Adriano Balducci Moncada is a London-based Italian guitarist and composer.

He gained a degree in Popular Music from BIMM London in 2018, under the mentorship of highly accomplished musicians such as Femi Temowo, John Wheatcroft, Andrew McKinney and Al Cherry. After a gap year of intense live music activity, Adriano undertook a Masters in Jazz at the prestigious Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where he graduated in 2021. Adriano’s compositional approach is rooted in jazz tradition but embraces elements from the pop/rock world too.

Being an active member of the London jazz community, he performed with the contemporary jazz band Hopscotch and other artists at Pizza Express Soho, Vortex Jazz Club, Kansas Smitty’s just to name a few.