Giacomo Castellano was born in Florence on the 10th of April 1969. He began studying guitar when he was 15 years old, initially self taught, he subsequently began studying at local music schools were he learnt the basis of theory and improvisation.
In 1988 Giacomo moved to Hollywood to study at Musicians Institute school of music.
Since then he went trough a lot of musical (and life) experiences including teaching, writing music books ( two best sellers in guitar book category), studio sessions, touring and tv promo with major italian and spanish artists such as Raf, Irene Grandi, Gianluca Grignani, Vasco Rossi, Paolo Vallesi, Marco Masini, Claudio Simonetti, Adriano Celentano, WE WILL ROCK YOU MADRID, Gianna Nannini, Noemi, Alessandra Amorose, Elisa Toffoli, Monica Naranjo, Rosana Arbelo, Thomas Lang, ROCK IN RIO MADRID and many others.
His first solo album, called "Cutting Bridges", was released on february 2004. The record is a self-produced musical experiment including music composed during these last 10 years. The music is guitar oriented but not a shred project. There are several musical styles involved, check it out on ITunes.
Several productions have been released since 2003, check out the official web site for updates and new mp3.
Giacomo endorses the following brands: IBANEZ GUITARS, MASOTTI GUITAR DEVICES, ELIXIR STRINGS.
