Daniela Schächter started early her
musical career: by her mid-teens was already performing publicly in Sicily,
Italy, as well as doing studio session work. After her classical studies she
moved to Boston MA as recipient of a scholarship to the Berklee College of
Music, where she studied with Phil Wilson, Joe Lovano, Hal Crook and above all
with Joanne Brackeen.
Daniela has won many prestigious
awards, such as the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Piano Competition 2005, The Sister
in Jazz Competition 2002, the Betty Carters Jazz Ahead Competition 2002, the Terri
Lyne Carrington Endowed Scholarship, the Tindari 93, Prize for the best jazz
duo with her brother Davide and also she appeared in the Jazziz magazine
collector's CD (July 2001).
She was awarded a full-tuition
scholarship to the Henry Mancini Institute for one month; there she met Billy
Childs her favourite composer. The musicians that had the most influence in her
music are Wayne Shorter, Keith Jarrett, Paul McCandless, Thelonious Monk, Bela
Bartok, Maurice Ravel.
Daniela has performed at the Brass
Group Jazz Festival, the Umbria Jazz Fest, the Cape May Jazz Festival, the
Cleveland Jazz Fest with the Rainbow Big Band, the International Trumpet Guilt
Conference, the Kennedy Center, the Sarasota Jazz Festival, the Cape Code Jazz
Festival, The Blue Note with The Tiger Okoshi Quartet, the Symphony Hall with
the Boston Pops and Patti Austin, the Ravinia Jazz Festival with the Count
Basie Big Band and the Hollywood Bowl.
Daniela has performed with John
Clayton Jr. and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, John Dankworth, the New
York Voices, Terri Lyne Carrington, Patti Austin, Regina Carter, Christian
McBride, Ingrid Jensen, Tiger Okoshi, Shirley Horn, Al McKibbon and Phil Wilson
among others.
She has also been conducted by Quincy
Jones, Patrick Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, John Clayton Jr., Elmer Bernstein,
Bob Brookmeyer, Justin DiCioccio and Phil Wilson. Daniela Schaechter was guest
artist of the prestigious Marian McPartland Piano Jazz radio program, the Java
Jazz Festival and the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival in 2006.
She is currently leading her group in
several NYC venues. Her first CD Quintet is available onwww.cdbaby.com. Her second CD, "I colori del mare"
which features Gene Jackson, Jimmy Greene and Alex Sipiagin among others, was
released with the Italian jazz label Splasc Records. Her third CD entitled
"Purple Butterfly" was realeased at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola in NY
(2008). Daniela is Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music Boston, MA.
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