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Michael Coppola

Born: April 9, 1956

"You're onto something there, you're a real innovator" Les Paul, The Iridium, 4/14/2008 Michael Coppola began playing guitar at the age of eleven. His musical foundation, which began with instruction from guitarist Ritchie Lengel, was later developed through the combination of classical fingerstyle studies and lessons with jazz artist Sal Salvador. He pursued his education at the Boston Conservatory of Music; in Austria, at Die Hochschule Fuer Music, where he studied serial and atonal composition with Guenther Kahowitz, and later in Manhattan with jazz master Walter Bishop Jr. In 1980 Michael won 1st place in the Ovation Guitar Company's national competition

Bill Burke

"A new master of the 8 String Warr guitar...”