Roberto Magris, Pianist December 7, 2008

Roberto Magris was born in 1959 in Trieste, a city in Italy that sits at the top of the Adriatic Sea. Within its confines are people who had their origins in the surrounding countries among them Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, Hungary and Germany. It is a sort of melting pot, with an effect on the culture of the city including music. This would have an impact on Magris' development as a musician, one that would take him beyond the institutionalized meaning of jazz.