Ralph Peter Alessi
Profile
Ralph Peter Alessi Dozent
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Address
Berner Fachhochschule
Bern Academy of the Arts
Musik
Eigerplatz 5a
3007 Bern
CV
Biography
- Ralph Alessi is a trumpet player/composer who splits his time
between Brooklyn, NY and Bern, Switzerland. He grew up in the San
Francisco Bay Area the son of classical trumpet player, Joseph Alessi
and opera singer, Maria Alessi. He received two degrees from
California Institute for the Arts where he studied with Charlie Haden
and James Newton. It was there that he met fellow student and future
collaborators including Ravi Coltrane, Scott Colley, Michael Cain and
others.
In 1991, he moved to New York City and began a 30 year stay there
in which he has played and recorded with the likes of Fred Hersch,
Steve Coleman, Ravi Coltrane, Jason Moran, Sam Rivers, Tim
Berne, Uri Caine and many others. Currently, Ralph records for the
ECM record label and will be releasing a new CD in the spring of
2023. As an educator, he has taught at the Eastman School of
Music, NYU and University of Nevada-Reno. He is also the
founder/director of the School for Improvisational Music and is a Jazz
professor at the Hochschule der Künste Bern in Switzerland
