GIAMPIERO BURZA was born in Lamezia Terme (Italy) in 1966. When he was 12 years old he began studying guitar, touched by Blues and by the most various styles of American music. The very first years of his musical path are signed by the golden age of the 60's American west-coast. After classical studies and a classic guitar diploma, in 1987 Giampiero moved to Rome where he joined the music school in Testaccio to study Jazz guitar with Roberto Nicoletti, Nino De Rose and Danilo Terenzi. Love for acoustic music lead him to graduate in Musicology at the University of Bologna writing a thesis on country-bluegrass guitar in the 50's-70's. Another important step in the definition of his musical background was marked by the study of Celtic, Irish and folk music. In the meantime he deepened his love for Jazz and Brazilian music participating and collaborating to several guitar stages with (in chronological order): Joe Diorio, Mike Stern, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Pat Martino, Bruce Forman, Mick Goodrick, Toninho Horta. He specialised in jazz music through the teachings of two of the most remarkable Italian jazz guitar players: Tomaso Lama and Gigi Cifarelli. In 2001 he participated to the International Guitar Seminar at the Columbia University in New York (USA) to study with the folk -blues guitarist Woody Mann. Since 1996 Giampiero has been teaching guitar, music theory and jazz theory in public and private schools. In 1998 his first CD was published: "Giampiero Burza - Mood Latino" (Java Records 1001). In 2001-2002 he held a series of seminars in Bologna with the title "Travelling through American and British music of 1960-1980". He played with several jazz musicians as Claudio Fasoli, Furio di Castri, Martin Joseph, Giulio Capiozzo, Paul Jeffrey... Since 1987 he has been practising an intense concert activity in Italy and abroad as leader in various bands.