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FGH-0016: Interview with Andrea Valeri, “The Prince of The Acoustic Guitar”

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Summary, Episode 16:

Andrea Valeri is defined as the “Prince of the Acoustic guitar” and is now a veteran of many of the biggest stages around the globe. He’s toured from Australia to New Zealand, from Russia to Canada, from Europe to the African continent.

At eighteen Andrea was awarded the title of “Italian musical excellence.” He has already released 6 solo albums, the most recent Mediterraneo “(2016).

Veteran Guitarists are calling him a rising “Star of the guitar world.” Just listen to his music to find out why…

Show Notes:

In this episode Andrea and I talk about his earliest musical inspirations, his current Euro Orchestra Project, his “Tuscany Guitar Camp” and more…enjoy!

(Time stamps are for audio version of the podcast.)

  • 3:13 Guitar was a happy accident
  • 4:05 Andrea’s “missing finger”
  • 5:11 How he got inspiration from TV show themes
  • 7:27 Influences: Mark Knopfler, Paco De Lucia, Tommy Emmanuel & Michael Fix
  • 14:09 His Euro Orchestra Project
  • 17:07 New CD with Orchestra
  • 21:00 How Andrea comes up with musical ideas
  • 23:30 His musical dedication to Nicolas Tesla
  • 28:53 Listen to Andrea play “With my Fathers Eyes” from his CD “Mediterraneo”
  • 32:22 Andrea’s “Tuscany Guitar Camp”
  • 45:56 His film music writing projects
  • 47:10 Other hobbies & interests – archaeology, history, geology, Ancient Greece
  • 52:14 Andrea’s best advice to musicians…

Andreas’s Links:

  • https://www.andreavaleri.com/
  • Andrea on Facebook
  • Andrea on Youtube
  • Andrea on Instagram

Andrea valeri plays “With My Father’s Eyes”

Andrea valeri plays “Mediterraneo”

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I’m Adam Rafferty – a guitar player born and raised in New York City, and currently spending most of my time on tour playing concerts and coaching my guitar students online at StudyWithAdam.com

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  1. Graham Lawrence says

    May 10, 2019 at 2:31 pm

    Wow, Adam, what a great interview from a lovely guy, where do you find all these people? It is inspiring for a guitar player – makes me imagine a few years from now, with a kind of International Guitar Fingerstyle Supercamp, somewhere lovely like Tuscany or by an Austrian mountain, with Adam Rafferty, Emil Ernebro, Petteri Sariola, and Andrea Valeri all giving classes… Maybe it’s like expecting the UK Government to be able to manage Brexit, or the US Government to reconcile Trump and his crowd with reason, science, and the well-being of people of all races and nationalities. Ho ho ho. Except it would be a lot nicer. (More like an A minor 7 than say a tritone with a flat 10th or something!)

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  2. PickerDad says

    June 6, 2019 at 7:06 pm

    Wow, great interview. I am deeply struck by how much Andrea feels the soul of the music, not the playing of it. You can hear it in his playing. He clearly thinks of himself as a vessel delivering the precious cargo that is the music, not a player with a bag of tricks to show off. As someone who spent my academic and work life as a scientist and engineer and in retirement striving to become a musician, I struggle every day to remember the art and not just the craft of playing. It doesn’t come naturally to me, but experiencing Andrea as you have helped us to do, helps me to focus on that real goal, to become a vessel of the music.

    Adam, everything you do helps me with that focus. Thanks so much for bringing Andrea to us and for all the things you do to help us appreciate the music.

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  3. Goswo says

    July 12, 2020 at 3:17 pm

    Wow. Just wow. You guys together just lifted me up and away in the big universe, in a very beautiful way.

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