Alessandro Piraino - Nietta (2020)

After a self-taught start, he subsequently obtained the academic musical qualifications. His musical activity has continued since the mid-1980s. Winner of the guitar competition organized by the sector magazine "Guitars", he was part of the "Orchestra Jazz del Politecnico di Bari" University Orchestra for about a decade and participated as a guitarist in various national and international music festivals, including such as the FIMU (Festival International de Musique Universitaire) and the Festival dei due Mondi in Spoleto.
He has played, among others, with Davide Santorsola, Roberto Ottaviano, Vito Andrea Morra, Andrea Gargiulo, Gianlivio Liberti, Dario Di Lecce, Fabio delle Foglie, Orazio Maugeri, Alfonso Vitale, Franco Cerri. In the field of Rock he played with Ricky Portera, Nicola Cipriani, Mario Schilirò and Alberto Radius.
He took part, around the Italian territory, in the musical show "The night of the guitars" which involves the guitarists of the Italian Rock and Pop singers. He met Osvaldo Bellomo, Fabio Mariani, Renato Villari, Guido Di Leone, Jim Rotondi, Andy Watson, Renato Chicco, Tomaso Lama, Davide Santorsola, Roberto Ottaviano, Vito Andrea Morra, Luigi Giannatempo, Rossano Emili, Rocco Zifarelli .
He currently performs regular Jazz concert activities in duo, trio, quartet and orchestra and regular teaching activity for Jazz guitar.