Alex Staropoli

Power metal
symphonic metal^[1]
progressive metal^[2]
neoclassical metal^[2]

Occupation(s)

Musician
composer

Instrument(s)

Keyboard
guitar

Years active1993–presentLabels

Limb
Magic Circle
SPV
AFM

Websitewww.alexstaropoli.com

Musical artist

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.