Lina Allemano

Allemano started trumpet playing when she was ten years old. Her first tutor was her father, who makes her also familiar with jazz. When she was 12, she began to take classical lessons. Her first club concert was at the age of 15. For education, she moved from Edmonton to Toronto in 1993, where she still lives in there, she became immediately a part of the local scene and performed also with Howard Johnson, Don Byron, Dave Holland, Mike Murley and Joe Lovano. She was invited by Dave Douglas to the Festival of New Trumpet Music in New York City, where she appeared on the scene with Ingrid Jensen and drew the attention of Down Beat to her performance (article "25 Trumpeters for the Future: A New Generation of Trumpeters Pave the Way for Jazz's Next Innovations" 2007). Allemano lead her quartet Lina Allemano Four. The quartet performed free jazz and published four albums. In 2012, she made a tour with the group in Europe. In 2014, he appeared in Europe with Achim Kaufmann and Christian Weber.

She composes "exciting pieces, which oscillate between complexity and anarchic freedom." She leads also the improvisation ensemble Titanium Riot, the other members of which were Ryan Driver (analog synthesizer), Rob Clutton (bass guitar) and Nick Fraser (Percussion) in 2016. She belongs also to Paul Read Orchestra, to Tim Posgates horn band, to Cluttertones, to Jane Fair/Rosemary Galloway quintet, to Neufeld-Occhipienti jazz orchestra and also to the groups of Marianne Trudel, Achilla Orru, Rob Clutton, Victor Bateman and Tania Gill. Her performances were recorded in more than 25 albums.