Luca Turilli
| Luca Turilli | |
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 Turilli playing with Luca Turilli's Rhapsody in November 2012. | |
| Background information | |
| Born |
March 5, 1972 Trieste, Italy |
| Genres | Power metal, neo-classical metal, symphonic metal |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, keyboards, drums, vocals |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Associated acts |
Rhapsody of Fire Luca Turilli Luca Turilli's Rhapsody Luca Turilli's Dreamquest |
Luca Turilli (born 5 March 1972)[1][2] is an Italian musician (primarily a guitarist) and songwriter. He is one of the founders of the symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire.[1] He also worked on a trilogy of solo albums as Luca Turilli, and released one album under the name of Luca Turilli's Dreamquest, a project he worked on alongside Dominique Leurquin.[3] In 2008, Luca began an online guitar course titled Luca Turilli's Neoclassical Revelation. The course takes its name from his neoclassical playing style.[4]
On every Rhapsody of Fire album, Luca is the only lyricist and composes all the music with the keyboardist, Alex Staropoli (except for Il Canto del Vento written, lyrics and music, by the vocalist, Fabio Lione) and plays most of the lead guitars. He composes all the music for both his solo projects. He plays guitars on his solo trilogy and keyboards with Luca Turilli's Dreamquest featuring Dominique Leurquin as the guitarist.
On August 2011, Turilli and Staropoli proceeded to a friendly split. Alex agreed to go on as Rhapsody of Fire, while Luca decided to move on as Luca Turilli's Rhapsody, adding his name on top of the logo because of copyright reasons and old legal settlements and stopping definitely the Luca Turilli band.
Gear[1]
Specifications: Pickups are Seymour Duncan Invader (bridge position)[citation needed] and Dimarzio Humbucker from Hell (neck). It has also original Floyd rose and a custom "vine" mother pearl inlay. 22 frets.
He has used Ibanez guitars in the past (Ibanez S540 LTD). For acoustic parts, he uses Gibson acoustic guitars.
He has used Mesa Boogie amplifiers and Marshall cabs. During his last tour 2011 he has been seeing playing through an ENGL powerball II connected to some rack effects unit.
Biography
Turilli was born in Trieste, Venezia Giulia. Due to the influence of his father, he became interested in classical music and learned to play piano and guitar. In 1993 he founded the band Thundercross, which was renamed Rhapsody after releasing the first demo,[5] and renamed once again to Rhapsody of Fire for copyright reasons in 2006.
In interviews, he has said that Manowar, Blind Guardian, Helloween, and Crimson Glory are influences on him and the rest of Rhapsody Of Fire.
Playing style
Luca Turilli is considered one of the most influential and prominent modern power metal guitarists.[citation needed] He is influenced by guitarists such as Yngwie Malmsteen and Jason Becker with his neo-classical structuring and phrasing. His lead playing often includes extensive use of sweep picked arpeggios, tremolo picking, classically influenced phrases, and scales such as aeolian, harmonic minor, phrygian mode, locrian, and melodic minor. In his latest albums he introduced new ethnic elements too (Hirajoshi and Pentatonic scales).
Discography
Luca Turilli
- King of the Nordic Twilight (1999)
- Prophet of the Last Eclipse (2002)
- Demonheart (2002) - EP
- The Infinite Wonders of Creation (2006)
Luca Turilli's Dreamquest
- Lost Horizons (2006)
Rhapsody of Fire
- Legendary Tales (1997)
- Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998)
- Dawn of Victory (2000)
- Rain of a Thousand Flames (2001)
- Power of the Dragonflame (2002)
- The Dark Secret (2004) – EP
- The Magic of the Wizard's Dream (2005) - EP
- Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret (2004)
- Live in Canada 2005: The Dark Secret (2006)
- Triumph or Agony (2006)
- The Frozen Tears of Angels (2010)
- The Cold Embrace of Fear – A Dark Romantic Symphony (2010)
- From Chaos to Eternity (2011)
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody
- Ascending to Infinity (2012)
Guest Appearances
- Kamelot – Epica (Guitar solo on "Descent of the Archangel")
- Dyslesia - Who Dares Wins (Guitar solo on "Unknown Fighter")
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Luca Turilli". rhapsodyoffire.com. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
- ↑ "Luca Turilli". metal-archives.com. Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
- ↑ [http://www.epic-metal.com/dreamquest2006/band.php. http://www.epic-metal.com/dreamquest2006/band.php.] Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Neoclassical Guitar Lessons". neoclassicalrevelation.com. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
- ↑ "Rhapsody - Biografias". Retrieved 5 January 2010.
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