Cristiano Filippini was born on the eighth of March 1981 in Pesaro, the famous composer Gioachino Rossini's birthplace.When he was sixteen he started his composer career; at first as a hard rock and heavy metal guitarist and then in symphonic field after his studying piano, orchestration and composition.He studied at Liceo Classico in Pesaro and then he got his degree in Law.Then he attended the composition course with the Conservatory "Gioachino Rossini" in Pesaro, where maestro Lamberto Lugli introduced him to musical production.After composing pieces and soundtracks for Music Libraries designed to World Television Circuits, he founded his personal Label "Cristiano Filippini Music Productions".It is devoted to the production and publication of his Epic-Symphonic works.In 2010 he published "The First Crusade", an epic symphonic work, set in the Crusades Time: the album received very good responses and enthusiastic reviews from numerous important magazines and newspapers, specialized websites and webzines all over the World.In 2011 Cristiano Filippini will publish "Flames Of Passion", a new album of epic symphonic and dramatic music, the soundtrack of a captivating plot, set in the obscure Time of Inquisition. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.