Aldo Tagliapietra (born February 20, 1945) is an Italian singer, songwriter and musician best known for his work with the

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

band

Le Orme Le Orme (Italian: "The Footprints") is an Italian progressive rock band formed in 1966 in Marghera, a ''frazione'' of Venice. The band was one of the major groups of the Italian progressive rock scene in the 1970s. They are one of few Italian r ...

Biography

Aldo Tagliapietra was born in

Murano Murano is a series of islands linked by bridges in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy. It lies about north of Venice and measures about across with a population of just over 5,000 (2004 figures). It is famous for its glass making. It was on ...

on February 20, 1945. The son of a master glassmaker, he graduated in theory and solfeggio at the Conservatory of

Padua Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

. He formed his first band in 1962 (The Corals) and in 1966 formed

. Le Orme went on to become one of the most widely recognised Italian progressive rock acts, and were active until 1982 when the group went on hiatus. In 1984 Tagliapietra released his first solo album ''...nella notte''. Le Orme reformed in 1986, releasing four albums over the next 23 years. In 1994 Tagliapietra travelled to India where he began to study

sitar The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in medieval India, flourished in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in ...

under Budhaditya Mukherje. The sitar was to feature on the Le Orme albums ''Il Fiume'' and ''L'Infinito'' as well as his 2008 solo album ''Il Viaggio''. In 2009 Tagliapietra left Le Orme after a tour of Canada. He joined with other former Le Orme members Tolo Marton and Toni Pagliuca to perform in "Prog Exhibition", a concert celebrating forty years of progressive rock in Italy, in 2010. In 2012 Tagliapietra released a new studio album ''Nella pietra e nel Vento''.

Discography

* '' ...nella notte'' (1984) * ''Radio Londra'' (1992, live) * '' Il Viaggio'' (2008) * ''Unplugged'' (2011, live) * ''Unplugged Cofanetto'' (2011, live) * ''Nella pietra e nel Vento'' (2012) * ''L'angelo rinchiuso'' (2013) * ''Invisibili realtà'' (2017)

References

External links

Official Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tagliapietra, Aldo Italian singer-songwriters 1945 births Living people People from Murano Musicians from the Metropolitan City of Venice