Three times Grammy nominated international vocalist Roberta Gambarini burst on the world’s jazz scene at a young age in 1998 , when she became one of the runner-ups in the Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocal Competition . Her performance on the Smithsonian Auditorium stage in Washington, D.C. stunned judges and audience alike, and launched a decades-long stellar career that has won her the love of audiences in the US and all over the world, from Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl to Jazz Festivals such as Monterey and Newport, from NYC’s Blue Note Jazz Club to Salle Pleyel in Paris and Royal Albert Hall in London. She has performed, recorded and toured extensively with most of the greatest Masters of Jazz , among them: James Moody, Clark Terry, Roy Hargrove, Jimmy Heath, Hank Jones, Billy Higgins, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Dave Brubeck, the Dizzy Gillespie All Stars Big Band ,Jon Batiste , Chucho Valdes, Paquito D’Rivera, and many more. Her work has been rewarded with multiple prizes , such as three Grammy nominations (two as Jazz Vocal Album of the Year for her albums “Easy to Love” and “So in Love” and one for her work on the iconic Roy Hargrove Big Band album “Emergence”), the French National Jazz Academy vocal album of the year prize for her album “You are There” in duo with Jazz Giant and former Ella Fitzgerald’s pianist Hank Jones, the Jazz Singer of the Year Prize which the International Association of Jazz Journalists awarded her twice, Down Beat Magazine Best Rising Vocal Star and Singer of the Year Award ,and more. . Roberta keeps touring and recording with her acclaimed quartet , but she is also constantly expanding her repertoire and embracing new musical adventures , from performing with Cuban Jazz great Paquito D’Rivera to new exciting collaborations with jazz Master Cyrus Chestnut as well as Nuevo Tango Master Pablo Ziegler. In recognition of her global standing as one of today’s leading voices in Jazz and of her many contributions to the vocal arts, in 2023 the French ministry of Culture rewarded Roberta with the highest of honors reserved to artists: the title of ‘Chevalier des Arts ed des Lettres’.