Tommaso Tola

Born and raised in Varese, he approached music at the age of 5 at the 'Civico Liceo Musicale' in Induno Olona (Varese), where he later began studying music theory and transverse flute, which he continued until the age of 13 under the guidance of teacher Anna Molinari. At the age of 11, he attended the Anna Frank middle school in Varese with a musical curriculum focusing on drums, first under Andrea Cappellari and then under the guidance of Pino Li Trenta. At 16, he enrolled at the 'School of Music' at the Conservatory of Italian Switzerland in Lugano, where he studied with teachers Mattia Frappolli and Francesco Portone. In the same institution, he attended the 'Pre-Professional' course with teacher Davide Poretti, the 'Bachelor of Arts in Music,' and the 'Master of Arts in Music Pedagogy' with teachers Bernhard Wulff, Julian Belli, and Lorenzo Malacrida. Throughout his various experiences, he has had the chance to perform alongside Masters like Alessandro Cadario, Ennio Morricone, Edoardo Piazzoli, Thomas Netopil, Vladimir Verbitsky, Sergio Bellotti, Tino D'agostino, Stefano Bollani, and to collaborate with various orchestral formations, including the 'Mount Prospect Community Band' of Chicago, the 'Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (OSI),' and the 'United Soloists Orchestra,' of which he has been a permanent member since its founding. Through numerous educational trips, he also had the opportunity to participate in courses and take lessons from some drumming teachers at Berklee College of Music in Boston, and to actively collaborate with teachers from 'Arlington High School' in Arlington, Massachusetts. His participation in multiple band realities in the province of Como and Varese allowed him to take his first steps as a teacher. He is currently a teacher at several music schools in Ticino, regularly collaborates with the 'Civica Filarmonica' of Lugano directed by Maestro Franco Cesarini, and with the 'United Soloists Orchestra' directed by Maestro Arseniy Shkaptsov. He is a member of the group 'Contrada Errante,' with which, in addition to collaborating with the singer-songwriter Umberto Alongi, he performs live in Switzerland and Italy.