Pianist, composer and educator Gianni Lenoci (Monopoli, Italy 1963) brilliantly gained his piano diploma at Conservatorio "Santa Cecilia" in Rome, Electronic Music diploma and a "Cum Laude" master degree (presenting a lecture-recital on Morton Feldman's piano works) at Conservatorio "Niccolò Piccinni" in Bari. While deeping his contemporary attitude, thanks to composition studies with Giacomo Manzoni at Accademia Musicale Pescarese, Lenoci has developed his own style in contemporary jazz and improvised music studying with jazz icons such as Mal Waldron and Paul Bley. In 1993 Lenoci was finalist at "European Jazz Competition" in Leverkusen (Germany) and in 1996 he won "Achantes Fondation" prize in Paris. In 2003 his electronic composition "NOTTURNO FRATTALE won the International Prize from Società Italiana di Informatica Musicale.