Education & research
A versatile pianist and composer, Manuela has always been fascinated by ethnic traditions and distant cultures. In 2009 she graduated with a master's degree in classical piano from the Pergolesi Conservatory in Fermo, completing the former ten-year diploma.
Her curiosity for jazz led her to study at Siena Jazz Academy with Alessandro Giachero, and in 2015 she earned the five-year jazz piano diploma with top honours.
During those same years she founded Malibra Trio with Burkinabè griot Brahima Dembelé and Israeli percussionist Liron Meyuhas, experimenting with crossovers between Western, Eastern, and African sounds.
In 2024 she attended the MAI Master's programme in Music Applied to Image at the Boccherini Conservatory in Lucca and, the following year, obtained both first and second level diplomas in Music Supervision at Marco Testoni and Massimo Privitera's Cineartemusica school.