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Riccardo Marra

Riccardo Marra

Electric Guitar

Biography

Artistic Training At the age of 6, he began studying the clarinet with Maestro Giani Marco. At 11, he started studying electric guitar at the Alpha Musica academy with Maestro Andrea Lanza, exploring many musical styles from heavy metal to jazz. In 2014, he enrolled in the A. Manzoni musical high school in Varese where he studied classical guitar with Maestro Paolo Pugliese while also studying jazz guitar with Maestro Pippo Mortillaro and Paco Trotta. In 2018, he entered the G. Verdi Conservatory in Como where he studied jazz and fusion guitar with Maestro Bebo Ferra. Musical Experiences He began playing live at the age of 13 as a singer-guitarist with the Metal Shot, presenting original songs he wrote, winning 3 music competitions in the province of Varese, which led him in 2013 to a mini-tour in central-north Italy. In 2015, he founded the Basket Bounce project focused on jazz/fusion music with clarinetist Davide Sgarra, signing a contract with the record label of Zoo di 105, performing at many dates and concerts. In 2018, he began his career as a touring musician, collaborating with internationally renowned musicians, both Italian and foreign, such as Ivan Ciccarelli (883, Antonella Ruggero, Frank Gambale) and California singer Sheritta Duran. In 2018, he played for a season at the casino in Montreux, Switzerland, and in 2019, his original piece was broadcast on Radio Rai. In 2022, he played at the Congress Palace in Lugano with an orchestra conducted by Maestro Arseniy Shkaptsov in "Symphony Rock Orchestra", which began a collaboration that led him to play in other musical programs offered by the Unite Soloist Orchestra in some of the main Swiss cities. In 2022 and 2023, he toured with gospel singer Sherrita Duran. In the summer of 2023, he performed at Rugby Varese with the rock group "Motoroll" in front of 15,000 people and at the Sforza Castle in Milan accompanying Paride Orfei in "Rock Circus". During the same period, he toured in Germany and the Czech Republic with the ska group Skassa Punka, and at the end of 2023, he moved to Miami. He has recently returned to his home country and, in addition to his rock original trio "The Fool", plays with Crazy Legs and Motoroll, performing in Italy, Switzerland, and Europe. He also works as a producer and arranger at the studio managed by Maestro Marcello Franzoso, collaborating on the production of the new album by Enzo Iacchetti.