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Carlo Nicita is a creative musician, flautist and improviser, composer and teacher. He plays jazz, classical, ethnic music.

He graduated in "Classical Flute" in Messina and in "Jazz Music" with full marks at the Verdi Accademy in Milan. He plays in various formations, from solo to quintet and in large formations. He is currently part of Artchipel Orchestra, MMC (Milan Music Collective) and Filarmonica Laudamo Creative Orchestra. He has collaborated with important national and international artists as a Pia De Vito, You Warren, Enrico Rava, Giovanni Falzone, Yuri Goloubev, Michael Leonhart Ferdinando Faraò, Salvatore Bonafede, Tino Tracanna, Keith Tippett, Julie Tippett, Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso, Adam Rudolph, Mike and Kate Westbrook, Trilok Gurtu, Yelena Eckemof, Gilson Silveira, Moacyr Luz, Hector Costita Bisignani, Francesca Ajmar, Rosario Di Rosa, Tito Mangialajo Rantzer, Valerio Scrignoli and many more. He has recorded more than 40 albums including 8 as leader and co-leader, always gaining excellent acclaim from the public and critics both nationally (Musica Jazz, JazzIt, Jazz Review, Jazz Magazine Italia, All About Jazz Italia, ) and internationally (Jazz Magazine - France, Cadence Magazine USA, All About Jazz USA). He has played in prestigious festivals, theaters and jazz clubs like Umbria Jazz Festival 2021; XI Biennial of Young Artists Europe and the Mediterranean, Athens 2003 ; XI Lithuania Klaipeda Jazz Festival in 2004, Torino Jazz Festival, Trieste Jazz Festival, Ah-um Milano Jazz Festival, Blue Note Milano, Casa del Jazz Roma, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò - New York University, throughout Italy, United States, France, Greece, Spain, Lithuania, Switzerland, Malta. With Artchipel Orchestra he won the prize as "Formation of the year" in 2014, 2017, 2022 in the Jazz Music referendum and was repeatedly voted in the categories "Disc of the year", "Best new Italian talent" and "Musician of the year ”.