Music Projects
As Bandleader
Laura Veltri Orchestra
18-piece ensemble [5 brass, 5 reeds, string quartet and rhythm section] which will debut in 2027 with original compositions. Album recorded in January 2026 at Hansahaus Studios, Bonn DE.
As Composer and Conductor
Bignami Veltri Jazz Ensemble
After our 2023 EP “Epitaphs from the Hill”, we have now digitally released our first album “Non-Places” under GleAM Records 2026. Release concerts take place in Aalborg Jazz Center 27.06 and at FOLK – Aarhus Jazz Festival 5.07.
Physical copies will be available from this autumn.
As Guest Composer and Conductor
Orchestre National de Jazz des Jeunes (2025)
Flinta* Jazz Orchestra (2025)
Berlin Youth Jazz Orchestra (2024)
Founder and Conductor of
Composers’ Collective Rome
Created through an open call and currently formed by 28 musicians and 14 composers, the project originated from the need to create a new space in Rome dedicated to original music for large ensembles, free from specific genre constraints; the collective’s musicians and composers come from very diverse backgrounds, including jazz, contemporary classical, folk, rock and popular music.
As Big Band Composer
SAM: Original Composition
which received a Special Mention at the 17th edition of “Scrivere in Jazz” 2022 – International Competition in Composition and Arrangement for Jazz Orchestra
As Film Composer
BIRD
for the short film “BIRD” by Kristin Garrelts, music performed by Frankfurt Kammerphilharmonie, November 2024
As Composer, Conductor and Project Manager
Bignami Veltri Jazz Ensemble
Bignami Veltri Jazz Ensemble is a 9-piece group based in Denmark conducted by Laura Veltri and Anna Bignami. Our debut EP “Epitaphs from the Hill” (2023), is a cross-disciplinary encounter between contemporary jazz and the poems from E. L. Masters’ “The Spoon River Anthology” (1914).
As Arranger
Orchestra Giovanile Filarmonici Friulani
“Canto Anche Se Sono Stonato” di Lelio Luttazzi per OGFF e Boris Savoldelli. Live in Plinio Clabassi Theater, Sedegliano and conducted by Marco Battigelli, the project “Ironia in Swing” is a homage to Lelio Luttazzi for the centennial anniversary of his birth
As Engraver and Music Copyist
Score and Parts for Kenneth Dahl Knudsen’s “Uummat” (2020)
using MakeMusic Finale 27 as Notation Software.
Currently Steinberg – Dorico 6 user.
