Eclectic and versatile musician, his projects are various and range from artistic research to the performance of classical and jazz compositions.

Graduated in Trumpet, Jazz Music, Conduction and Composition for Choir, Science and Technology of Sound. Moreover, he also attended the Tuning In! programme at the MDW University of Music and Performing Arts of Vienna.

As a soloist, he has performed across all continents at some of the most prestigious concert halls, festivals, and musical and cultural institutions in Italy and abroad, including: Carnegie Hall (NY), Spectrum NYC, International Trumpet Guild Conference | San Antonio (TX), Thelonious Jazz Club and Universidad de las Artes in Buenos Aires, Auditorium Juan Victoria of San Juan (AR), Melbourne International Jazz Festival (VIC), University of Arts of Tirana and Auditorium Gjon Kapidani of Scutari (AL), Municipal Conservatory of Thermi, SKG Bridges Festival of Thessaloniki (GR), Kailash Mital Theatre of Ottawa (CA), İzmir European Jazz Festival and Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center of İzmir (TR), Historical Museum of Serbia in Belgrade (RS), Mondo.NYC, University Cultural Center of Novi Sad (CS), University of Coimbra and University of Aveiro (PT), MDW University of Music and Performing Arts of Vienna (AT), Yeldeğirmeni Sanat Art Center and Italian Institute for Culture of İstanbul (TR), Studio Acusticum | Piteå Concert Hall at Luleå University (SE), Niš University (CS), NoiseFloor of Stoke-on-Trent (EN), Auditorium Parco della Musica of Rome, Piacenza Jazz Fest, Beat Onto Jazz Festival, Sala Ducale of Aosta, Jazzit Fest | Pompei, Milano Spazio Classica, Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali of Rome (IT), National Museum Machado de Castro in Coimbra (PT), Erimtan Archaeology and Arts Museum of Ankara (TR), National Museum of Music in Lisbon (PT), Kurant Księgarnia Muzyczna and Italian Institute for Culture in Krakow (PL), Conservatorio Superior de Música Joaquín Rodrigo in Valencia (ES), The JazzLab of Melbourne (VIC), HKB | Grosser Konzertsaal in Bern (CH), Italian Institute for Culture of Sydney (NSW), Brisbane Jazz Club (QLW), Assembleia Legislativa and Museu de Arte Contemporânea (MUDAS) of Madeira (PT), LMTA Balcony Theatre in Vilnius (LT), Helsinki Music Centre (FI), Kristiania University of Applied Sciences in Oslo (NO), the University of Cape Town, the University of Fort Hare – Miriam Makeba Centre of Performing Arts (KuGompo City), Rhodes University – Beethoven Room (Makhanda), and Nelson Mandela University (Gqeberha), South Africa; Jerash Festival for Culture & Arts (JO), etc.

He was awarded in more than 20 International Music Competitions as Trumpet Soloist.

He also has a degree in Building Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Bari and perfected in Sound Engineering from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.

For DiG Label he recorded with the pianist Pietro Gallo the CD Reimagining Opera (feat. Michel Godard at Serpent) and the CD Reimagining Aria (feat. Gabriele Mirabassi at Clarinet). 

He is the author of numerous musicological and music research essays published in specialist journals and miscellaneous volumes, including: Crossing Music. Studi interdisciplinari sui linguaggi della musica contemporanea [Aracne, 2015], Music for and by children [Universidade de Aveiro, 2022], Alta Musica n. 37 [LIT Verlag Berlin, 2024], Groviglio Musicale. Saggi, studi e ricerche dall’antichità al mondo contemporaneo [Florestano, 2017], International Wind Music [University of Luxembourg, 2022, 2024, 2026], Musica. Storia, analisi e didattica [Grenzi 2017, 2021], REACT - Reflective and Critical Approaches to Teaching and Learning of Music Performance [Universidade de Aveiro, 2022], Forme in Movimento. Modelli, metodi e contesti tra continuità e innovazione [Padova University Press, 2025], Arts and Education [University of Arts | Tirana, 2025, 2026], etc.

Ph.D. (thesis entitled: Cornet à Pistons by Joseph Jean-Baptiste Laurent Arban), he is dedicated to artistic and musical research. He is regularly invited to hold conferences and lecture-concerts for important research institutions, including: Carleton University in Ottawa (Canada), Maltepe University in İstanbul (Turkey), Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), University at Buffalo (New York), Music Diaries in Thessaloniki (Greece), Maastricht University (Netherlands), Aldo Moro University in Bari, Staffordshire University in Stoke-on-Trent (England), Luleå University of Technology (Sweden), SIdM - Italian Society of Musicology, International Society for Research and Promotion of Wind Music (IGEB), University of Music and Performing Arts of Graz (Austria), University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg), Royal Conservatoire “Het Koninklijk” of Antwerp (Belgium), University of Parma, Il Saggiatore Musicale, Department of Musicology and Cultural Heritage of the University of Pavia, MDW University of Music of Vienna (Austria), Department of Arts of the University of Bologna, Kulturni Centar of Novi Sad (Serbia), Conservatorio Superior de Música Joaquín Rodrigo in Valencia (Spain), LATIMPE - Learning and Teaching in Music Performance Education, Croatian Association of Music Theorists (HDGT), Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius (Lithuania), Society for Artistic Research (SAR), University of Porto (Portugal), Asia Pacific Artistic Research Network (APARN), University of Arts in Tirana (Albania), Research and Education Advancements in Culture and Technology (REACT), Society for Musicology in Ireland (SMI), Conservatório - Escola das Artes Luiz Peter Clode of Funchal (Portogal), Arts & Design Practice Research Exchange (ADPRex), University of the Arts Helsinki (Finland), TAI | Escuela Universitaria de Artes de Madrid (Spain), Hochschule der Künste Bern (Switzerland), Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and University of the Arts Singapore (Singapore), ITG - International Trumpet Guild Conference.

Devoting also to teaching and musical research, he held courses and seminars focusing on Trumpet and Jazz Improvisation at Universities and Conservatories in Italy, Argentina, Canada, Texas, Greece, Belgium, Albania, Serbia, Turkey, Portugal, Spain, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Austria, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, etc. He taught trumpet and jazz trumpet at the Conservatories of Music in Rome, L’Aquila, Cosenza, and Bari. He currently teaches jazz trumpet at the Umberto Giordano State Conservatory of Music in Rodi G.co and trumpet at the Giuseppe Verdi State Conservatory of Music in Ravenna.

** Dario Savino Doronzo is Hub Van Laar Artist