Uses the KING MAJOR MIDI, MT 04 Microphone System and
his inseparable MT 24 Mixer/Amplifier for all concerts

Vincenzo Abbracciante website
Vincenzo Abbracciante website 1
Vincenzo Abbracciante website 2

Born in Ostuni (BR) in 1983. He is the musician son of a family of accordionists. He started studying from a very young age under his father Franco and in a short time had already won several national competitions.
He has taken part in the Siena jazz workshops of maestri Franco D’Andrea, Bruno Tommaso, Stefano Battaglia and Masterclasses with Richard Galliano, Joelle Leandre and Steve Potts.
At present studying jazz with maestro Gianni Lenoci in the “Nino Rota” Conservatory in Monopoli and piano with Mirko Signorile. In the year 2000 he won the “25° City Of Castelfidardo International Trophy”, in the Junior Variety Category and in 2003 the 53° World Accordion Trophy in the Senior Variety Category.
He has made guest appearances in numerous TV programmes both for the national RAI network as well as in several local networks.
Since the year 2000 he has been the demonstrator of Borsini Accordions of Castelfidardo.
Since 2003 he has had a trio called “i Tàngheri” with Antonio Di Lorenzo (drums) and Davide Penta (contrabass). The group has recorded its first CD called “Historias del Sur” with the collaboration of the actor Rocco Capri Chiumarulo and published by Panastudio Productions in Palermo.
The second CD called “Silente”, is published by Wide Sound in Nepezzano (TE), in which the american guitarist Marc Ribot takes part. Vincenzo has played with: Lucio Dalla, Marc Ribot, Gaetano Partipilo, Carlo Actis Dato, Vito Di Modugno, Orchestra Ico della Magna Grecia, Vincenzo Deluci, Roberto Ottaviano, Pippo Ark D’Ambrosio, Nando Di Modugno, Enzo Cavalli, Walter Grassman, Hannes Strasser, Alexander Meik, Paolo Romano, Antonio Tosquez and Mario Rosini.
He has done concerts in Germany, Austria, England, Denmark, Holland and Canada.
Richard Galliano, talking of young accordionists in a French magazine called Jazzman, said: "I am impressed most of all by a young Italian from the Puglia area: his name is Vincenzo Abbracciante. Every tune he plays creates a new story and he really touches me”.