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Raffaele Matta is a modern guitar player inspired by jazz, rock, Western classical, Indian classical, free jazz, and other contemporary music and forms of art. He has developed his personal language by combining a melodic approach with rhythmic concepts from Indian classical music and electronic effects.

Born in Mandas, a village close to Cagliari (Italy), on May 21, 1973. He began studying the guitar with local musicians in Sardinia (Italy) and soon started to study jazz, attending the Blue Bear School of American Music in San Francisco and the Musicians Institute of Technology (GIT) in Los Angeles.

Raffaele studied jazz improvisation and harmony at the European Musicians Institute in Pescara (Italy) and Indian classical music and tabla rhythm system in Mumbai.

He attended numerous workshops and seminars with world-class musicians in many countries and published two CDs: the first, "Meet Me in Sardinia" for Splash Records, and the second, "Rossonirico," for Dodicilune, a well-known Italian label. He also published a book about arpeggios for guitar improvisation: "ARPLOG - Arpeggio Logic for Guitar."

He has been part of numerous projects and recordings and also teaches in numerous schools and workshops and collaborates in the production of soundtracks and sound systems for websites, and music for fashion shows.

Contact: raffaelematta@gmail.com

Phone: +393346562382

Skype: raffaelematta