Luca Turilli (musician)
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Luca Turilli is an Italian
musician
(primarily a guitarist) and composer. He is one of the founders of the symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire
. He also worked on a trilogy of solo albums as Luca Turilli
. He has now formed a second side band, named Luca Turilli's Dreamquest
, alongside Dominique Leurquin, which released its first album, Lost Horizons
, in the summer of 2006. More recently in fall 2008 he also began an online guitar course, titled Luca Turilli's Neoclassical Revelation. The course takes its name from his neoclassical playing style.
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.
For his fourth solo album, Turilli plans to make a tribute to the power metal
band Helloween
, an imaginary Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 4 as he said. He will introduce more power metal elements, a giant orchestra and some guests.
Specifications:
Pickups are Seymour Duncan TB-6 (bridge position) 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.
, 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, 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
.
guitarists. His rhythm playing is very much similar to that of guitarists such as Timo Tolkki
and Kai Hansen
, in that he uses extensive use of power chords, palm muting, and pedal tones. He also 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.
Italy
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musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
(primarily a guitarist) and composer. He is one of the founders of the symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire
Rhapsody of Fire
Rhapsody of Fire is an Italian symphonic power metal band led by Alex Staropoli. Since forming in 1993, the band has released eight studio albums, one live album, two EPs, and a live DVD...
. He also worked on a trilogy of solo albums as Luca Turilli
Luca Turilli (band)
Luca Turilli is the self-named power metal solo band of Italian guitarist Luca Turilli, originally assembled in 1999.-Biography:The band was founded by Luca Turilli, guitarist of Rhapsody...
. He has now formed a second side band, named Luca Turilli's Dreamquest
Luca Turilli's Dreamquest
Luca Turilli's Dreamquest is a Power metal band led by Italian musician Luca Turilli, known for his work in the band Rhapsody of Fire . Luca Turilli's name was added to the "Dreamquest" title to avoid confusion with a little-known French band. Turilli developed the band after many years of work...
, alongside Dominique Leurquin, which released its first album, Lost Horizons
Lost Horizons (Luca Turilli's Dreamquest album)
Lost Horizons is the first album to be released by the electro-symphonic power metal band Luca Turilli's Dreamquest. The album features an unknown female vocalist and Italian musician Luca Turilli, guitarist for Rhapsody of Fire and a number of solo albums, plays the keyboard.The album was released...
, in the summer of 2006. More recently in fall 2008 he also began an online guitar course, titled Luca Turilli's Neoclassical Revelation. The course takes its name from his neoclassical playing style.
On every Rhapsody of Fire album, Luca is the only lyricist and composes all the music with the keyboardist, Alex Staropoli
Alex Staropoli
Alessandro Staropoli is the keyboard player, composer and co-founder of the Italian symphonic metal band Rhapsody of Fire...
(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.
For his fourth solo album, Turilli plans to make a tribute to the power metal
Power metal
Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...
band Helloween
Helloween
Helloween is a German power metal band founded in the mid 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool. The band was a pioneering force in the European Power Metal movement and their second and third studio albums, Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt...
, an imaginary Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 4 as he said. He will introduce more power metal elements, a giant orchestra and some guests.
Gear
Turilli uses custom "Luca Turilli" electric guitars made by the French luthier Cristopher Capelli. He has four of them (blue,black, red and white)Specifications:
Pickups are Seymour Duncan TB-6 (bridge position) 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 TriesteTrieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...
, Venezia Giulia. Due to the influence of his father, he became interested in classical music and learned to play piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
and guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
. In 1993 he founded the band Thundercross, which was renamed Rhapsody after releasing the first demo, and renamed once again to Rhapsody of Fire
Rhapsody of Fire
Rhapsody of Fire is an Italian symphonic power metal band led by Alex Staropoli. Since forming in 1993, the band has released eight studio albums, one live album, two EPs, and a live DVD...
for copyright reasons in 2006.
In interviews, he has said that Manowar, Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in the mid-1980s in Krefeld, West Germany. They are often credited as one of the seminal and most influential bands in the power metal and speed metal subgenres...
, Helloween
Helloween
Helloween is a German power metal band founded in the mid 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool. The band was a pioneering force in the European Power Metal movement and their second and third studio albums, Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt...
, and Crimson Glory
Crimson Glory
Crimson Glory is an American progressive metal band that formed in 1982. They broke up in 1992, but decided to reform six years later.-Formation and debut album :...
are influences on him and the rest of Rhapsody Of Fire
Rhapsody of Fire
Rhapsody of Fire is an Italian symphonic power metal band led by Alex Staropoli. Since forming in 1993, the band has released eight studio albums, one live album, two EPs, and a live DVD...
