Ciro Manna was born in 1981 in Aversa (Italy); when he was 15 he started playing guitar seriously. He has been studied classic guitar for 2 years, leaving it for devoting himself to electric guitar.
Later, he begins studying again classic guitar and, at the moment, he studies at the eighth year of Conservatoire.
When he was 17 he started playing with several artists in various clubs, taking part in a lot of musical performances where he stood out for his technical and musical qualities and winning several prizes as the best instrumentalist.
He studies to U.M. in Rome and in others schools with the best italian guitarists and, at the same time, he takes part in clincs with international guitarists like Mike Stern, Mats Hedberg, Guthrie Govan,Andy Timmons, Carl Verheyen.
When he was 18 he started his working collaboration with renowned musical agency “Azzurra Spettacoli”, playing in all Italy , working together several artists as G. Cionfoli, T. Migliore e C. Migliore and opening Riccardo Fogli, New Trolls and Franco Fasano’s concerts.
In 2004 he begins his collaboration with Luigi Spezzacatena, maker of stringed instruments Guitar Studio, becoming his Endorser and taking part in a lot of exhibitions as Disma Music Show (Rimini), Open Day “La Cicala” (Dragoni), Naima Vintage Guitar Show (Forlì), Musica..li Usati (Nocera Inferiore), etc.
In the same year he is taken by Gianni Fiorellino for his “Passion Tour”.
In 2005 he plays with Letizia Contadino (finalist of tv programme “Sei un mito”), being broadcast on Sky tv in the performance “Insieme con Mimì”, a live concert for the tenth anniversary of Mia Martini’s desappearance. What’s more , in some different events he play with Gianni Nazzaro,Mariella Nava ,Peppe Rienzo and others.
Now he is working on the promotion of his first work “Feel’n’Groove”, came out the last 30th of march; it’s a rock-fusion oriented cd with jazz contaminations.
Well-known neapolitan musicians have been collaborated at this work, such as the drummer Antonio Muto, the bass player Marco Galiero and Angelo Abate at the keyboards and piano. Two special guests also took part in the album realisation: Pietropaolo Veltre, a bass player from Caserta, and Alex Argento, a virtuous sicilian keyboard player, well-known for his collaborations abroad.
With his first recording work, Ciro Manna is obtaining various consents both by audience and by critics. In fact “Feel’n’Groove” has been reviewed by important music magazines, such as “Axe Magazine”, “Percussioni” and “Chitarre”, but also by the monthly “Fresco di Stampa”, the weekly “Radici” and the website www.saturnonet.it. Foreign magazines also have been interested in the album, such as “Sweden Rock Guitarist”, websites, as the american www.proggnosis.com, and radio, as the roman “Radio Basile” and the australian “Radio Fretnet”, that has often broadcast Ciro Manna’s music.
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