Luca Turilli
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.jpg) Turilli in 2019 | |
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| Born | 5 March 1972 Trieste, Italy |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
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Luca Turilli (born 5 March 1972)[1] is an Italian composer, arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is the original guitarist and a founder of the symphonic power metal band Rhapsody, later called Rhapsody of Fire,[1] for which he composed and arranged all music with his colleague Alex Staropoli from 1997 until 2011.
In the early 2000s, Turilli released trilogy of solo albums and one album under the name of Luca Turilli's Dreamquest. After his split from Rhapsody of Fire, he released three albums under the name Luca Turilli's Rhapsody. In 2019 Turilli released an album with other former Rhapsody of Fire members under the name Turilli / Lione Rhapsody.[2]
In 2020, he announced the release of his debut piano album.[3] This album has yet to be released.
Early life
[edit]Turilli was born in Trieste, Venezia Giulia, Italy. His father was a cello player who died 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.[4] At the age of 22, he started playing piano.
Career
[edit]In 1993, Turilli founded the band Thundercross, which was renamed Rhapsody after releasing the first demo,[5] 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.[6]
In August 2011, Turilli split from Rhapsody of Fire, choosing to move forward with a new group, Luca Turilli's Rhapsody. This band released their debut album entitled Ascending to Infinity in 2012. Their second album Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus followed in 2015, One year later the same album was released under the title Prometheus, The Dolby Atmos Experience + Cinematic and Live. The album, mixed by producer/mixing engineer Chris Heil was the first one in music history to be mixed in Dolby Atmos [3]
From November 2016 to March 2018, Turilli and his former bandmates Fabio Lione and Alex Holzwarth who in the meantime had also left Rhapsody of Fire, toured as Rhapsody Reunion on a tour entitled "20th Anniversary Farewell Tour".
After the tour's ending this same lineup formed a new band entitled Turilli / Lione Rhapsody. This band released their only album Zero Gravity (Rebirth and Evolution) in 2019. Turilli / Lione Rhapsody later disbanded in February 2023 following a final tour in Latin America, announcing that they would be "closing the chapter of their career for good".[7]
Playing style
[edit]Early in his career, Turilli was influenced by guitarists such as Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony MacAlpine, Marty Friedman and especially Jason Becker who is considered by him today as the greatest guitarist ever. 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 such as 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.
Discography
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Luca Turilli". rhapsodyoffire.com. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ^ "Rhapsody Turilli/Lione". Nuclear Blast. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Interview with Luca Turilli". Interview with Luca Turilli. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "Facebook post". Facebook. Retrieved 17 March 2014. [better source needed]
- ^ "Rhapsody – Biografias". Retrieved 5 January 2010.
- ^ "Neoclassical Guitar Lessons". neoclassicalrevelation.com. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ^ "Turilli / Lione Rhapsody final Latin American Tour". Turilli / Lione Rhapsody. 14 November 2022. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
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