Mauro Beggio was born in Valdagno (VI) Italy in 1970 and began studying drums when he was thirteen by attending the Dizzie Gillespie School in Bassano del Grappa and taking part to drum - clinics held by musicians such as Peter Erskine, Tommy Campbell, Jon Christensen and Roberto Gatto.

In 1986, during a stage with the latter at Siena Jazz, he met Enrico Rava and began to perform with him since January 1987 taking part to major Italian and foreign jazz festivals and many radio.

Since the beginning of his profession Mauro Beggio had a chance to perform both with fixed line-ups (Enrico Rava Quartet, Enrico Pieranunzi Trio, Claudio Fasoli Quartet, Rachel Gould Quintet, Gibellini-Tavolazzi-Beggio Trio, Lydian Sound Orchestra) and as freelance drummer with Italian musicians such as:

Franco D'Andrea, Franco Cerri, Enrico Intra, Furio Di Castri, Stefano Bollani, Flavio Boltro, Massimo Urbani, Dado Moroni, Marco Tamburini, Andrea Pozza, Sergio Caputo, Gianluca Petrella, Rosario Bonnaccorso, Gianluigi Trovesi, Guido Manusardi, Pietro Tonolo, Marco Castelli, Battista Lena, Enzo Pietropaoli, Fabrizio Bosso, Francesco Bearzatti, Rudy Migliardi, Augusto Mancinelli, Paolino Dalla Porta, Luigi Bonafede, Lucio Terzano, Riccardo Bianchi, Maurizio Caldura, Andrea Braido, Paolo Birro, Giulio Visibelli, Piero Leveratto, Bruno Cesselli, Marco Micheli, Claudio Angeleri, Mauro Negri, Fabio Zeppetella, Bruno De Filippi, ecc. and foreign artists such as:

Lee Konitz, Toots Thielemans, Palle Danielsson, Kenny Wheeler, Franco Ambrosetti, Rachel Gould, Manfred Schoppf, Dick Oatts, Chris Rosenberg, John Mosca, Dick DeGraaf, Harvie Swartz, Sheila Jordan, Paul Bley, Glenn Ferris, Johnny Griffin, Toninho Horta, Garrison Fewell, Cameron Brown, Gary Dial, Vic Juris, Mike Abene, Ted Curson, Emmanuel Bex, Chucho Valdes e Don Friedman, ecc.

The following are some Jazz Festivals where Mauro Beggio could be heard and appreciated:

In Italy:

Umbria Jazz, Villa Celimontana Jazz Festival, Festival Internazionale del Jazz di Atina, Festival di Palermo, Festival del Teatro Ciak di Milano, Bergamo Jazz, Agosto Jazz e' Milano, Along came jazz a Tivoli, Jazz Italia a Verona, Iseo Jazz, Jazz no Jazz Università di Pavia, Atelier musicale del ventesimo secolo a Milano, Jazz Meetings a Vicenza, Eurojazz Festival Ivrea, Marostica Jazz, Siena Jazz, Festival del Jazz di Pescara, Rassegna Jazz Udine, Parmajazz Frontiere, Rassegna Sud Jazz, International Festival Jazz Summer Bolzano, Valtellina Jazz Festival, EuroFestival del Jazz Cagliari.

Abroad:

Copenhagen Jazz Festival (Denmark), Prague Bohemia Jazz Fest (Czech Republic), Plaza Jazz Festival (Habana - Cuba), Portalegre Jazz Fest, Seia Jazz Festival (Portugal), Quito Jazz (Ecuador), Festival International de Jazz Lausanne (CH), Malta Jazz Festival (Malta), Rencontres Internationales de Jazz Nevers, Europa Jazz Festival Bucarest (Romania), Toulouse Jazz Festival, Jazz en tete Clermont-Ferrand (F), Zagreb Jazz Fair (Croazia), Darmstadt Jazz Festival, Jazz Kartell Festival Ulm, Leverkusener Jazztage (D), Manchester Jazz Festival, Appleby Jazz Festival (UK).

Radio and television programs (Italian and foreign):

Radio France Parigi: "Jazz Vivant, live at the Grand Auditorium of R. France"; SR - Saarbrucken Radio (D): "E. Pieranunzi Trio in concert"; Mitschnitt MDR Radio (D): "E. Pieranunzi Trio in concert"; Swiss TV Lugano: "Nautilus"; RAI Uno: Musical commentary for "Una verità come un'altra"; RAI di Torino: "Radio Uno Jazz '87"; Radio Tre: "Jazz Club" Gibellini-Tavolazzi-Beggio in concerto; Radio Tre: "Fahre Spettacolo" Gibellini-Tavolazzi-Beggio; RAI Tre: "L'altro spettacolo"; RAI Tre: "Arcobaleno"with E.Rava; Rai Radio Uno:"Stasera a via Asiago..." E. Pieranunzi Trio
Rai Uno: "Una notte a Sirmione" feat. P.Angela and F.Cerri.