Toni Vitacolonna

Category:muzikant
1987
Genre(s):Jazz
Instrument(s):drums
Contact of:DelVitaGroup
Actual/previous member of:DelVitaGroup, Bart Defoort Quintet, Kristen Cornwell Quintet, Rebirth Collective

Biography

From his childhood, Toni Vitacolonna (°1987) started in music. After finishing the classical courses for piano, drums, and trumpet at the Academy for Music in Roeselare, at the age of 16, he determinately chose the drums.

He finalized the Antwerp Art School where he followed pop-jazz and was tutored by Yves Peeters, Koen Lieckens, Ewout Pierreux and Bart Defoort.

He enrolled in various workshops and master classes in Belgium and The Netherlands where he was educated by Bruno Castellucci, Jan de Haas, Hein Van de Geyn, Xavier Rogé, John Abercrombie, Heracio “el negro” Hernandez, Dave Liebman, Lieven Venken, Adam Nussbaum, Tommy Smith, Nic Thys, Richard Rousselet and Billy Hart.

At present he studies at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven where he is instructed by Dré Pallemaerts, Bart Van Caenegem and Pierre Van Dormael.

Presently, Toni takes part in two permanent projects. One of them is the joint project “Acoustic Illusion” together with Marjan Van Rompay, Wout Gooris, and Dries Laheye. On the other hand, he conducts his own quintet "DelVitaGroup" in cooperation with Peter Delannoye.

As a freelance musician he got the chance to play with Bart Defoort, Andy Declerck, Christian Mendoza, Frank Vaganée, Sara Meyer, Frederik Leroux, Ben Sluijs, Ewout Pierreux, Yannick Peeters, Vincent Brijs, Bart Van Caenegem, Gerard Precenser, Steven Delannoye, Michel Paré, Toine Thys, Janos Bruneel, ...