Lina Allemano is a Toronto based jazz trumpeter, improviser and composer with an established and active career performing, recording and touring internationally. Her trumpet playing, compositions, and artistic vision have gained her international recognition as being "adventurous, expressive, compelling, forward thinking, inventive, and sophisticated". As well as fronting her band LINA ALLEMANO FOUR and the improvising group "N", she is also a member of many other active creative groups and appears on over 30 recordings including her own critically acclaimed CDs Lina Allemano Four 'Gridjam' (2008),Lina Allemano Four'Pinkeye' (2006), andLina Allemano Four'Concentric' (2003). Recent career highlights include: Performance at the prestigious Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT) in New York City; Extensive touring with Lina Allemano Four; Featured as one of the top innovative trumpeters for the future in DOWNBEAT Magazine; Winner of the CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award;Advanced trumpet technique studies in New York City with Laurie Frink. Lina was nominated for the 2009 National Jazz Awards Trumpeter of the Year and SOCAN Composer of the Year, and she has received support for her work from Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, and Toronto Arts Council.
More information about Lina is available at www.linaallemano.com.