HISTORY
1970: I was born on January 9. With my family we
spent a lot of time in holidays and most of the times
I was surrounded by the nature, especially mountains and
forests, that's why I feel so strong love for her. Still
today I like to go high on the mighty peaks to breath
pure air and drink pure crystal clear mountain water.
1978: I had my first piano
and I began to study the basics. In this year my life
changed in a very positive way because my brother Manuel
was born (January 28).
1982: Always studying, my piano
teacher was really severe, I did hate her…
1983: I changed piano teacher.
1984: I was living a "bad
boy" life. No one could tell me what I had to do
or not to do. (like today)
1985: I bought an electric
guitar. After some months of playing I decided to change
and I bought my first synth.
1986: I bought my first vinyl,
"The final countdown" from Europe. Beside piano
I was strongly interested in playing keyboards too.
1987: I had my first love story
with a girl living next door.
1988: In this year a great
band released a great album, this music miracle was called
"Transcendence", and it will be my favourite
metal album forever. In this magic period I discovered
many good rock and metal bands. I also got my drive license
and my first car.
1989: Still studying piano.
I began to have strong interests in regards of meditations
and in the spiritual field, also in relation with music
and arts.
1990: In July, “casually”,
Luca and me, meet eachother for the first time during
a stage of mental technics. (where you learn how to have
more control of your mind). At the end of the stage, we
had dinner together and we talked about music discovering
that we liked the same bands, and we had the same musical
influences. It was clear we had a big aim to reach.We
agreeded to meet again...
1991: I bought my Korg 01/W
pro, keyboard that I still use sometime. Luca and me spent
spring and summer to compose our first songs. Sometimes
we composed songs on a top of a mountain being inspired
by some great landscapes. In this year we meet Daniele
Carbonera, he was the right "mighty" drummer
we where searching for.
1992/1993: Still composing,
playing, rehearsing, and taking piano lessons.
1994: In October we finished
to record our first demo tape called "Land of Immortals"
containing songs that will soon appear in the first and
in the second Rhapsody studio albums. The songs were:
Land of Immortals,Warrior of Ice,Rage of the Winter and
Riding the Winds of Eternity. The demotape was sent to
all selected Europeans labels. In the end of the year
we received an enthusiastic offer from the label "LMP"
of Limb Schnoor.
1995: An official demotape
called "Eternal Glory" was released under LMP,
and we started to receive the very first positive reviews.
1996: Year of deep preparation
for the first studio album called Legendary Tales, we
entered in the studio in October.
1997: Still developing new
ideas while recording. In the studio, and for the very
first time we meet Fabio, the best singer we could dream
of. The production ended in June. I began to practise
body building.
1998: Another year very busy
for Luca and me composing new songs and working on some
left ones. We began to describe our music as "Hollywood
metal". The "Symphony of Enchanted Lands"
production was the longest so far, 4 months.
1999: Year of rest for me,
but anyway we did interviews, promo trips, meetings ecc…
2000: It was a very sad moment
when our mighty friend and drummer Daniele was not in
the band anymore. Alex Holzwarth came in. This year we
did our first tour as support band for Stratovarius. We
where really looking forward to meet our Rhapsody fans
all over Europe! I could meet Jens Johansson and spend
some time with him. I meet also another great keyboarder
and person, Mikko Harkin. (ex member from Sonata Arctica).
Right after the tour we had to finish the compositions
for "Dawn of victory".In 3 months the album
was recorded. Songs like Holy Thunderforce did rappresent
a more aggressive approach in our music.
2001: This year we did play
5 festivals shows around Europe and we had a very successful
headliner tour in South America, what a great audience!
After that we where focused again on new songs. We released
“Rain of a Thousand Flames". This new production
was again about almost 4 months long.
2002: The new album, Power
of the Dragonflame was released in March. We did our first
European headliner tour presenting big shows full of drama,
effects, guests, actors and a majestic stage set up. Then
we finally played some shows in Japan and Korea having
again a great audiences and a great hospitality. The last
concert of this year was the "Bang your head"
festival.
