Lina Allemano


Lina Allemano is a Canadian musician in the genre of jazz and free improvisation.

Life and career

Allemano started trumpet playing when she was ten years old. Her first tutor was her father, who makes her also familiar with jazz. When she was 12, she began to take classical lessons. Her first club concert was at the age of 15. For education, she moved from Edmonton to Toronto in 1993, where she still lives. She became immediately a part of the local scene and performed with Howard Johnson, Don Byron, Dave Holland, Mike Murley and Joe Lovano. She was invited by Dave Douglas to the Festival of New Trumpet Music in New York City, where she appeared on the scene with Ingrid Jensen and drew the attention of Down Beat as seen in the article "25 Trumpeters for the Future: A New Generation of Trumpeters Pave the Way for Jazz's Next Innovations". Allemano's quartet Lina Allemano Four performs free jazz and has released six albums. In 2012 she toured Europe with the group. In 2014 she appeared in Europe with Achim Kaufmann and Christian Weber. She currently splits her time between Berlin and Toronto.
She composes "exciting pieces, which oscillate between complexity and anarchic freedom." She leads also the improvisation ensemble Titanium Riot, the other members of which were Ryan Driver, Rob Clutton and Nick Fraser. She has also performed with The Paul Read Orchestra, Tim Posgate Horn Band, Cluttertones, The Jane Fair/Rosemary Galloway quintet, The Neufeld-Occhipienti Jazz Orchestra and as a sidewoman for groups with Marianne Trudel, Achilla Orru, Rob Clutton, Victor Bateman and Tania Gill. She has appeared on more than 40 albums.

Partial discography

As a Leader or Co-Leader
As a Sideperson