Walter Lupi is an Italian

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

ist, born in

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, in 1960. He began playing the guitar at age 10, largely self-taught. Later he studied music theory, harmony and

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receiving a diploma from the Conservatorio di Alessandria. He now usually plays fingerstyle. In search of new sounds, he experimented with using

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and

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applied to the acoustic guitar, eventually leading to the album Spirals (1998/9) produced by Mauro Pagani. After this experimental period, returned to his acoustic guitar sound, marked by the recording of the solo album Shorts (recorded in August 2000 at Acoustic Music Records)

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Review of Concert
(4 Novembre 2006) Festival Guitare Issoudun by (Max Kerzan, laguitare.com)

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