Turi Collura is an Italian pianist, who was born in Sicily (Italy) in 1970.

His notable professional background includes a piano course at Catania Conservatory and a degree in Music from University of Bologna and also from the Milanese School of Jazz.

He´s been settled down in Brazil since 2002, where has worked as a pianist, music producer and, furthermore, has lectured at FAMES (Espirito Santo Music College), in Vitória. Turi teaches popular piano and other subjects, such as Improvisation, area in which he's been working on for many years.

In 2003, he himself founded the Popular Music Department at FAMES, where he's been in charge of the Coordination Department and is also one of its lecturer.

Turi, with his never ending energy, is also part of many musical groups such as "Quarteto Fantastico" ( The "Fantastic Four" ).

Turi teaches Harmony and improvisation at EM&T. ( www.emt.com.br )

Turi is columnist of the Teclado e Piano (Piano and Keyboard) Magazine.
( www.tecladoepiano.com.br )

He published a method, based on 2 books + 2 CDs: "Improvisation. Creative practices for composing the melody in Popular Music" (Books).