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Raul is an experienced and creative jazz guitarist, composer, and music tutor. During his career, he acquired 15+ years of experience in teaching electric and acoustic guitar as well as ensemble music and jazz harmony to students from all levels and backgrounds.
After many years of independent study, Raul attended the B.Mus Jazz Music program at Conservatorio Stanislao Giacomantonio in Cosenza (Italy) where he had the pleasure to be tutored by musicians of the likes of Lutte Berg, Lucio Ferrara, Davide Santorsola, Nicola Pisani, and Roberto Spadoni. He also took part in various workshops with both Italian and international artists such as Umberto Fiorentino, Ramberto Ciammarughi, Micheal Rosen, Bebo Ferra, and Roberto Taufic.
From 1998 to the present, Raul has been performing in a number of different projects. For many of them, he has composed and arranged original compositions. From 1998 to 2003 he performed with Vinagre, an ethno-jazz project which resulted in an album of the same name. In 2004 he lent his talent to the recording session of the Mandara project's album "Alatùl". From 2009 to the present, he has been involved in composing, arranging, and performing his original compositions with Amanita Trio, which were later conveyed into "Gente a Sud", a critically acclaimed album that is constantly exploring a synthesis between contemporary jazz and far-away roots. This line-up has performed all over Italy in venues and festivals such as Casa del Jazz (Rome) and Reggio in Jazz (Reggio Calabria).
Along with his performing career, Raul has also gained experience in composing original music for theatre plays.
