Rita Marcotulli
Rita Marcotulli, born March 10, 1959, in Rome, Italy, is an Italian jazz pianist
and composer. The daughter of a sound engineer, she began playing piano at age 5
and graduated in classical music from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory. She began
her professional career in the early 1980s, releasing her debut recording in
1984. Voted Best New Talent in 1987 in a poll by Musica Jazz magazine, she
toured the United States and Europe in 1988 with Billy Cobham, appearing on his
album Incoming. She duetted with Pat Metheny at the Sanremo Music Festival in
1996 and maintained a long-term co...
