Real name: Filippo Rizzuto

Italian classical guitarist, composer and music teacher, born 1945 in Rome, Italy.

At the age of 14 Rizzuto started studying at the Conservatorio di S.Cecilia under Maestro Benedetto Di Ponio. After graduating, he studied under Mario Gangi, whom he later replaced in the RAI orchestra. In the early 70's, he started teaching guitar at Conservatorio di Vibo Valentia.
Rizzuto has played extensively as a solo guitarist with RAI's orchestras as well as for film scores, particularly those of Ennio Morricone. He has also played with Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, Maria Carta, Alvaro Pieranunzi and under the direction of Francesco De Masi, Domenico Guaccero, Carlo Savina and many others.