12, and vocal lessons shortly after.
Since an adolescent, Davide has been captivated by the velvety voices of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, and Sammy Davis Jr. but always keeping an eye towards the future trying to create his own unique style that takes in consideration what's past and what's future.
At the age of 19, Cerreta had decided to formally continue his musical studies at the Conservatorio Domenico Cimarosa in Avellino, Italy.
Formal Studies
Davide Cerreta pursued a Jazz Voice Bachelor Degree at the Domenico Cimarosa Conservatory in Avellino.
Cerreta spent his post graduate career performing in Berlin for five years followed by a two year residence in Paris, and subsequently relocated to the United States to further his musical endeavors.
Cerreta won a full scholarship to the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI), a master's program in Global Music Performance, led by Director Marco Pignataro, and Artistic Director Danilo Perez.
Cerreta studied and performed with world wide known musicians and Grammy award winners and nominees: George Garzone, John Patitucci, Terry Lynn Carrington, Danilo Perez, Dianne Reeves, Joe Lovano, Ben Street, and Adam Cruz, among others.
Teaching Career
Davide Cerreta has been teaching virtually and in-person for over a decade. He won a fellowship to teach at the Danilo Perez Foundation in Panama City, Panama.
During this time, Cerreta worked with local outreach programs to provide music education to the most vulnerable communities of the Panamanian society.
Davide is an environmentalist and activist through his music and aproach to education.
Vocal Coach
Davide Cerreta lives in New York City, USA where he teaches voice, piano, theory, sight reading, ensembles both privately in the city and in Boston at Berklee College of Music.
Davide's approach to the voice is routed into "Bel Canto" techniques and on the enunciation of the spoke vowels and consonants.
Cerreta also has his own improvisation method that he taught at Danilo Perez Foundation, Berklee College of Music, among other institutions.
Performance Career
Cerreta has performed throughout Europe, North America, South America, and Central America for the past 15 years in Festivals, TV Shows, Theaters, and Jazz Clubs.
Cerreta is currently based in New York City, performing as a singer and pianist around the City and in the US.
