He has the strength of McCoy Tyner and the fire of Don Pullen in his finger, and already writes with fine maturity» G. Festinese, journalist for Manifesto, and Musica Jazz, writes of Antongiulio, a pianist, composer, music director, and active performing musician in the New York City Jazz scene.
Antongiulio was featured at Dizzy’s Club and Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Kaufman Center, Miller Theater, Minton’s Playhouse, Birdland Jazz Club, among other venues in NYC, and Peperoncino Jazz Festival, Casa Del Jazz, Newport Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz Winter Festival, among other festivals around the world.
In 2023 he founded the Upper West Side collective of artists “Four Hands”, of which he is the Music Director, alongside acclaimed pianist Matt Baker, which gathers some of the most successful artists based in the NYC area. The collective is based at the Off-Broadway “Triad Theater”, producing sold-out performances and cultivating a capillary community impact in the NYC arts scene.
At 21 he released his debut album made of original compositions, sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Culture, that featured greats of Italian jazz such as Rosario Giuliani and Ettore Fioravanti.
Other collaborations include Grammy-Winner Jim McNeely, Varijashree Venugopal, Tony Glausi, Jim Cammack, Russell Hall, Gunhild Carling, Benny Benack III, James Zollar, Motswedi Modiba, Jahari Stampley, MOIPEI, AC Lincoln, Rachel Therrien, Latin Grammy-Winners Daniel Prim and Juan Diego Villalobos, among others.