.
Playing style
Luca Turilli is considered one of the most influential and prominent modern power metalPower metal
Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...
guitarists. His rhythm playing is very much similar to that of guitarists such as Timo Tolkki
Timo Tolkki
Timo Tapio Tolkki is a Finnish musician best known as the former guitarist, songwriter, and producer of the power metal band Stratovarius. He left Stratovarius in 2008 and formed a new band, Revolution Renaissance. To this day, with his tenure extending for more than twenty years, Tolkki was the...
and Kai Hansen
Kai Hansen
Kai Michael Hansen is a power metal guitarist and vocalist.Hansen is the founder, lead guitarist, and vocalist of power metal band Gamma Ray, and the co-founder and former member of German metal band Helloween. He is a prominent figure in power metal, and has sold millions of albums worldwide...
, in that he uses extensive use of power chords, palm muting, and pedal tones. He also is influenced by guitarists such as Yngwie Malmsteen and Jason Becker
Jason Becker
Jason Eli Becker is an American virtuoso neo-classical metal guitarist and composer. At the age of 16, he became part of the Mike Varney-produced duo Cacophony with his friend Marty Friedman. They released Speed Metal Symphony in 1987 and Go Off! in 1988...
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
Aeolian mode
The Aeolian mode is a musical mode or, in modern usage, a diatonic scale called the natural minor scale.The word "Aeolian" in the music theory of ancient Greece was an alternative name for what Aristoxenus called the Low Lydian tonos , nine semitones...
, harmonic minor, phrygian mode
Phrygian mode
The Phrygian mode can refer to three different musical modes: the ancient Greek tonos or harmonia sometimes called Phrygian, formed on a particular set octave species or scales; the Medieval Phrygian mode, and the modern conception of the Phrygian mode as a diatonic scale, based on the latter...
, locrian
Locrian
Locrian may refer to:*Locrians, an ancient Greek ethnic group**Locrian Greek, ancient Greek dialect spoken by the Locrians**Locris, the territory of the LocriansIn music:*Locrian mode, a musical mode or diatonic scale...
, and melodic minor.
Luca Turilli
- King of the Nordic TwilightKing of the Nordic TwilightKing of the Nordic Twilight is the first album in a solo trilogy by symphonic power metal songwriter Luca Turilli. It was released in 1999 through Limb Music Productions.-Track listing:# "To Magic Horizons" – 1:21# "Black Dragon" – 5:04...
(1999) - Prophet of the Last EclipseProphet of the Last EclipseProphet of the Last Eclipse is the second album in a solo trilogy by symphonic power metal songwriter Luca Turilli of the band Rhapsody of Fire. It was released on November 26, 2002 by Limb Music Productions. The ten tracks tell a story about the world Zaephyr and its destruction...
(2002) - The Infinite Wonders of CreationThe Infinite Wonders of CreationThe Infinite Wonders of Creation is the third and final album in a solo trilogy by symphonic power metal Italian songwriter Luca Turilli. The album was released in Europe on May 26th, 2006 and was later released in USA on June 6th, 2006 by Magic Circle Music...
(2006)
Luca Turilli's Dreamquest
- Lost HorizonsLost Horizons (Luca Turilli's Dreamquest album)Lost Horizons is the first album to be released by the electro-symphonic power metal band Luca Turilli's Dreamquest. The album features an unknown female vocalist and Italian musician Luca Turilli, guitarist for Rhapsody of Fire and a number of solo albums, plays the keyboard.The album was released...
(2006)
Rhapsody of Fire
- Legendary TalesLegendary TalesLegendary Tales is, according to the band's official web page, the first album by Rhapsody, released in 1997. It marks the beginning of the Emerald Sword Saga.-Track listing:*All songs written by Luca Turilli & Alex Staropoli...
(1997) - Symphony of Enchanted LandsSymphony of Enchanted LandsSymphony of Enchanted Lands is an album released by Rhapsody in 1998. It is the second album of the Emerald Sword Saga.-Track listing:*All songs, vocal lines and classical interludes composed by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli...
(1998) - Dawn of VictoryDawn of VictoryDawn of Victory is the third album studio released by Rhapsody in 2000. Like the previous albums, it centers on the story of Algalord and the "Emerald Sword Saga". It has been produced and engineered by Sascha Paeth and Miro...
(2000) - Rain of a Thousand FlamesRain of a Thousand FlamesRain of a Thousand Flames is the fourth studio album released by Rhapsody in 2001. It tells a part of the Emerald Sword Saga, but it is a parallel episode that is not essential to the story, taking place shortly after Dawn of Victory. While the Warrior of Ice is away, Akron uses the newly acquired...
