Simona Guerrini

Born in Rome on 23/09/1992, my cognitive interest has been in vocal experimentation for more than thirteen years; In fact, I try to reconcile vocal techniques that apparently are at the opposite, as “extreme” vocal techniques (growl/scream and vocal distorsions), opera singing, modern singing in an heavy metal/ hard rock style (pop-rock as a macro genre). After a Bachelor degree in Philosophy at “La Sapienza” University of Rome (2017), I achieved a master of art degree in Operatic vocals (Mezzosoprano-Alto) in october 2020 at the conservatory of music, 110/100 cum laude, then i completed a master degree in Artistic vocology delivered by the Univeristy of Bologna, from october 2020 to January 2022. I'm the lead vocalist of Gravestone Death metal band, (Elevate Records label) for which I use mostly both an extreme singing tecnique and an operatic style (in the last album, "Ars Arcana", to a lesser extent, also a modern vocal style). I'm currently a singing teacher and vocal coach, privatly and at the "Esacordo” music school. I have other musical collaborations assets. After the firsts music studies in childhood (piano, guitar), at seventeen y/o I started to take operatic singing lessons at the historical Popular Music School of Testaccio. Meanwhile, I was studying modern singing on my own, in scope metal and rock, applying myself in different musical projects. In 2012 I discovered the “Associazione Voices”, and with M ° Eleonora Bruni perfected the study of modern singing and of extreme singing techniques, initially learned self-taught. Moreover, in 2014 i attended at a six-day seminar on overtones and throat singing with Tran Quang Hai, teacher of Demetrio Stratos; during the summer of 2017, always at the "Voices" Association, I took part at the seminar "Wings and Abyss", on extreme singing techniques and whistle register. From many years my goal is to integrate as best as possible heterogeneous vocal styles and a deep understanding of the vocal mechanisms in an eclectic and conscious way.