Adrianna Cicchitelli

Adrianna aka Cicchi, is a Darug/Sydney-based session guitarist, composer (jazz) and academic lecturer at the Australian Institute of Music. She has performed across some of Australia’s most notable shows and festivals including; featured artist for Sound Sorcery 2026, Woodford Folk Festival 2025/26, Vivid 2025, Kiama Jazz & Blues Festival 2025, Bellingen Jazz Festival 2025 and The Sydney Women’s International Jazz Festival 2023, and is a regular session performer in many of Sydney’s most iconic venues including Restaurant Hubert and Marble Bar. She was also part of the line-up for hip-hop group Horrorshow with Jimmy Nice, touring nationally in 2024, is currently the guitarist of Nu-Jazz/hip-hop band, Monstress and co-leads female led guitar duo, Ruby & Cicchi! and the Cicchi Organ trio w/ Inman-Hislop and Odell. In 2025, Adrianna completed a graduate certificate in music research focusing on jazz composition and aesthetic frameworks towards New York post-bop improvisation in the 21st century.