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Marco Rossetti was born in Rome on
the 22nd of May 1959. He began his study of the classical
guitar at the age of 16, with Vincenzo Ricciuti.
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His wide range of interests have also included Rock, Folk and Blues on the acoustic and electric guitar. Since the early 80’s Marco has refined his
composing and performing skills at FOLKSTUDIO
in Rome (a club founded by Giancarlo Cesaroni,
where many international musicians frequently
perform). Marco is often requested to perform
in prestigious festivals, alongside such international
luminaries as John Renbourn, Irio de Paula, Preston
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In 1984 he performed at the 2nd LIZARD CONVENTION, created
by Giovanni Unterberger, together with other famous
guitarists such as, Unterberger, Duck Baker, Stefan
Grossman, and others. From a special request, Marco
recorded for LIZARD, in 1985 an album (Guitàroma)
featuring some of his original compositions for acoustic
guitar.
After his classical studies with Claudio Capodieci and
his diploma with full marks at the Conservatorio “S.
Cecilia” in Rome, he attends several master classes
of international musicians like Manuel Barrueco, Angelo
Gilardino, José Tomás, Christoph Yäggin.
With Luciano Coletta he further deepened his knowledge
of important technical and interpretative aspects related
to the classical guitar repertoire.
With Franco Sbacco he conducted exhaustive studies concerning
the analysis of the musical language in its historic
and stylistic evolution.
He currently teaches guitar at the Conservatorio “F.
Torrefranca” in Vibo Valentia.
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