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Christian Zatta
Christian Zatta (*1993 in Lugano, Switzerland) is a jazz guitarist, composer and band leader.

Biography
Zatta started his career in Ticino (Switzerland) with the rock band Tipsy Road. In 2012 he moved to Bern and attended the Pre-College at the Swiss Jazz School. One year later he started his professional jazz studies in Lucerne (Switzerland), at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, where he also obtained his first "Master of Arts in Music in Performance and Composition” as well as his second master degree in “Music Pedagogy”, under the tuition of Roberto Bossard, Frank Möbus, Christy Doran, Kalle Kalima, Nathanael Su and Jesse Van Ruller.

In 2018, 2020 and 2024 Zatta stayed in New York City and took lessons with some of the most influential jazz musicians like Mike Stern, Gilad Hekselman, Ben Wendel, Mike Moreno, Nir Felder, Ben Monder, Nitai Hershkovits, Ari Hoenig and Shai Maestro.

Zatta is a stage and studio artist active with different ensembles nationally and internationally. He published eleven studio albums and his main musical project is NOVA, an instrumental trio know for their unusual audiovisual shows in planetariums and their collaborations with the chamber orchestra "Sinfonietta Lucerne".

Discography

 * Essence of a Soul (New York Duo, 2024)
 * The Persistency of Mystery (NOVA, 2023)
 * The Anatomy of Bliss (NOVA, 2021)
 * Higher Perception (New York Duo, 2021)
 * The Intergalactic Traveler (NOVA, 2018)
 * Can’t be Wrong (Lea Nussbaumer & Christian Zatta Duo, 2018);
 * Beyond the Veil (Tipsy Road, 2017)
 * Shifting Minds (Christian Zatta & the Shifting Minds, 2016);
 * Chronicles from Another Sea (Tipsy Road, 2014)
 * Somewhere Alive (Tipsy Road, 2012)

Weblinks

 * Christian Zatta's official website
 * NOVA's official website
 * Podcast with the Sinfonietta Lucerne (German)
 * Live show and interview at Rete Due (RSI - Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana) for NOVA's album "The Persistence of Mystery"
 * Article Luzerner Zeitung - NOVA live at Planetarium Swiss museum of transports (German)
 * Article Luzerner Zeitung about NOVA's album "The Persistence of Mystery" (German)
 * Article Luzerner Zeitung about the project "An evening with band, orchestra and visuals" (German)
 * Article Ticino Online & 20Minuti about NOVA's album "The Persistence of Mystery" (Italian)
 * Article Ticino Online & 20Minuti about the New York Duo's first album "Higher Perception" (Italian)
 * Article London Jazz News about NOVA's album "The Anatomy of Bliss" (English)
 * Article Ticino Online & 20Minuti about Zatta's first experience in New York and second album with NOVA (Italian)
 * Article Jazz Journal about New York Duo's album "Higher Perception" (English)
 * Interview with Jazz in Europe about the New York Duo (English)