Mauro Sigura Quartet - Terravetro (2020)

Mauro Sigura was born in Turin. After graduating in philosophy, he began working as musician playing guitar and bouzouki in Turin’s jazz clubs. He played with many musician (Erik Truffaz, Luca Aquino, Javier Girotto, Andrea Manzoni, Agricantus, Tonj Acquaviva, Rosie Wiederkehr, Lutte Berg,…)

He performed in several festival as: DIM – OSAKA, TOKYO, Sibiu jazz Festival, Terminal Music & Arts Festival of Sombor, Nisville Jazz Festival, Santa Fiora in Musica, Octobre Musical De Carthage, Dromos Festival, European Jazz Expo, Cala Gonone Jazz Festival ecc.. He played in Italy, Spain, Germany, Norway, Romania, Serbia, Tunisia, Etiopia, Japan.

From the beginning, he has played jazz and world music.
In 2003 he began his collaboration with the folk band Vinagro, recording the album: ‘Ventu di Mari’ with a following tour around Italy.

In 2004, Mauro Sigura, with the band Vinagro, wins the Greenage festival, one of the most important competition for young musicians of the north west of Italy, organized by the Maison Musique (Rivoli -Turin), in the same year, Mauro Sigura is finalist at EtnoFolk-Contest . In 2005, Mauro Sigura left Vinagro and moved to Sardinia, where he met the sardinian folk and jazz sound.

In December 2009 he performed live at the final days of Andrea Parodi award with the song “su fogu e sa die.” Also in 2009 he started studying the oud and Turkish music. In January 2011 he joined the multiethnic orchestra of Porta Palazzo, and with the Orchestra, he recorded the sound-truck of the national TV show RADICI (RAI3) ..
Since July 2011 Mauro Sigura plays the oud with the Syrian poet Maram al-Masri during her tour in Italy.
In 2012 Mauro Sigura starts playing with the most famous italian world-music band: “Agricantus” (by Tonj Acquaviva and Rosie Wiederkehr) as musician for tuor 2012-2013. With Agricantus, Mauro Sigura recorded the bouzouki and Baglama in the album “Kuntarimari.”

In 2013. Mauro Sigura met Gianfranco Fedele, Tancredi Emmi and Alessandro Cau, and they started working at the project: MAURO SIGURA QUARTET:“ THE COLOUR IDENTITY”, a project that joins the sound of Mediterranean sea and the african rhythm with the atmospheres of the North european jazz.

In 2016 the album of the Mauro Sigura 4et “THE COLOUR IDENTITY” comes out with the italian label S’ARD-EGEA.

In June 2017, Mauro Sigura won, with the Mauro Sigura Quartet, the “Mario Cervo Award” as BEST ALBUM realized in Sardegna in 2016.

Also important are the socio-educational collaboration with OSVIC (Sardinian ong), which creates a series of educational and social projects to promote the civil and social commitment.