When
did you start playing guitar and why?
When
I was a child I enjoyed improvising songs and tunes heard on TV on a
small toy keyboard that was given to me as a gift. At age 10 I
decided it was time to move on to a more serious intrument!
What did you study and what is your musical background?
What did you study and what is your musical background?
I
started studying with Marco Cerroni at the Collegium Artis in
Frascati , where I do teaching activity , and then graduating in the
Conservatory of Perugia with Leonardo De Angelis. After earning a law
degree , I have enriched my musical education by attending numerous
masterclass with Arturo Tallini , Paolo Pegoraro , Adriano Del Sal ,
Carlo Marchione , Pavel Steidl , Piero Bonaguri , Hugo Gueller
...
What guitars do you play and have you played with ?
What guitars do you play and have you played with ?
Currently
I play a guitar made by the Belgian luthier Walter Verreydt and an
other instrument made byluthier Mario Grimaldi. Both have spruce top
and Indian rosewood bottom and bands, while the Grimaldi has a
traditional construction (fan bracing ) , Walter Verreydt’s guitar
presents the different constructive formula latex -bracing ( but
without the addition of materials other than wood) . In the past I've
played the classic Spanish cedar " chitarrone ": the Doble
tapa premium by luthier Contreras II and Modelo Especial harmonic by
Cardenal Antonio Gonzalez .
What were and are your main musical influences?
What were and are your main musical influences?
My
influences come mainly from the teachers I have studied with:
currently Paolo Pegoraro , Adriano Del Sal and Arturo Tallini . I’m
also very interested in baroque performance practice and performing
early music on original instruments . Outside of classical music, my
musical tastes ranging from Dire Straits to Bossanova ...
What prompted you to enter the Supernova?
The
pleasure of playing with friends , the enthusiasm and expertise of
Arturo Tallini , the interest in the sonic possibilities that an
ensemble of this type can create.
What are your other future projects?