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Filippo Dall'Asta

g, *1987 IT
Musician / Composer / Arranger of Jazz

Filippo Dall'Asta is an Italian guitarist based in London, with many years of experience live and in the studio, as a composer and arranger of Gypsy jazz music. Born in Parma, Italy, in 1987, he started playing the piano when he was five years old. He then started, at the age of thirteen, learning acoustic and electric guitar. From that moment, his love for the six-stringed instrument continues to grow, pushed by a strong passion that drives him to study it and explore it inside-out. From 2001 until 2006, he studied privately in Parma with Giuseppe Parisi, a teacher from the Conservatory School of Music Conservatorio Arrigo Boito; from him he learned a solid technique and understanding of harmony. After engaging in the study of electric guitar at “Music Academy 2000” in Bologna, Italy, from 2003 until 2005, he decided to move, in 2007, to Berlin where he started studying Tango guitar.The South-American melodies and rhythms inspired him to explore different musical cultures and then he got captivated by classical Indian Music. Hence his decision to spend half a year in India to study tabla and sitar in Varanasi. In 2010 he decided to move to London where he graduated at “Tech Music Schools”. After his encounter with John Wheatcroft, head of guitar in the same school, he discovered his love for Gypsy jazz, musical genre that originated from the artistic experience of guitarist Django Reinhardt, who is considered its creator and main representative: he managed to merge the ancient traditional Gypsy music with American jazz. The results of this lucky union is a genre that combines the creativity and richness of Swing from the 1930s with the eclectic virtuosity of Gypsy music.

Instruments

• Guitar
• Piano

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