My name is Christian Zatta (*1993) and Iâm a guitarist, composer, touring musician, band leader and educator, active internationally. I was born and raised in Lugano and Iâm currently based in ZĂŒrich (Switzerland).
I obtained my first Master of Arts in Music in âPerformance and Compositionâ as well as my second Master degree in âMusic Pedagogyâ at the Lucerne University of Arts (Jazz), under the tuition of Roberto Bossard, Frank Möbus, Christy Doran, Kalle Kalima, Nathanael Su and Jesse Van Ruller.
In 2018, 2020 and 2024 I stayed in New York City for some months and took lessons with some of the most influential jazz musicians, like Mike Stern, Gilad Hekselman, Ben Wendel, Mike Moreno, Nir Felder, Ben Monder, Nitai Hershkovits, Ari Hoenig and Shai Maestro.
Iâm an experienced stage and studio artist, with more than 450 live shows in twelve different countries and eleven studio albums.
My main musical project is my trio NOVA (www.novamusic.ch).