Composer, arranger, classical percussionist and jazz player, Igor Caiazza collaborates since 2008 with Teatro Alla Scala of Milan, he was Principal Percussionist of Mahler Chamber Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado.
Currently he is an Independent Artist, Professor at Conservatory of Potenza, endorser for Yamaha Music Europe, Zildjian Cymbals Company and Vic Firth.

ORCHESTRA

Igor Caiazza collaborates with Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris, Orchestra and Filarmonica del Teatro Alla Scala, Orchestre National De France, Wiener Symphoniker, Philhamonia Orchestra, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI, Orchestra dell’Arena di Verona, Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo, and he has performed around the World with Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Pierre Boulez, Lorin Maazel, Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, George Pretre, Valery Gergiev, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Herbert Blomstedt, Daniele Gatti, Myung-Whun Chung, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Alan Gilbert, Antonio Pappano, Gustavo Dudamel, Daniel Harding, Fabio Luisi, Maurizio Pollini, Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky, Lang Lang, Leonidas Kavakos, Bobby McFerrin, Placido Domingo, Josè Carreras, Andrea Bocelli, Stefano Bollani and many others, recording several CD and DVD for Decca, Sony Music and RAI labels.

TEACHING

Igor is Percussion Professor at Conservatorio di Potenza since 2022.
He was Percussion Teacher of Mahler Chamber Orchestra Academy in Barcelona, ​​Germany and Australia, and has regularly held Masterclasses at NRW Orchesterzentrum in Dortmund (Germany). On 2016 he was Percussion Teacher of XVII Gustav Mahler Academy of Bolzano (honorary president Claudio Abbado), from 2013 to 2018 Percussion Tutor of Jové Orquesta Nacional de Catalunya (JONC) in Barcelona and he held Masterclass at Salerno Conservatory.

OTHER EXPERIENCES

Igor Caiazza also played with Andrea Bocelli, Rondò Veneziano, Mika, Zucchero, Roby Facchinetti (from the Pooh), Elio (from Elio e le Storie Tese), Nicola Piovani, Karima, Fabrizio Bosso, Stefano Di Battista, Nicky Nicolai, Tullio De Piscopo, Javier Girotto, Nico Gori, Marco Zurzolo, Julian Oliver Mazzariello, Claudio Filippini, Alessandro Lanzoni, Mauro Ottolini, Gabriele Evangelista, Amedeo Ariano, Jacopo Ferrazza, Luca Bulgarelli, Daniele Sorrentino, Andrea Rea, Giovanni Amato, Alfonso Deidda, Jerry Popolo, Carlo Fimiani, Antonio De Luise, Tommaso Scannapieco, and others.

ENDORSEMENT

Yamaha Music Europe
Zildjian Cymbals Company
Vic Firth

2025 CONCERTS

05/01. Concerto Salerno Jazz Orchestra con Anthony Strong
Ravello Festival, RAVELLO (SA)

12/03. Concerto Festival Thesaurus del Conservatorio di Potenza
Museo Archeologico, POTENZA

26/04. Slow Food Basilicata Event, feat. Nico Gori, Luca Mannutza, Daniele Sorrentino
Teatro Pino, MOLITERNO (PZ)

15/05. Pierino e il Lupo in Jazz, con Francesco Paolantoni
Sala Umberto, ROMA

16/05. Cartoons, feat. Nico Gori, Julian Oliver Mazzariello, Daniele Sorrentino
CAVA DE’ TIRRENI (SA)

27/06. Concerto con Andrea Bocelli
Anfiteatro Scavi di Pompei, POMPEI (NA)

28/06. Concerto con Andrea Bocelli
Anfiteatro Scavi di Pompei, POMPEI (NA)

10/07. Pierino e il Lupo in Jazz, con Francesco Paolantoni
Festival delle Ville Vesuviane (NA)

14/07. Concerto jazz, feat. Pierpaolo Bisogno
MARINA DI CAMEROTA (SA)

29/07. All’opera, feat. Fabrizio Bosso e Nico Gori
Villa Guariglia, VIETRI (SA)

16/08. Cartoons, feat. Francesco Bearzatti e Nico Gori
Festival di Mezza Estate, TAGLIACOZZO (AQ)

31/08. Festival Barocco, feat. Simone Zanchiini, Nico Gori, Daniele Sorrentino
BRINDISI

19/10. All’opera, feat. Fabrizio Bosso e Nico Gori
Palacultura, MESSINA

ALL’OPERA

the last Igor Caiazza Album
with Fabrizio Bosso, Nico Gori,
Claudio Filippini, Tommaso Scannapieco,
and Musicians of Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

2024 ALL’OPERA
feat. Fabrizio Bosso, Nico Gori, Musician of Teatro San Carlo di Napoli

2022 PEOPLE
feat. Nico Gori, Claudio Filippini

2021 BLU
feat. Fabrizio Bosso, Javier Girotto

2017 – TURANDOT
with Teatro Alla Scala and Riccardo Chailly

2017 – FRÜHLING IN WIEN
with Wiener Symphoniker and Manfred Honeck

2016 – PARRESIA

2014 – CARMEN
with Teatro Alla Scala and Daniel Barenboim

2013 – LIVE AT LA SCALA
with Filarmonica Della Scala, Riccardo Chailly and Stefano Bollani

2013 – WRITTEN ON SKIN
with Mahler Chamber Orchestra, George Benjamin, Barbara Hannigan

2012 – VIVA VERDI
with Filarmonica della Scala and Riccardo Chailly

2012 – DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Teatro Alla Scala