Michelangelo Scandroglio began to learn jazz with the Italian double-bass player Ares Tavolazzi and classical with Gabriele Ragghianti at I.S.S.M Luigi Boccherini in Lucca.
He mastered his jazz studies with Joe Sanders, Harish Raghavan, Ben Street , Furio Di Castri , Aaron Parks , Ben Wendel , Miguel Zenon , Theo Bleckman , Jen Shyu , Avishai Cohen in Siena Jazz during the Summer Workshop
At twenty he was one of the winners of the “Riga International Jazz Bass Competition ” , where he was invited by Adam Yuang Hong to play at Beijing Jazz Festival .
In 2018 he received the prestigious award “Tomorrow’s Jazz ” by Veneto as one of the best young talents in the country.
In 2019 he was awarded by Paolo Fresu and a jury composed by the most recognizable Italian jazz journalist with the first prize of the Conad Jazz Contest organized by Umbria Jazz.
In 2020 he was selected for “AIR”, organized and financed by the Italian Jazz Association (MIDJ) and MIBACT (Italian Ministery of Culture Activity ) , a program which consisted in a one month artistic residency in Lima ( Perù) .
In the same year he released “In the Eyes of the Whale” his first album as a leader on “Auand Records “ , with Alessandro Lanzoni on piano, Peter Wilson on guitar , Bernardo Guerra on drums , Hermon Mehari on trumpet , Michele Tino on sax and as a very special guest the international jazz star Logan Richardson .
This album allowed him to win the “Nuova generazione” , a program financed and promoted by MiBAC ( Italian Ministery of Culture activity ) , I-JAZZ and SIAE , which developed his career by organize a tour in all the major festivals in Europe and around the world
In January 2021 he was ranked as one of the best Italian Jazz talent of the year for Musica Jazz
In the same year he won the Getxo International Jazz Competition in Spain and he was awarded with the PREMIO SIAE for his quality as a composer .