He started studying classic guitar when he was 5 years old. At the age of 26 he got a degree in Electronic Engineering at Rome University. Later on he founded a music school where he had been teaching for many years classic guitar and harmony. Since then, he had been studying jazz guitar, piano, percussion and electronic music. Renato is a versatile guitarist who has played with many different bands varying his repertoire from latin music (rumba gitana, samba, andin music), to jazz, blues and rock. He’s author, composer and arranger of many songs and tunes for both guitar and piano. Since 2005 he’s the leader of the “Estalegal Band”, a project that merges Popular Brasilian Music with jazz and pop songs. With Estalegal he has participated to several music contests and festivals and has recently recorded a CD ("Noite brava") including 10 original songs/tunes. At the moment he’s also playing with Tony Esposito and Jim Porto, as composer and guitar soloist. Renato has also founded a consulting and training Company (called MultiOlistica) that operates in the fields of management and communication.
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