Davide Rossi

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Davide Francesco Rossi, (born 7 August 1970 in Turin, Italy), is a violinist, string arranger, composer and a record producer, perhaps best known for being the violinist, guitar and keytar-player for, and most constant member together with the lead singer Alison Goldfrapp, of the British electronic music group Goldfrapp, and for his large contribution of electric violin parts and for all the string arrangements of Coldplay's album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. Rossi began playing music at the age of four and he started to study violin at the age of ten. He entered the Conservatory Giuseppe Verdi of Torino in 1981 and achieved his Diploma in 1992 at the omonimous school in Milano. Along with his formal classical studies, he started to work with bands since the age of fifteen, mainly in the Turin's area. After his Diploma in 1992 he fully joined Mau Mau , a folk-rock Turin's band, with whom he recorded many albums and toured most of Europe and the Middle-East. Other Italian bands that featured his work are Casino Royale , Afterhours , La Crus , Cristina Donà , Bluvertigo and the singer song-writer Vinicio Capossela . In 1990 he became a student of legendary guitarist Robert Fripp and followed intensively his Guitar Craft courses all over the world for a period of nearly four years. In 1995 Rossi moved for good to the UK and began an intensive period of studying, practicing and preparing for the following six years, where he also achieved a BA in Composition at

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Spirit of Talk Talk

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A Way of Life (Theme from "The Last Samurai")

GLUM

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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

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The Girl And The Robot (Remixes)

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Niente di noi

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A morire ci penso domani

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Connections

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The Portofino Variations

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Philip Glass: Etude No.2

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Sangre de Cristo

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Beyond Rangoon (Theme from "Beyond Rangoon")

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