ALESSIO CONTORNI

"Tell me who are you spirit"

Keyboards, synth, flute, Theremin, backing vocals
 

He started learning music as self-taught in 1990 playing his father's old Viscount electric organ, a little keyboard and other instruments like flute, harmonica and classic guitar.

In the middle of 90's he studied piano and flute at the "Scuola Popolare di Musica Donna Olimpia" for a couple years playing in jazz and rock-blues school projects. It was 1999 when he finally decided to follow the Conservatorio way under the guide of M°M.T.Carloni, M°G.Albonetti, M° Alberto Giraldi and In October 2007 takes the diploma in Composition with M°Sergio Prodigo at the "Conservatorio di Musica A.Casella" in L'Aquila.

-In 1999 he attended the stage "Musiche per Immagini" (about composing movies' music) at the International Music Institute in Rome with M° M.Werba and M° F.Rossille winning a prize as best composer.
-In 2005 he takes part to "Master di Storia e Analisi del repertorio" with M° Sergio Prodigo in Ronciglione (VT)
-In 2006 he attended the masterclass "Artescienza: Spazio deformato" by CRM with Marco Giordano, Ludger Bruemmer, Antonino Saggio, Pietro Polotti, Marc Leman, Olivier Wrusfel, Xavier Serra, Siegfried Zelinski and Antony Moore at the Goethe Institut in Rome
-In 2007 he studied voice with M° Arianna Todero
-In 2008 he studied with M° Enrico Cosimi "Come funziona un sintetizzatore" at the Sonus Factory in Rome
He wrote classical and jazz arrangements for the "Maggio Musicale Fiorentino"'s musicians M° F.Vichi and M° P.Bini.
He also wrote medieval music for Abbadia S.S.'s Pro Loco and a Soccer-hymn for the "Associazione Calcistica Amiata".
Since 1991 he played several musical genres in several coverbands (pop, latin, soul, jazz, blues, prog-metal, musical, hard-rock) on keyboards and sometimes on bass. Best collaborations was with Bertilla Patruno's "Love Musical" on stage towards Italy and at "Teatro Massimo" (Rome) in 1999, with Sandro Scala's "After Midnight" and with Andy in "Les Miserables" on stage at Gigi Proietti's "Teatro Brancaccio" (27 october 2003). Sometimes He also partecipated to the recording session of the soloist project of Lord Vampyr and the TV program Talenz with Esteban.

SIDE PROJECTS:

Musicomix Orchestra by Dosto & Yevsky
Max Russo Solo Project
Grease Tribute Show by B-Way Company
Rocky Horror Tribute Show by Glitter Company
Blues Brothers & Sister Act Tribute Show by Glitter Company
Mount Green People Gospel choir wit M° Clizia Aloisi and Harold Bradley
Vivona choir with M° Marilena Lopergolo
Bachelet white voices choir with M° Marilena Lopergolo

GEAR:
Kurzweil K2600 xs keyboard
Access Virus TI synth
Korg CX-3 Hammond clone
Moog Etherwave theremin
Novation Nova Laptop synth
Roland JV2080 expander
Akai S5000 sampler
Yamaha flute
Bina sitar
Shure SM58 microphone
Alesis AirFX infrared multieffect
Lexicon MX200 reverb
Behringer Eurorack Pro RX 1602 mixer


INSPIRATIONS:
Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Keith Jarrett, Kevin Moore, Jordan Rudess, Peter John Vettese, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tony Banks, Vittorio Nocenzi, Jerry Sahlin, Jon Lord, Michel Petrucciani, Daniel Gildenlow, Ian Anderson, Andre Matos, Adrian Belew, Robert Fripp, Frank Zappa, Tony Levin, Igor Stravinsky, Astor Piazzolla, Clara Rockmore, Ravi Shankar.

FAVOURITES BAND AND COMPOSERS:
Pain of Salvation, Act, Dream Theater, Angra, Symphony X, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, PFM, Locanda delle fate, Elio e le Storie Tese, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Rush, Yes, Frank Zappa, Deep Purple, Jesus Christ Superstar, Steve Vai, B.B.King, The Blues Brothers, Latte e i suoi derivati, Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, W.A.Mozart, L.V.Beethoven, J.S.Bach.

HOBBIES:
Books, videogames, role playing games and oriental culture.