“My father was a big Pat Metheny fan – hearing him started to make me obsessed with the idea of playing music”: Berklee-educated and endorsed by Strandberg, meet Camilla Sperati – the fusion phenom hand-picked to open for Steve Vai

Camilla Sperati is pictured against a textured light blue background and holds her gray/blue Strandberg Boden headless guitar.

Italian guitarist Camilla Sperati has been building a serious rep as a major new force in the rarified world of fusion.

Taking her influences from the likes of Frank Gambale, Guthrie Govan, and Scott Henderson’s work with Tribal Tech, Sperati – who lives in Rome – has spent time at Berklee College of Music in Boston, opened up for Steve Vai, bagged an artist endorsement deal with Strandberg, and self-released a mini album, Moonrise, with a full-length outing on the way this year.