Né en Sardaigne en 1989, Matteo commence à jouer de la clarinette en autodidacte dès l’age de 13 ans. Il se passionne très vite pour le jazz grâce à son père contrebassiste. Il suit les workshops de Nuoro Jazz, dirigé par le trompettiste Paolo Fresu et à 19 ans il déménage à Paris. Il obtient un diplôme en Jazz au Conservatoire Régional de Paris avec les meilleures notes. Durant Siena Jazz ’09 il y gagne la bourse du meilleur musicien qui lui permettra d’étudier avec Chris Potter. Matteo Pastorino est un artiste Selmer et Vandoren depuis 2012. Il a sorti deux albums à son nom dont le dernier, Suite For Modigliani, en Novembre 2017. Parmi les récompenses qu’il a obtenues on peut citer: le Prix Soliste Selmer 2012, le 1er Prix à Jazz à Saint Germain des Prés, le Prix de la presse au concours international Massimo Urbani, le 2ème Prix du concours international pour solistes de Jazz de Monaco, etc. On le retrouve aux cotés de : Gilad Hekselman, Joe Sanders, Guillaume De Chassy, David Linx, Antonello Salis, Raphael Imbert, Pierre Hamon, etc…
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Born in Sardinia in 1989, he began to play clarinet at the age of 13. Very soon, his passion turned to jazz thanks to his bass player father. The young self-taught man then received his first educational supervision from Nuoro Jazz workshops led by trompetist Paolo Fresu.
At 19, he moved to Paris to pursue his jazz education at the Music Conservatory of Paris. On Summer 2009, the ‘best musician’ scholarship of SIENA JAZZ allowed him to study with Chris Potter.
In 2012, at the Saint Germain des Près jazz festival (Paris) not only his quartet won the spring- board 1st award in bands contest but Matteo, himself, received the Selmer prize for best soloist with a endorsement from the pretigious brand. Still in 2012, he was awarded the public choice prize and the 2nd prize at the International Jazz Soloist Competition of Monaco.
In 2015 he was awarded the press prize at the International Competition »Premio Massimo Urbani » He’s has released two albums as a leader. The last one, with Gilad Hekselman, is called, Suite For Modigliani. He performed et/or recorded with : Gilad Hekselman, Joe Sanders, Guillaume De Chassy, David Linx, Antonello Salis, Raphael Imbert, Pierre Hamon, etc…