Roberto Dalla Vecchia

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Roberto Dalla Vecchia
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Dalla Vecchia performing at the Soave Guitar Festival, Italy, April 2012
Background information
Born (1968-01-05) 5 January 1968 (age 57)
Vicenza, Italy
Genres Acoustic, bluegrass
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, singer
Instrument Acoustic guitar
Years active1998–present
Website www.robertodallavecchia.com

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.

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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

References

  1. Acoustic Guitar Central: 2003 Homegrown Winners Archived 5 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Acoustic Guitar Workshop | robertodallavecchia.com Archived 6 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. vicenzAcustica
  4. "Morning lights : Mario Giovannini". Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013. Interview on Fingerpicking.net
  5. Products – European World of Bluegrass
  6. iTunes – Music – Country In This Country, Vol. 2 by Various Artists
  7. iTunes – Music – European World of Bluegrass 2002 by Various Artists
  8. Various Artist | Flatpicking 2003 | CD Baby Music Store
  9. Just Plain Folks