Julia

A WOMAN, A HURRICANE....Born in sunny south of Italy. Hyper & passionate, addicted to music and traveling, am a lefthanded and talktative sagittarian.Back in the days, something painted my soul in lilac when I realised I was the only Goth teenager in my hometown. Dressed in black for many years, to protest against family's overprotection, catholic moralism & sexism of italian culture, and of course, for the lack of proper rock clubs in my remote province...Lanciano,Chieti.I started playing classical guitar & singing when I was 12. Studying guitar tunes in my teenage years drove my fancy far away from the Mediterranean tradition: I found myself completely absorbed by the British & American rock tradition. Taken by a storm, my intense music journey started. I dumped guitar studies at the age of 20 when I realized, an average mezzosoprano like me had the guts to sing it PROUD & LOUD. No more church choirs, but some proper vocal training & some steady cover bands along the way. NICOLETTA RENZULLI, italian soprano & voice coach, initiated me to the belcanto voice technique. I studied some violin basics as well with Alessandro Di Vona from Camerata Anxanum ensemble. I restarted studying electric guitar as a self taught to strenghten my songwriting and I keep doing it until present day. My music breakthough starts in 2002 with many gigs in Beijing(Peking), the capital of Chinese rock scene. I sing few years for GAIZHUI, a hard rock cover band offering American hard rock classics & indie rock tunes to the Chinese public. Some important contemporary Chinese musicians are playing in the band lineup, and many people in the field (CUI JIAN,OVERLOAD) seem to appreciate my work. So, I keep doing my thing freely in the equivalent of NY music scene in the 70s. BTV1 (Beijing Television) one day in 2004 shoots a documentary about my music career across China, as a Mandarin speaking foreigner. I have some fun shooting Chinese soap operas & educational videos as extra, I learn how to bellydance and I keep entertaining private parties and events with various cover bands.One day in 2006, on the edge of Chinese fame, I come back to Europe as an anonymous singer. A bohemian with an Asian suitcase packed with dreams, unique experiences & many stories to tell through my songs.The mediterranean cradle where I was born embraces me back with a spanish twist of flamenco,latin & ethnic sonorities. My musical tapestry has some european, arab & african flavours added to its asian & american fiber. The journey is on, the inspiration high. I got my bands going, my lyrics flowing and fortune's dices tossing... Rock on. 1 luvTHIS WEBPAGE IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION:MY OWN MUSIC WILL BE UPLOADED SOON. div