Valerio Meletti

Valerio Meletti is a music publisher who has founded and managed two record labels: Ethnoworld and Silent Revolution (London, 2005–2008).

As a percussionist Valerio Meletti has worked extensively with F.B.A. and the Celtic Harp Orchestra, having also recorded some of the bands' finest works: above all "Till the sky shall fall" (F.B.A.) and "The Myst" (C.H.O.), both critically acclaimed and worldwide distributed.

As a band manager V.M. has been working since 2004 with The Afterglow (a Turin-based band) releasing three albums (including the 2006 much acclaimed "Decalogue of Modern Life", mixed by Steve Orchard), touring England/Scotland four times and shooting videoclips in London and Liverpool.

As an event manager V.Meletti has worked for the 2004 edition of Milan's Festa della Musica and has organized many festivals and events such like the Bocconi University Ethnic Festival ("Ethnobocconi") or "Musiche della Terra" (held in Milan in different locations).

Meletti also held many workshops and classes focused on record labels' management, including lessons at the Bocconi University CLEACC.

Although still active as a music publisher, today Meletti is a media monitoring specialist for the main Italian media monitoring agency.

V.Meletti has also self published a theatre play ("The Ninja Cricketer and Scratched", in English), a handbook to learn how to play the Celtic drum bodhràn ("Suonare il bodhràn", in Italian) and a book on Italians living in Venezuela during the '50s and '60s ("Italiani in Venezuela", in Italian, with his father Giorgio Meletti).