Davide Rossi
| Davide Rossi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
7 August 1970 Turin, Italy |
| Genres | Alternative rock, classical, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Violinist, string arranger, composer, conductor, record producer |
| Instruments | Violin, viola, cello, contrabass, electric violin, guitar, keyboards, vocals |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Associated acts | Goldfrapp, Coldplay, Röyksopp, The Verve, Alicia Keys, Black Submarine, Dido, Moby, Recoil, Siouxsie, Jon Hopkins, One Direction, Zucchero |
| Notable instruments | |
| Violectra | |
Davide Rossi (born 7 August 1970, in Turin, Italy) is a violinist, string arranger, composer, conductor and a record producer, perhaps best known for having been the violinist, guitar and keytar-player for the British electronic music duo Goldfrapp from 2000 until 2013, and for his large contribution of electric violin parts and for all the string arrangements on all Coldplay's albums since Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, and The Verve's album Forth.
Rossi began playing music at the age of four and, encouraged by his mother, started to study violin at the age of ten. He entered the Conservatory Giuseppe Verdi of Torino in 1981 and began studying under the guidance of Maestro Ivan Krivensky, who remains his violin teacher to this day. Rossi received his Diploma in 1992 at the homonymous school in Milan.
Alongside formal classical studies he started to work with bands at the age of fifteen, mainly in the Turin area. After his Diploma in 1992 he joined Mau Mau full-time; a folk-rock band from Turin with whom he recorded many albums and toured most of Europe and the Middle-East. Other Italian bands that featured his work are Casino Royale, Afterhours, La Crus,Cristina Donà,Bluvertigo and the singer songwriter Vinicio Capossela.
In 1990 Rossi became a student of legendary guitarist Robert Fripp and followed intensively his Guitar Craft courses all over the world for a period of nearly four years. In 1995 he moved to the UK and began a period of study where he completed a BA in Composition at Bath Spa University College and a MSC in Digital Music Technology at Keele University. In 1999 he attended a music course by German composer in Kuerten, near Cologne, Germany. This two week period, coupled with Guitar Craft, was highly influential on Rossi's future musical career.
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