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, endorser for Yamaha Music Europe, Zildjian Cymbals Company and Vic Firth.

ORCHESTRA

Igor Caiazza collaborated 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, Maurizio Pollini, Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky, Lang Lang, Leonidas Kavakos, Bobby McFerrin, Placido Domingo, Josè Carreras, and many others, recording several CD and DVD for Decca, Sony Music and RAI labels.

TEACHING

After being Percussion Professor at Conservatory since 2022, Igor Caiazza 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, Stefano Bollani, 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, Francesco Bearzatti, Nico Gori, Marco Zurzolo, Lorenzo Hengeller, 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.
Igor is currently producing two Show with the neapolitan actors Lello Arena and Francesco Paolantoni.

ENDORSEMENT

Yamaha Music Europe
Zildjian Cymbals Company
Vic Firth

2026 CONCERTS

01/03. Rheingold – Wagner, Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala,
Teatro Alla Scala, MILANO

10/03.Rheingold – Wagner, Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala,
Teatro Alla Scala, MILANO

01/04. Turandot (premiere),
Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala,
Teatro Alla Scala, MILANO

09/04. Turandot,
Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala,
Teatro Alla Scala, MILANO

12/04. Turandot,
Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala,
Teatro Alla Scala, MILANO

14/04. Turandot,
Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala,
Teatro Alla Scala, MILANO

17/04. Live Performance at Mets,
Museo Etnografico Trentino, TRENTO

18/04. Turandot,
Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala,
Teatro Alla Scala, MILANO

21/04. Turandot,
Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala,
Teatro Alla Scala, MILANO

24/04. Turandot,
Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala,
Teatro Alla Scala, MILANO

29/04. Turandot,
Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala,
Teatro Alla Scala, MILANO

21/05. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Balletto),
Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala,
Teatro Alla Scala, MILANO

23/05. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Balletto),
Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala,
Teatro Alla Scala, MILANO

24/05. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Balletto),
Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala,
Teatro Alla Scala, MILANO

27/05. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Balletto),
Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala,
Teatro Alla Scala, MILANO

28/05. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Balletto),
Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala,
Teatro Alla Scala, MILANO

30/05. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Balletto),
Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala,
Teatro Alla Scala, MILANO

11/08. Cinema Paradise,
una nuova produzione di Igor Caiazza con Laura Marzadori e Danilo Rea, Orchestra dell’Istituzione Sinfonica Abruzzese, dir. Jacopo Sipari
Festival Internazionale di Mezza Estate, TAGLIACOZZO (AQ)

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
with Teatro Alla Scala