Alex Staropoli

Alex Staropoli
Alex Staropoli performing in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2010.
Background information
Birth name Alessandro Staropoli
Born (1970-01-09) 9 January 1970
Trieste, Italy
Origin Italy
Genres Power metal, symphonic metal[1], progressive metal[2], neoclassical metal[2]
Occupation(s) Musician, composer
Instruments Keyboard, guitar
Years active 1993–present
Labels Limb Music, Magic Circle Music, SPV, AFM
Associated acts Rhapsody of Fire
Website www.alexstaropoli.com.

Alessandro "Alex" Staropoli (born 9 January 1970 in Trieste, Italy) is a keyboard player, composer, leader and co-founder (with Luca Turilli) of the Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire. He does the orchestral arrangements in all the band's songs.[3] Following the split with Turilli, Staropoli is Rhapsody of Fire's only remaining founding member.

Alex and Luca met in 1990 during a course in mental techniques (how to have more control of your own mind), and together they started the band Rhapsody (later named as Rhapsody of Fire) in 1993.[3]

When Alex was a child he was mainly interested in nature - mountains, forests and lakes. At the age of nine he got his first piano and began to study its basics,[3][4] and at the age of fourteen he bought his first electric guitar. After meeting Luca, but before the creation of Rhapsody of Fire, he bought a Korg 01/W pro keyboard, a model he still uses.[3]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Rock Detector". Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  2. 1 2 Allmusic
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Official Alex Staropoli Website". Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
  4. ↑ "Interview With Rhapsody's Alex Staropoli". Metal-rules.com. 2001-02-23. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-23.


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