Jazz vocalist Emiliano Loconsolo has earned international recognition for his refined musicianship, versatility, and expressive depth. The Jordan Times wrote that he “sailed with ease and grace through all pieces and showed exceptional skills,” while jazz legend Hank Jones described him as “a young man who has the potential to rise to the very top of his field.”
Trained in both jazz and classical voice, Loconsolo has cultivated a vocal technique that blends tenor and countertenor registers into a fluid and distinctive hybrid sound—an approach that continues to find new resonance in contemporary music. His artistry spans the American Songbook, instrumental works by Billy Strayhorn and Charles Mingus, contemporary art songs, and his own interpretations of rarely heard Italian folk music.
“Here is a young man who has the potential to rise to the very top of his field”
– Hank Jones, NEW YORK
Since his professional debut in 2000, Loconsolo has performed as both leader and guest artist throughout Italy, the United States, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Jordan. His appearances include the Theater for the New City in New York, the Verizon Jazz Stage in Providence, London’s 606 Club and Forge Arts Venue, the National Music Conservatory in Amman, Sounds Jazz Club in Brussels, the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco, Teatro Goldoni in Livorno, and the Jazz Visions Festival in Turin.
He has collaborated live and in the studio with artists including Michael Baker, Dan Tepfer, Luciano Milanese, Fulvio Chiara, Riccardo Arrighini, Marco Panascia, Fabio Morgera, Bruno Castellucci, John Baboian, Garrison Fewell, Andrea Tofanelli, Nico Gori, and Dave O’Higgins. In 2005, he joined avant-garde jazz icon Irene Aebi in performing rarely heard vocal compositions by her husband, soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, and took part in the American premiere of Futurities, Lacy’s song cycle with poet Robert Creeley.
Loconsolo is the co-founder and artistic director of CantinaJazz, a long-running Tuscan program that explores the artistic dialogue between jazz and wine through narration and live performance.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Jazz Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he received NEC’s Merit Award in 2004. He also attended Berklee College of Music on the International Best Talent Scholarship and studied with distinguished mentors including Kevin Mahogany, Mark Murphy, Roberta Gambarini, Enrico Intra, Franco Cerri, and Sheila Jordan, as well as composers Dave Holland, Cecil McBee, and Ran Blake.