Alex Pederiva

Biography

Alex Pederiva is a professional musician and guitar teacher from Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.

He earned his professional diploma at CDM in Rovereto, where he studied Jazz, Blues, Funk, and Pop, alongside modern theory and harmony and home recording techniques. He later specialized at the Modern Music Institute (MMI) in Verona under the guidance of Andy Martongelli, obtaining rst, second, and third level certi cations with top marks, further expanding and re ning his skills in metal music.

In 2023, he reached the live semi nals of the Electric GuitarLands contest, after passing several audition rounds, performing in front of an international jury featuring renowned guitarists such as Gus G (Firewind, ex Ozzy Osbourne), Michael Angelo Batio (Nitro, Manowar), Rowan Robertson (Dio, VAST), and Andy Martongelli (Arthemis, ex Power Quest, David Ellefson Band).

In 2025, he joined Saint City Orchestra as a substitute guitarist and mandolinist, a Swiss Irish-Punk band performing at major festivals across Northern Europe.

As a solo artist, he has released three original tracks. He is the guitarist and backing vocalist of the acoustic duo Blue Icos, guitarist for Kairos (Hard Blues & Rock), and guitarist for the tribute band Bambini dell'Asilo, dedicated to Vasco Rossi. He also collaborates with Obssesion Band, a project led by Esaù Iovane, violinist of the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano, and has previously been part of the SottoVoce project.

He is active as a live and studio session musician, working across a wide range of musical styles, and also operates as a session player on the Airgigs platform. He teaches guitar, band coaching, and ensemble performance at Cesfor in Bolzano and is a certi ed MMI instructor. He has collaborated with recordingstudios such as Metro Rec (Riva del Garda), Rogue Recording Studios (London), and Rocker Studio (Milan).

Since 2022, he has been performing as an artist and demonstrator at major Italian music trade shows, including Guitar Show Bologna, SHG Milan, and Musika Rome, representing brands such as ESP Guitars, Reference Cables, Volta Custom, and Mogar Italia. On stage, he has shared performances with musicians including Giuseppe Scarpato, Enrico Santacatterina, Osvaldo Lo Iacono, and Alberto Lombardi.

In August 2023, he released the o cial music video for the original track “Raijin of Thunders”, produced in collaboration with ESP Guitars and Musicoff.

Throughout his career, he has attended numerous masterclasses with prominent national and international artists, including Steve Vai, Kiko Loureiro, Andy Timmons, Robben Ford, Michele Luppi (Whitesnake), among many others.

Since 2021, he has been part of the Musico Young project.

He is currently an artist endorser for Mogar Music, ESP/LTD Guitars, Zoom, Reference Cables, Magrabò Guitar Straps, and Dophix Pedals.