2003: I bought a lot of new
studio equipment and keyboards to face in a better way
all the needs for the upcoming production. During this
year Luca and me spent all our time to collect ideas for
new songs, and to compose a lot of new tracks. In August
Alex Holzwarth began to record the drums of the new mini
album called “The Dark Secret” and the new
full length album “Symphony of Enchanted Lands II
- the Dark Secret”. Between October and November
we recorded Fabio’s vocals, the rest of the band
and some special guests. In December we recorded the big
orchestra and choir in Czech Republic, and immediately
after, right before Christmas, we recorded the amazing
Christopher Lee’s narrations in London.
We where proud to announce that we started to work with
a great management consisting in Joey DeMaio and Hinrich
Sturken of Magic Circle Music, and the great German label
SPV. They will help us trough the way for the next epic
years.
2004: We mixed “Symphony
of Enchanted Lands II - the Dark Secret” and did
some more additional recordings, all that between the
end of January and the end of March.
We created a definitive trademark to clearly describe
the way we do compose music now, the unique and only Rhapsody’s
“FILM SCORE METAL”.
We did an extensive promotional tour all over Europe,
US and Canada to promote the new mini album “The
Dark Secret” and the new album “Symphony of
Enchanted Lands II - the Dark Secret” with incredible
and really exciting feedbacks everywhere.
More news coming soon!
Favourite Rhapsody album:
Symphony of Enchanted Lands II - the Dark Secret.
Favourite Rhapsody songs:
The Magic of the Wizard Dream, Emerald Sword, Lamento
Eroico,
When Demons Awake, Erian’s Mystical Valleys, Nightfall
On The Great Mountain,
Ecc…ecc…
Favourite artwork:
Symphony of Enchanted Lands II - the Dark Secret.
Favourite kinds of music:
Heavy metal, soundtracks, hard rock, classical, medieval,
baroque.
Favourite bands:
Crimson Glory, Manowar, Virgin steele, Malmsteen, Dio,
Van-Hagar
Favourite singers:
Midnight, Eric Adams, David DeFeis, Freddie Mercury, Sammy
Hagar
Favourite guitar players:
Malmsteen, Van Halen, Patrick Rondat.
Favourite keyboard players:
Jens Johansson, Tony Macalpine, Jon Lord.
Favourite bass players:
Joey DeMaio, Billy Sheehan, Michael Antony.
Favourite drummers:
Alex Van Halen, Mikkey Dee, Atma Anur.
Favourite classical composers:
J.S.Bach, Vivaldi, Dworak, Orff and many many others…
Favourite classical compositions:
Carmina Burana, Toccata and Fuga, Symphony of the new
world
Favourite kind of movies:
Action, fantasy, epic, historic,
Favourite science fiction movie:
Alien.
Favourite horror movie:
The Church (Dario Argento)
Favourite dramatic movie:
Braveheart, Gladiator
Favourite comic movie:
Naked Gun (Leslie Nielsen)
Favourite fantasy movie:
The Lord of the Rings, Conan the Barbarian
Favourite action movie:
Red Heat (A.Schwarzenegger), Gone in 60 seconds
Favourite actors:
Al pacino: Scarface
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Conan the Barbarian
Russel Crowe: Gladiator
Mel Gibson: Braveheart
Favourite actresses:
Sharon Stone: The specialist (S.Stallone)
Jodie Foster: Silence of the Lambs
Angelina Jolie: Gone in 60 seconds.
Favourite directors:
Peter Jackson, Ridley Scott, Tim Burton.
Favourite soundtracks composer:
Hans Zimmer, Basil Poledouris, Danny Elfman and many others…
Favourite hobbies:
Cinema, sport cars, American cars, CDs, music equipment,
photo, video
Favourite foods:
Pizza, grilled and smoked food, season food, fruits.
Favourite drinks:
Water, fresh juices, vine, beer.
Favourite sports:
Body building, jogging, trekking, ski.
Favourite book:
Rudolf Steiner, Omraam Mikael Aivanhov.
Favourite colors:
Dark blue.
Favourite season:
Summer.
Favourite flower:
Crimson glory.
Favourite animals:
All.
Owner of animals:
No.
A message to the human beam:
we have to take care of what we are doing, cause, if we'll
not stop to be so fool Mother Heart will everybody's pay!!!
A message to heart:
Will be enough the love that we have for you? Will be
enough the big respect that we have for you? We can just
trust in your "natural" selections!
