Mark Varney (Legato Records) has written of him:"Wow! Makes my fingers feel arthritic!" Antonello
Collaborations: Onde Ran (Doors Tribute), Proxima Chorda (rock-pop band) ; Zarathustra (songwriter band). He is continuously engaged in live concerts with the "Flowers' Grandsons", his rock band, which generally makes more than 100 concerts a year all over South Italy. Since July 2011 he collaborates also with the band Blue Train, in which he plays rockabilly throughout South Italy. On 17 December 2011 he has successfully achieved the diploma level 3 fusion guitar, the Guitar Academy, examined by one of the best Italian jazz musicians: Antonio Tosques.
On 26 April 2013 he released his first solo: "The Mansion of Lost Souls."
The CD is heavy, very dark and influenced by classical music, with a mix of strong melodies and ferocious metal riffs! "The Mansion of Lost Souls" is home of 12 tracks full of guitar abuse!
Giliberto was born in Siracusa (Sicily). He studied the guitar in earnest eventually taking lessons from Alfredo D'Urso in 1992 and 1993. During this time Antonello was influenced by the rock bands of the day before his musical direction and productivity took a new path largely thanks to the works of Johann Sebastian Bach - most notably the movement "Air". From them on Classical Music played a large part in Antonello's life and his music reaped the benefits seeing tonal modes coming into play. To this day J.S. Bach has remained a huge influence. Another artist that had a huge influence on Antonello was Yngwie Malmsteen with "The Seventh Sign" being a life changing experience. It was here that Antonello started to incorporate sweep arpeggios into his vocabulary. So he began to listen to musicians like Joey Tafolla, Vinnie Moore, Tony MacAlpine and all other neoclassical guitarists since he has known Jason Becker. Antonello immediately became involved with Jason's music, his way of playing and, above all, his life. He is fond of music of all different kinds: jazz, rock, fusion. In 2005 he went on enrolling on Guitar Academy courses ( which is a prestigious Sicilian Academy specialized in modern guitar). After the acquisition of the first and second degree of fusion guitar, he joined the teaching staff at the Guitar Academy. Now, he is intensely engaged in teaching at the same school, in Catania, Siracusa, Ragusa,
Solarino and Palazzolo Acreide. Moreover, he attended several clinics held by Richard Smith (Catania 2005) and Carl Verheyen (Catania 2005). He got the first qualifying degree in rock-fusion guitar. In 2006, 2007,2008, 2009 and 2011 he attended the "ESC" (European Summer Campus), in Siracusa, where he followed the guitar courses held by Allan Holdsworth, Kiko Loureiro, Richard Hallebeek, Paul Gilbert, Kee Marcello, Richard Smith, Robben Ford, Greg Howe, Carl Verheyen, Guthrie Govan, Greg Koch, Andy Timmons and the theoretical, harmonic and ear-training lessons held by Andrea Avena, writing articles for AXE, the best guitar magazine in Italy. In April 2010 he has participated in the second edition of the Guitar Day to Bucharest (Romania), studying with Brett Garsed, Greg Howe, Michael Angel Batio, Richard Hallebeek, Andy Timmons and William Stravato. In the number July / August 2010 of AXE magazine is present one article of 7 pages really on the seminars / concerts kept in Bucharest, with transcripts of the involved guitarists. August 6 th 2010 it has participated in the first edition of the "Night of the Guitars", event held in Palazzolo Acreide, with some of the best Sicilian guitarists. From October 2010 he collaborates with the CQUADRO Guitar Works, refined handicraft laboratory of guitars, of which he is official endorser. Since June 2011 he became the official endorser of pickups Mama, the best pickup craft in Italy.On July 18, 2011 he played at the first edition of Sicily Guitar Day, an event held in Mazarin, where he also demonstrated the guitars CQuadro..
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