" data-original-title="" title="">Alessandro Giachero never threw anything in-your-face—not his music, not his presence, nor his massive talents as pianist, composer and orchestra leader. A master of music, but not of self promotion and self marketing, he left his art to be discovered by the listeners. His passing leaves a huge, unredeemable gap not only in Siena Jazz, but in the Italian music scene at large.

Alessandro Giachero was born in 1971 in the northern Italian city of Alessandria, where he completed his classical studies in the city conservatory, obtaining his diploma in 1994. He discovered jazz afterwards when he realised—in his words—that he "could not play the piano without a score in front." This apparently simple but stunning realization sent him on a path of self-research that included participating in the 1999 edition of the Siena Jazz Summer workshop, and studying for a while in Leeds, UK, where he graduated from the Leeds College of Music ,receiving a special prize in Electronic Keyboard. Inspired by the giants of modern jazz piano such as