Биография

Sergio Lorandi is an Italian guitarist, composer, arranger and music teacher based in Brescia. He performs as a guitar session man in Italy and abroad (Holland, Germany). He took up the guitar at the age of six following in his brothers's footsteps. His main musical education is based on the classical guitar technique with a repertoire of international classical and contemporary compositions. Sergio has experience in the composition for solo guitar and orchestral arrangement in several music genres: CLASSICAL, PROGRESSIVE ROCK, JAZZ, LATIN, FOLK, IRISH, POP, NEW AGE and AMBIENT music for films, documentaries, commercials, radio and TV theme songs (Mediaset and Rai). Sergio has collaborated with important producers. From 1977 to 1980 he played in the “Alternative Studio Group” with his brothers Claudio (lead gtr) and Antonio (bass gtr) and with Sergio Forloni (drums). The band composed some instrumental jazz-rock songs. In 2007 Phoenix was hit by a serious mourning: Claudio, the band's founder, passed away prematurely. The following year Antonio, Silvano Silva, and Sergio decided to record a memorial CD and changed the name of the band into "Phoenix Again" as a rebirth of the group that was able to react to a great loss and was determined to bring to light decades of music that had never been published. With “Phoenix Again” Sergio has performed at the most well-known venues for progressive rock and the band has been given pages of interviews and reviews by major magazines.