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Luca Turilli Turilli in 2019 Background information Born 5 March 1972 (age 48) Trieste, Italy Genres Pop progressive rock symphonic metal electronica contemporary classical music Occupation(s) Musician composer arranger record producer Instruments Guitar keyboards piano Years active 1993–present Associated acts Rhapsody of Fire Luca Turilli Band Turilli / Lione Rhapsody Luca Turilli's Rhapsody Luca Turilli's Dreamquest Luca Turilli (born 5 March 1972) [1] [2] is an Italian composer, arranger and producer, keyboardist, pianist and guitar player constantly engaged in various musical projects. Having always declared to love music at 360 degrees, Turilli has dedicated himself to multiple musical genres, ranging from trance and electronic music of his first compositions to symphonic progressive metal inspired by the world of soundtracks and also to modern pop / rock and piano compositions of his current productions. He is one of the founders of the symphonic power metal band Rhapsody, later called Rhapsody of Fire.
In early 2020, Turilli stated in an interview with Steinberg that he feels the constant need to evolve and explore the world of music by creating new projects, finding new artistic goals and stimulations. He is currently working on the debut album of his new band presenting a modern pop/rock sound in the style of some of his actual favorite artists like Adele and bands like Muse and Imagine Dragons, enriched by electronic, ethnic music and all those symphonic elements which are now a real trademark in his discography. Playing style [ edit] Turilli is influenced by guitarists such as Yngwie Malmsteen, Marty Friedman and especially Jason Becker with his neo-classical structuring and phrasing. His lead playing often includes extensive use of sweep picked arpeggios, tremolo picking, classically influenced phrases, and scales such as aeolian, harmonic minor, phrygian, locrian, and melodic minor. In his latest albums he introduced new ethnic elements too (Hirajoshi and Pentatonic scales). As a pianist his main influences are romantic pianists like Chopin and contemporary composers such as Ludovico Einaudi, Yann Tiersen, Yiruma and Philip Glass.
[1] He also worked on a trilogy of solo albums as Luca Turilli, and released one album under the name of Luca Turilli's Dreamquest, a symphonic metal / rock project combined with electro pop elements he worked on alongside Dominique Leurquin. [3] On every Rhapsody / Rhapsody of Fire album, Turilli was the only lyricist and composed all the music with the keyboardist, Alex Staropoli (except for Il Canto del Vento written by the vocalist Fabio Lione) and played most of the lead guitars. He composed and arranged all the music for both his solo projects. He played guitars on his solo trilogy and keyboards with Turilli's Dreamquest featuring Dominique Leurquin as the guitarist. As in the case of Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, the lyrics are mainly about science, metaphysics, psychology, anthropology and in general related with the mysteries of life - Turilli's greatest passion after what he started experiencing thanks to his long-term yoga and meditation practices. [4] With the piano being his favorite instrument, Turilli started working on his first album of "emotional cinematic piano", featuring original piano solo instrumentals sometimes enriched by a few orchestral and choral parts, in the tradition of artists like Yann Tiersen, Ludovico Einaudi and Yiruma, some of the well-known piano composers of our time and a true inspiration to him, underlining his need for continuous artistic challenges and the need to express himself at 360 degrees.
0" Series. His new signature guitars feature a DiMarzio Tone Zone pickup in the bridge position and DiMarzio Air Norton in the neck position. They also feature maple necks, 22 fret ebony fingerboards with a custom "Tree of Life" inlay and Ibanez Lo-Pro Edge tremolo systems. The wood used for the body is alder. Turilli uses Furch and Gibson acoustic guitars. Pianos [ edit] Turilli owns Kawai and Schulze Pollmann pianos.
We can say that the promoters and the fans, considering the success of that tour, basically convinced Turilli and Fabio to go on with Rhapsody, although both had different artistic plans in mind. For legal reasons the new band was called Turilli / Lione Rhapsody. Both agreed to such plan and to use the same band name only if they could bring something really new to the table, combining their typical symphonic metal approach with all the modern music they like to listen to nowadays, evolving the sound, the image and the lyrical concept of the band to new horizons. To make this more than clear they agreed to entitle the album Zero Gravity (Rebirth and Evolution) and filled it with what they both love: vocal interludes à la Queen, progressive elements à la Dream Theater, electronic, ethnic music and more. In both bands, Luca Turilli's Rhapsody and Turilli / Lione Rhapsody, Turilli is the only composer of all music and lyrics, orchestral arrangements and in addition to guitars he also played all the keyboard parts.
[4] Early life [ edit] Turilli was born in Trieste, Venezia Giulia. His father was a cello player who passed away when Turilli was only two years old. He inherited his passion for classical music and at 16 years old he started playing guitar. In 1993, Turilli survived cancer at age 21. [5] At the age of 22, he started playing piano. Career [ edit] Turilli playing his Furch acoustic guitar in 2019 In 1993, Turilli founded the band Thundercross, which was renamed Rhapsody after releasing the first demo, [6] and renamed once again to Rhapsody of Fire for trademark reasons in 2006. In 2008, Turilli began an online guitar course titled Luca Turilli's Neoclassical Revelation. The course takes its name from his neoclassical playing style. [7] In August 2011, some time after releasing the last album related with the heroic-fantasy saga on which all the lyrics and music of Rhapsody / Rhapsody of Fire were based until then, Turilli and Staropoli proceeded to a friendly split. Alex agreed to go on as Rhapsody of Fire, while Turilli decided to move on as Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, adding his name on top of the logo because of trademark reasons and old legal settlements.