Roberto Dalla Vecchia Explained

Roberto Dalla Vecchia
Birth Date:1968 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Vicenza, Italy
Genre:Acoustic, bluegrass
Instrument:Acoustic guitar
Occupation:Musician, composer, singer
Years Active:1998–present

Roberto Dalla Vecchia (born 5 January 1968) is an Italian guitarist, composer, and singer. He is known for his expressive melodies and songs which include many references to traditional American music and bluegrass.

Biography

Dalla Vecchia was born in Vicenza, Italy. He began studying classic piano with his mother, a piano teacher, but soon switched to acoustic guitar. Influenced by American old-time music and bluegrass, he learnt flatpicking by listening to its exponents such as Clarence White, Tony Rice and Doc Watson. He also took lessons from the Italian guitarist and flatpicker Beppe Gambetta. Dalla Vecchia released his first solo album Open Spaces in 1998. In 2003, he won Acoustic Guitar magazine's "Homegrown CD" Award[1] for his second album Sit Back. He currently performs at concerts and festivals and teaches workshops throughout Europe and USA, and runs his own Acoustic Guitar Workshop[2] in Recoaro,Italy, every year and he is the promoter of "vicenzAcustica[3] in Vicenza, his home town, an annual concert featuring international guitarists. Since 2012, he is the director of the "orchestrAcustica", a flatpicking orchestra of 25 guitarists.

Dalla Vecchia has performed with artists such as Tommy Emmanuel, Frank Vignola, Jim Hurst, Mark Cosgrove, Clive Carroll, Jacques Stotzem, Tony McManus, Walter Lupi, Massimo Varini and others.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilations

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.acousticguitar.com/issues/ag129/HomegrownWinners129.html Acoustic Guitar Central: 2003 Homegrown Winners
  2. http://www.robertodallavecchia.com/workshop_it.html Acoustic Guitar Workshop | robertodallavecchia.com
  3. http://www.vicenzacustica.com/ vicenzAcustica
  4. Web site: Morning lights : Mario Giovannini . 2013-01-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121218054724/http://mariogiovannini.fingerpicking.net/tag/morning-lights/ . 18 December 2012 . dmy-all . Interview on Fingerpicking.net
  5. http://www.ebma.nl/general/master.php?pn=ewobcds Products – European World of Bluegrass
  6. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/country-in-this-country-vol.-2/id251218483 iTunes – Music – Country In This Country, Vol. 2 by Various Artists
  7. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/european-world-bluegrass-2002/id271469571 iTunes – Music – European World of Bluegrass 2002 by Various Artists
  8. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/flatpicking2003 Various Artist | Flatpicking 2003 | CD Baby Music Store
  9. http://jpfolks.org/09albumwinners.html Just Plain Folks