Piergiorgio Pirro is a Brussels based jazz pianist, composer, educator and music scholar.

He explores the connections between spectral music and jazz performance, with an emphasis on the distinctive extemporary co-creation processes of jazz music. This musical exploration led to the publication of the electronic EP Four Carefully Crafted Courses of Action (2023, OFF Records) and the jazz album Fold/Unfold/Refold (2023, Aut Records).

His musical activity has always gravitated around various incarnations of jazz music, supported by a long-lasting love for classical music and an acquaintance with Brazilian music. His previous discography as leader and co-leader includes the albums Monome (Konnex Records), Early (Improvvisatore Involontario), and the EP Apartogetherapart (Second Variety).

He is currently Assistant Researcher at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel and PhD candidate at Vrije Universiteit Brussel in jazz music.

He graduated with a Master of Arts at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel in Jazz Music (magna cum laude) and obtained a Laurea triennale in Computer Science at Università di Pisa.

He studied classical piano and composition at the Conservatory of Music “U. Giordano” in Foggia (Italy) and at the Conservatory of Music “Santa Cecilia” in Rome. He got a Professional Diploma in Jazz Piano at School of Music “G. Bonamici” of Pisa. He attended several jazz workshops, and studied with Kenny Werner, Phil Markowitz, Stefano Battaglia, Paolo Birro, John Taylor, Franco D’Andrea, Danilo Rea, Mark Turner, Stefano Zenni, Francesco Martinelli, Achille Succi, Piero Leveratto, Omer Avital, Ettore Fioravanti, Antonio Sanchez, Kevin Hays, Aaron Goldberg.

He earned the Horlait-Dapsens Foundations scholarship for the Arts in 2018 and the Siena Jazz Scholarship in 2008.

^{(Photo credits: Rolanas Stankūnas, Morgane Griffoul.)}