![](https://i0.wp.com/thekuriousacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-13-at-16.53.49-1.png?resize=640%2C367&ssl=1)
Brian Matichechia was born in Rome in 1982. At the age of 6, he started to play the piano, studying with some of the most important music tutors in the world of classical, jazz and film soundtracks.
Brian studied under such virtuosos and musical teachers as M. Cafaro, Lilla Martinelli, Massimiliano Gagliardi, Daniela Petracchi, Dante Milozzi, Carla Parila, all of whom tutored
him in every aspect of keyboard theory and practice.
He also received rhythmic theory tuition from Stefano Rossini, the world’s leading percussionist, at the age of 15.
From the age of 13 he attended the Philarmonic Academy of Bologna, one of the most prestigious music schools in Italy.
While there, under the guidance of maestro Elio Polizzi, Brian was able to feed his precocious talent in the field of film soundtracks, i.e., orchestral composition and arrangement, and programming.
He then specialized in soundtrack at The Ciac School of Music, and the University of Saint Louis.