(2001) – EP - Power of the DragonflamePower of the DragonflamePower of the Dragonflame is the fifth album studio released by Rhapsody in 2002 and is the last chapter in the Emerald Sword Saga.-Track listing:#"In Tenebris" – 1:29#"Knightrider of Doom" – 3:57#"Power of the Dragonflame" – 4:27...
(2002) - The Dark SecretThe Dark SecretThe Dark Secret is the second EP released by Rhapsody in 2004.-Track listing:# "Unholy Warcry" - 4:27# "Thunder's Mighty Roar" - 5:35# "Guardians Of Destiny" - 5:27# "Sacred Power Of Raging Winds" - 10:09...
(2004) – EP - Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark SecretSymphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark SecretSymphony of Enchanted Lands II – The Dark Secret is the sixth studio album released by Rhapsody in 2004. Many have been confused by its title, as it's not a sequel to "Symphony of Enchanted Lands" but is the first chapter of a new saga, "The Dark Secret Saga"...
(2004) - Live in Canada 2005: The Dark SecretLive In Canada 2005: The Dark SecretLive in Canada 2005: The Dark Secret, released in 2006, is the first live album by the symphonic power metal band Rhapsody. It was recorded June 14, 2005 at the "Metropolis" in Montreal, Canada, during the first part of the Demons, Dragons and Warriors World Tour.- Track listing :# "The Dark...
(2006) - Triumph or AgonyTriumph or AgonyTriumph or Agony is the seventh album studio released by Rhapsody of Fire in Europe on 25 September 2006.It is the first album that the band released after their name change....
(2006) - The Frozen Tears of AngelsThe Frozen Tears of Angels-Concept:There is a growing fear of war on the horizon for the enchanted lands. The Disciples of the Black Order are gathering their army to unleash their long lost Black Messiah, Nekron, from his prison, to unleash pure evil and chaos upon the world. The wizards of the White Dragon's Order feel it...
(2010) - The Cold Embrace of Fear – A Dark Romantic SymphonyThe Cold Embrace of Fear – A Dark Romantic Symphony-Charts:-Notes:* The Ancient Fires of Har-Kuun is styled as one of the band's signature epics.* Neve Rosso Sangue is an Italian ballad.* Erian's Lost Secrets is a mid-tempo song....
(2010) - From Chaos to EternityFrom Chaos to EternityFrom Chaos to Eternity is the nineth full-length studio album by the Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire. It was released in June 17, 2011 via Nuclear Blast. This album is the first to feature the guitar playing of Tom Hess who became a full time official member of the band in 2011...
(2011)
Guest Appearances
- KamelotKamelotKamelot is an American symphonic power metal band from Tampa, Florida. The band was formed by Thomas Youngblood and Richard Warner in 1991. Norwegian vocalist Roy Khan joined for the album Siége Perilous, and shared song-writing duties with Youngblood until his departure in April 2011.As of 2010,...
– EpicaEpica (album)Epica is the sixth full-length album by metal band Kamelot. It was released on January 13, 2003 through Noise Records. It was the first concept album by Kamelot. Most of the lyrics were written before the actual music was composed. This album, along with its sequel The Black Halo, is loosely based...
(Guitar solo on "Descent of the Archangel") - Dyslesia - Who Dares WinsWho Dares Wins (album)Who Dares Wins is a compilation of various rare Bolt Thrower tracks from EPs and other sources: Tracks 1–4 are from the Cenotaph EP, tracks 5–8 are from the Spearhead EP and the tracks 9 and 10 are from the same session as "...For Victory", previously released on "Rareache" and the Japanese...
(Guitar solo on "Unknown Fighter")
See also
- Rhapsody of FireRhapsody of FireRhapsody of Fire is an Italian symphonic power metal band led by Alex Staropoli. Since forming in 1993, the band has released eight studio albums, one live album, two EPs, and a live DVD...
- Luca TurilliLuca Turilli (band)Luca Turilli is the self-named power metal solo band of Italian guitarist Luca Turilli, originally assembled in 1999.-Biography:The band was founded by Luca Turilli, guitarist of Rhapsody...
- Luca Turilli's DreamquestLuca Turilli's DreamquestLuca Turilli's Dreamquest is a Power metal band led by Italian musician Luca Turilli, known for his work in the band Rhapsody of Fire . Luca Turilli's name was added to the "Dreamquest" title to avoid confusion with a little-known French band. Turilli developed the band after many years of work...