Alex Staropoli
- Power metal
- symphonic metal[1]
- progressive metal[2]
- neoclassical metal[2]
- Musician
- composer
- Keyboard
- guitar
- Limb
- Magic Circle
- SPV
- AFM
Alessandro "Alex" Staropoli (born 9 January 1970) is a keyboard player, composer, leader and co-founder (with Luca Turilli) of the Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire. He does the orchestral arrangements in all the band's songs.[3] Following the split with Turilli, Staropoli is Rhapsody of Fire's only remaining founding member.
Biography
Staropoli was born in Trieste. As a child he was mainly interested in nature – mountains, forests and lakes. At the age of nine he got his first piano and began to study its basics,[3][4] and at the age of fourteen he bought his first electric guitar. After meeting Luca, but before the creation of Rhapsody of Fire, he bought a Korg 01/W pro keyboard, a model he still uses.[3]
Alex and Luca met in 1990 during a course in mental techniques (how to have more control of your own mind), and together they started the band Rhapsody (later named as Rhapsody of Fire) in 1993.[3]
References
- ^ "Rock Detector". Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
- ^ a b Allmusic
- ^ a b c d "Official Alex Staropoli Website". Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- ^ "Interview With Rhapsody's Alex Staropoli". Metal-rules.com. 2001-02-23. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
External links
- Official Homepage
- Official Rhapsody Of Fire Website
- (in Italian) Interview with Alessandro Staropoli[permanent dead link]
- Interview with Alex Staropoli
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- Legendary Tales (1997)
- Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998)
- Dawn of Victory (2000)
- Rain of a Thousand Flames (2001)
- Power of the Dragonflame (2002)
- Symphony of Enchanted Lands II – The Dark Secret (2004)
- Triumph or Agony (2006)
- The Frozen Tears of Angels (2010)
- From Chaos to Eternity (2011)
- Dark Wings of Steel (2013)
- Into the Legend (2016)
- The Eighth Mountain (2019)
- Glory for Salvation (2021)
- Challenge the Wind (2024)
- Live in Canada 2005: The Dark Secret (2006)
- Legendary Years (2017)
- "The Magic of the Wizard's Dream" (2005)
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