Giorgio Pacorig was born on March 25, 1970.
He is a pianist and composer and started to play the piano when he was eight years old.Since 1987 he devoted himself to jazz and improvised music. He attended the seminars of Siena Jazz Summer in 1991 where he studied with Franco D'Andrea and Enrico Pierannunzi and a workshop held by Muhal Richard Abrams and Roscoe Mitchell in 1993 in Trento.
In 1992 he enrolled at the conservatory of music 'G. Tartini' of Trieste and in 1996 obtained a diploma in piano under the guidance of professor Massimo Gon.
In recent years his intense musical activity led him to perform in various festivals, theaters and jazz clubs.
In 2001 with other musicians of North-East Italy he founded the Phophonix Association whose goal is the study, promotion and dissemination activities of the orchestras of improvisation.
In the same year he was part of the Orchestra Phophonix, a formidable laboratory of improvised music and, in 2007, he wrote the suite "Gift of the Seek" presented at the 1st National Meeting of the musical collective research Massalombarda.
From 1999 to 2007 he collaborated with the singer Elisa Toffoli.
He's also involved in in theater and film projects.
He has worked with the Zerorchestra which was a project which combines the language of contemporary jazz with the images of the early cinema.
He collaborated with the saxophonist Jessica Lurie and the illustrator Danijel Zezelj on the project 'Nosorog - multimedia performance', combining music and live painting, which is also present at the International Festival of Animation (Animafest) held in Zagreb in June 2008.
In 2008 and 2009 he participated in musical and theatrical show called “Abbastanza: assenza e presenza”, brainchild of American cellist Tristan Honsinger.
In 2009 he became the project manager of the “Orchestra dei mati de Trieste” born within the Department of Mental Health, organizing music workshops involving users and patients.
In 2011 he lived in Berlin where he had the opportunity to play and work with important musicians in improvised music.
He has taught as a teacher of piano and harmony.
He played and recorded also with: Tristan Honsinger, Phil Minton, John Tchicai, Ab Baars, Joe Bowie, Don Moye, Mark Ribot, Gianluigi Trovesi, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Antonello Salis, Kawabata Makoto, Giovanni Maier, Tobias Delius, Daniele D'Agaro, Axel Dörner, Massimo De Mattia, U.T.Gandhi, Claudio Cojaniz, Cuong Vu, Jessica Lurie, Zeno De Rossi, Enrico Sartori, Antonio Borghini, Michael Thieke, Danilo Gallo, Enrico Terragnoli, Vincenzo Vasi, Mauro Ottolini, Jhoannes Fink, Gerhard Gschlößl, Christian Lillinger, Stefano Giust, Edoardo Marraffa, Massimo Pupillo, Achille Succi, Michele Rabbia, Gianni Gebbia, etc.
Selected Discography:
1994: “Masut” (CD Nota Records)Trovesi-De Mattia-Pacorig-Maier-Ghirardini
1996: “Les Illuminations” (CD Splasch) Duo Cojaniz-Pacorig
1997: “Axiom” (CD Nota Records) Massimo De Mattia
1998: “Cjale ce sere” (CD Nota Records) U.T.Gandhi
2000: “Cosmic Tones for Groove Therapy” (CD autoprodotto)
2000: “Metonymic” (CD Splasch World Series) Massimo De Mattia
2000: “Ulrica” (CD autoprodotto) Duo Caruso-Pacorig
2001: “La parte (o)scura” (CD Splasch World Series) Duo De Mattia-Pacorig
2001: “Note di frontiera”, (Associazion Culturâl Colonos)
2002: “Schiele-jazz oratorio” (CD Splasch World Series) Massimo De Mattia
2002: “Passeranno anche stanotte” cortometraggio di Matteo Oleotto
2003: “My mind is on the table” (CD Splash Records) Giorgio Pacorig Trio
2004: “Shachor” (El Gallo Rojo Records) Full Metal Klezmer
2004: “Mosaic Orchestra vol. 2” (CD artesuono) Giovanni Maier
2005: “L'Anniversaire” (El Gallo Rojo Records) Orchestra Vertical
2005: “Pleased to meet you! We're Devil?Man” (Palomar Records) Devil?Man
2005: “Live at Italian Jazz Rebels” (Setola di Maiale) Giust-Mosso-Pacorig-Sfregola
2006: “Dudek!” (El Gallo Rojo Records) Mickey Finn
2007: “Hallucinations” (Cd Troglo) Duo Vanzan-Pacorig
2007: “Infinity”(Cd Qbico) Neokarma Jooklo Octet
2007: “Overgrown Babeling” (Palomar Records) Pascolo-Maier-Pacorig
2008: “Featuring Marc Ribot + A tourtle soup” (Long Song Records) Giovanni Maier Technicolor
2008: “Istinto Informe”(Setola di Maiale) Duo Dal Monego-Pacorig
2009: “Gagarin!” (El Gallo Rojo Records) Mickey Finn+Cuong Vu
2009: “Sousaphonix” (CAM Jazz) Mauro Ottolini
2009: “Improvvisations 1-4” (Setola di Maiale) Aghe Clope Ensemble
2009: “Jusi in the Wine House” (Long Song Records) Pacorig, Massaron,De Rossi, Pupillo, Pacho
2010: “Senza Tempo” (Palomar Records) Duo Dal Monego-Pacorig
2010: “God Fried Finger” (El Gallo Rojo Records) Blonde Zeros
2010: “We hope we understand” (El Gallo Rojo Records) Zwei Mal Drei
2010: “The Sky Above Braddock” (CAM Jazz) Mauro Ottolini Sousaphonix
2010: “Plays Weather Report Music- 40th Anniversary-” (CD artesuono) U.T.Gandhi
2010: “Orko Trio” (Dobialabel) Orko Trio
2010: "Tageskarte"(Palomar Records) DOB Orchestra
2011: "Act 1 The Bisiakistan Renegades"(Punto Rojo) The Crypt
2011: “Per favore sing” (I dischi di Angelica) Vasi-Pacorig
2011: “Falsopiano 8888” (El Gallo Rojo Records) Falsopiano
2011: “A_Frames” (Dobialabel)