| Intro | Italian composer and pianist |
| Is |
Musician Composer Pianist |
| From | Italy |
| Type | Music |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 24 July 1991, Badia Polesine, Province of Rovigo, Veneto, Italy |
| Age: | 29 years |
| Star sign | Leo |
Alberto Giurioli (born 24 July 1991) is an Italian Pianist and composer, originally from Badia Polesine, Italy based in London, UK. He studied piano at the conservatory ‘F. Venezze’ in Rovigo, Italy. Through his latest composition “One Note” arranged by Geoff Lawson (Decca Records/Universal), his contemporary classical music has massively gained popularity on music streaming service Spotify with almost 100,000 monthly listeners and more than a million plays. In addition to his positive press coverage in national Italian newspapers such as Il Gazzettino, La Voce di Rovigo and Il Resto del Carlino and TV shows appearances on 7Gold and Telestense TV, his regular performances on London’s street pianos have also gathered pace on social media through Huffington Post author Ruwayda Mustafah.
Early life and education
Alberto Giurioli was born on 24 July 1991 in Badia Polesine, Italy a municipality in Rovigo, around 70 km southwest of Venice to Pietro and Alice Giurioli. He began studying piano at the age of 4 and studied at the music school “Libera Espressione Musicale”, at “Cat Sound Studio” under Patrizia Arduini and Mario Marcassa and at the conservatory of music “Conservatorio di Musica Francesco Venezze” in Rovigo. Alberto Giurioli also plays keyboards, electric guitar, bass guitar and drums, as well as he holds a degree in International Economics from University of Padua.
Career
2009-present
Alberto Giurioli’s first album “Ali” was released in July 2011 through Cat Sound Records, followed three years later by his single, “Time Goes By” (December 2014). Before he collaborated with British arranger Geoff Lawson, Alberto had been touring with the cover band “Cialis Angels” which was signed to Jam for Live, an Italian promoter/agency. Since 2014, he has collaborated several times with Geoff Lawson, who regularly works with Decca Records/Universal for artists such as Aurora or Hailey Westenra. The first composition from this collaboration “One Note” achieved success in the UK on music streaming service Spotify, reaching 1 million streams after just a few month and has led to several synchronisation deals and international radio airplay, for example on Polish radio station pl:Radio eM.
Discography
Solo Releases
- 2011: Ali (Album)
- 2014: Time Goes By (Single)
- 2016: One Note (Single – piano, electronic, orchestra) · reached 1 million plays on Spotify (22 August 2016)
- 2016: Tutto È Bellissimo
- 2016: Following Yourself
Synchronisations
- 2012: “Overture” for the musical comedy “Stravaganza” (written by Nobel-prize nominee Dacia Maraini)
- 2013: La7 (Italian National Television) – Effetti Personali
- 2013: “Never-ending dream” used in “Ghost of Christmas Present” by Klaire De Lys
- 2014: Composition “London Calling” used in the book trailer of “L’accarezzatrice” written by Italian actress Giorgia Würth.
- 2014: “Following Yourself” used in Deejay TV’s documentary “Yukon Blues” (Italian national TV)
- 2014: “Time Goes By” used in “Knud Speed Drawing” by Klaire De Lys
- 2016: Weav (Little Cute Apps by Lars Rasmussen): Adaptive Remixes of “One Note” and “Following Yourself”
- 2016: SMU: SoA Admission Video (Singapore)
- 2016: Éen – Het Goeie Leven (Belgian TV Show)
- 2016: “Time goes by” in Randy Tan’s travelogue “Explore Lampung – Pulau Pisang” (Indonesia)
- La7d (2013-02-04), Effetti personali 04/02/13, retrieved 2016-10-04
- Cristiano D’Alessio (2014-01-31), EFFETTI PERSONALI – EDIMBURGO LETTERARIA, retrieved 2016-10-04
- KlairedelysArt (2013-12-23), Ghost of Christmas Present, retrieved 2016-10-04
- misschiappa (2014-03-22), L’ACCAREZZATRICE di GIORGIA WURTH (booktrailer), retrieved 2016-10-04
- KlairedeLysdotcom (2014-08-19), Knud Speed Drawing, retrieved 2016-10-04
- Weav Challenge (2016-02-01), One Note by Alberto Giurioli & Geoff Lawson, retrieved 2016-10-04
- Randy Tan Travelogue (2016-05-04), Explore Lampung – Pulau Pisang – Indonesia, retrieved 2016-10-04