Paolo Corraini Archive

About

A cultural archive, editorial platform and project space curated by Paolo Corraini: documents, photographs, musician profiles, ensemble histories and Jazz Heritage initiatives.

Archive direction

Paolo Corraini

Paolo Corraini is a musician, composer, arranger and archive curator from Valtellina. His work brings together performance, historical research, editorial projects and the preservation of jazz memory.

The archive was created to give a clear and accessible form to a growing body of materials: photographs, concert programmes, press notes, musician profiles, ensemble sheets, festival documentation, records, scores and project files.

Rather than presenting these materials as isolated objects, the Paolo Corraini Archive connects them into a living narrative: musicians, places, concerts, repertoires and cultural initiatives become part of the same documented story.

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What the archive does

Research, preservation and public memory

Documentation

Scores, videos, photos

Materials are organized so they can be consulted as part of a wider historical and musical context, not simply stored as files.

Profiles

Musicians and ensembles

The archive gives space to musicians, bands and revival experiences through dedicated pages, images, biographical notes and line-ups.

Projects

Editorial and digital work

Websites, public projects and research initiatives are collected as part of a broader activity of cultural communication.

Events

Jazz Heritage in public

Concerts, festival programmes, exhibitions and listening rooms become occasions to bring archival work back into the community.

Paolo Corraini playing trumpet — Paolo Corraini
The archive is connected to a wider musical activity: performance, composition, arrangement, digital research and the promotion of jazz heritage.

A living archive

From performance to documentation

The Paolo Corraini Archive grows from direct musical practice and from the need to preserve traces that often remain dispersed: photographs, names, dates, recordings, memories and local stories. Its purpose is to make these materials readable, useful and accessible for future projects.

For collaborations, archive contributions or personal information about Paolo Corraini, the reference point is the official website.

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