Roberto Dalla Vecchia
Roberto Dalla Vecchia is an Italian guitarist, composer, and singer. He is known for his expressive melodies and songs which include many references to traditional American music and bluegrass.
Biography
Dalla Vecchia was born in Vicenza, Italy. He began studying classic piano with his mother, a piano teacher, but soon switched to acoustic guitar. Influenced by American old-time music and bluegrass, he learnt flatpicking by listening to its exponents such as Clarence White, Tony Rice and Doc Watson. He also took lessons from the Italian guitarist and flatpicker Beppe Gambetta. Dalla Vecchia released his first solo album Open Spaces in 1998. In 2003, he won Acoustic Guitar magazine's "Homegrown CD" Award for his second album Sit Back. He currently performs at concerts and festivals and teaches workshops throughout Europe and USA, and runs his own Acoustic Guitar Workshop in Recoaro,Italy, every year and he is the promoter of "vicenzAcustica in Vicenza, his home town, an annual concert featuring international guitarists. Since 2012, he is the director of the "orchestrAcustica", a flatpicking orchestra of 25 guitarists.Dalla Vecchia has performed with artists such as Tommy Emmanuel, Frank Vignola, Jim Hurst, Mark Cosgrove, Clive Carroll, Jacques Stotzem, Tony McManus, Walter Lupi, Massimo Varini and others.
Discography
Studio albums
- 1998 – Open Spaces Tring-Azzurra Records
- 2002 – Sit Back
- 2006 – Grateful
- 2008 – Unknown Legends
- 2011 – Hand in Hand
- 2012 – ''Morning Lights''
Compilations
EWOB 1999 – Strictly Country RecordsVicenza in Musica 2000EWOB 2001 – Strictly Country RecordsCountry in This Country Vol.2 2002- Ethnoworld SrlEWOB 2002 – Strictly Country RecordsFlatpicking 2003 – FGM RecordsEWOB 2007 – Strictly Country RecordsAwards
- Homegrown CD Award 2003 for the album Sit Back
- Second place at Best Instrumental Album of Just Plain Folks Music Awards 2009 for the album Grateful
- OurStage Channel Prize 2009 for the track Sunflowers of the album Unknown Legends