Eugenia Canale

She graduated in 2010 with honors in Piano at the “G. Cantelli” Conservatory in Novara under the guidance of Vincenzo Cerutti. In November 2013, she obtained her Second-Level Academic Diploma in Piano with a grade of 110 and honors, under the guidance of Luca Schieppati. She later attended advanced courses in piano interpretation and chamber music with Piernarciso Masi at the Florence Music Academy and with Mario Ancillotti at the Conservatory of Italian Switzerland in Lugano.
In 2021, she earned a Second-Level Academic Diploma in Jazz Piano with Oscar Del Barba at the “G. Verdi” Conservatory in Milan. She has also studied with Mario Rusca, Paolo Alderighi, and Marco Detto. In 2018, Dado Moroni awarded her a scholarship to attend the Nuoro Jazz seminars, where, the following year, she received a scholarship from Agostino Frassetto for Big Band Direction. She attended courses led by Hans Ludemann, Arrigo Cappelletti, Ralph Alessi, Attilio Zanchi, Alberto Mandarini, Riccardo Luppi, Aly Keitha, Diego Borotti, Cinzia Roncelli, Emilio Marinelli, and studied jazz arrangement and composition with Pino Jodice.
She has performed in numerous jazz festivals, collaborating with renowned names from the contemporary jazz scene, including Riccardo Fioravanti, Max De Aloe, Daniela Spalletta, Paolo Tomelleri, Francesca Corrias, Alfredo Ferrario, Marco Castiglioni, Achille Succi, Sonia Spinello, Tito Mangialajo, Rob Luft, Attilio Zanchi, Roberto Paglieri, Nicola Stranieri, and many others.
Since 2018, she has had a stable chromatic harmonica-piano duo with Max De Aloe.
In 2022, she debuted her quartet with prominent names from the contemporary jazz scene: Max De Aloe (harmonica and accordion), Riccardo Fioravanti (double bass), and Marco Castiglioni (drums), with whom she released her album Risvegli in March 2023, under the “Barnum for Art” label. This album exclusively features her original compositions.
In December 2023, she released Flow, an album in collaboration with singer Sonia Spinello, under the “Abeat Records” label. The album includes compositions created through the collaboration of the two artists and features several prestigious guests, such as Ashti Abdo, Mario Mariotti, Daniela Savoldi, Achille Succi, Rob Luft, and Francesca Corrias. In January 2025, the album was included in the Top Jazz Year’s Best Albums list by Musica Jazz magazine, and Eugenia Canale was also mentioned as a new talent.
Since 2019, she has been the director of the Maxentia Big Band, an ensemble active in the Milan area since 1988, with which she also curates the artistic direction of the Magenta Jazz Festival.
In a duo with flutist M° Chiara Pavan, she has won several competitions, including the International “Gaetano Zinetti” Competition in Sanguinetto (First Absolute Prize), the Competition of the Umanitaria Society in Milan, the “Luigi Nono” Competition in Venaria (First Absolute Prize), and many others.
She has performed for some of the most prestigious concert series in Italy and abroad: Budapest (Old Parliament), Eger (Conservatory), Pecs (University), Marseille, Zagreb, Cologne, Athens, Valletta (Manoel Theatre), Amsterdam, Tirana (Academy of Sciences), São Paulo (Brazil), Santiago (Chile), and Gliwice (Poland).
She has a stable duo with violinist Pirro Gjikondi. In February 2019, the duo began a project to recover part of the chamber music works of Felice Lattuada. This research project was presented at the International GATM Conference in Rimini on October 30, 2021. The research was released as a disc in 2023 under the “Da Vinci Publishing” label.
In October 2024, the duo released another album with “Da Vinci Publishing” titled Balkan Masterpieces, with liner notes written by the great musicologist Edmond Buharaja.

She graduated in 2010 with honors in Piano at the “G. Cantelli” Conservatory in Novara under the guidance of Vincenzo Cerutti. In November 2013, she obtained her Second-Level Academic Diploma in Piano with a grade of 110 and honors, under the guidance of Luca Schieppati. She later attended advanced courses in piano interpretation and chamber music with Piernarciso Masi at the Florence Music Academy and with Mario Ancillotti at the Conservatory of Italian Switzerland in Lugano.
In 2021, she earned a Second-Level Academic Diploma in Jazz Piano with Oscar Del Barba at the “G. Verdi” Conservatory in Milan. She has also studied with Mario Rusca, Paolo Alderighi, and Marco Detto. In 2018, Dado Moroni awarded her a scholarship to attend the Nuoro Jazz seminars, where, the following year, she received a scholarship from Agostino Frassetto for Big Band Direction. She attended courses led by Hans Ludemann, Arrigo Cappelletti, Ralph Alessi, Attilio Zanchi, Alberto Mandarini, Riccardo Luppi, Aly Keitha, Diego Borotti, Cinzia Roncelli, Emilio Marinelli, and studied jazz arrangement and composition with Pino Jodice.
She has performed in numerous jazz festivals, collaborating with renowned names from the contemporary jazz scene, including Riccardo Fioravanti, Max De Aloe, Daniela Spalletta, Paolo Tomelleri, Francesca Corrias, Alfredo Ferrario, Marco Castiglioni, Achille Succi, Sonia Spinello, Tito Mangialajo, Rob Luft, Attilio Zanchi, Roberto Paglieri, Nicola Stranieri, and many others.
Since 2018, she has had a stable chromatic harmonica-piano duo with Max De Aloe.
In 2022, she debuted her quartet with prominent names from the contemporary jazz scene: Max De Aloe (harmonica and accordion), Riccardo Fioravanti (double bass), and Marco Castiglioni (drums), with whom she released her album Risvegli in March 2023, under the “Barnum for Art” label. This album exclusively features her original compositions.
In December 2023, she released Flow, an album in collaboration with singer Sonia Spinello, under the “Abeat Records” label. The album includes compositions created through the collaboration of the two artists and features several prestigious guests, such as Ashti Abdo, Mario Mariotti, Daniela Savoldi, Achille Succi, Rob Luft, and Francesca Corrias. In January 2025, the album was included in the Top Jazz Year’s Best Albums list by Musica Jazz magazine, and Eugenia Canale was also mentioned as a new talent.
Since 2019, she has been the director of the Maxentia Big Band, an ensemble active in the Milan area since 1988, with which she also curates the artistic direction of the Magenta Jazz Festival.
In a duo with flutist M° Chiara Pavan, she has won several competitions, including the International “Gaetano Zinetti” Competition in Sanguinetto (First Absolute Prize), the Competition of the Umanitaria Society in Milan, the “Luigi Nono” Competition in Venaria (First Absolute Prize), and many others.
She has performed for some of the most prestigious concert series in Italy and abroad: Budapest (Old Parliament), Eger (Conservatory), Pecs (University), Marseille, Zagreb, Cologne, Athens, Valletta (Manoel Theatre), Amsterdam, Tirana (Academy of Sciences), São Paulo (Brazil), Santiago (Chile), and Gliwice (Poland).
She has a stable duo with violinist Pirro Gjikondi. In February 2019, the duo began a project to recover part of the chamber music works of Felice Lattuada. This research project was presented at the International GATM Conference in Rimini on October 30, 2021. The research was released as a disc in 2023 under the “Da Vinci Publishing” label.
In October 2024, the duo released another album with “Da Vinci Publishing” titled Balkan Masterpieces, with liner notes written by the great musicologist Edmond Buharaja.