Charly Alberti

Carlos Alberto Ficicchia (born March 27, 1963) is an Argentinian rock musician recognized by his stage name, Charly Alberti. He is the drummer of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo. He is the eldest son of Dolly Gigliotti and Argentine jazz drummer, Tito Alberti.

Biography
Charly Alberti, born March 27, 1963, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is the son of jazz musician and drummer, Tito Alberti, who was of Sicilian and Argentinian descent. At six years old, he started studying music. At age 14, he formed his first cover band, Gens. In 1979, Charly went a to co-found the Argentinian rock band, Soda Stereo.

In 1986, he met Remo Belli, the inventor of the plastic drumhead. They started a business and personal relationship.

In 1995, he developed the MTV Unplugged of Soda Stereo, called "Comfort and Music to Fly". Soda Stereo went on a short tour around Latin America. A few days after the concert, Charly launched Cybrel Digital Entertainment, a company of content applications that were based on avant-garde technology.

In 1997, he was named an AppleMaster by Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple. Charly became the only Spanish-speaking AppleMaster in its history. At the end of the same year, he launched URL Magazine, URL Records, and Yeyeye.com.

In 2003, MTV Latin America invited Charly Alberti, Ricky Martín, and Juanes to play together in MTV’s 10th Anniversary. In 2008, at the request of the Secretary of Tourism of the Nation, Charly designed and directed the project "National Secretariat of Tourism of Argentina". The project won a prize at the Webby Awards.

In 2009, he returned to the River Stadium, now with MOLE, to share the stage with the British band Oasis. In May 2009, he traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, to attend the Annual Meeting of Directors of The Climate Project foundation (TCP), where he met with former Vice President of the United States and Nobel Prize, Al Gore, who invited him to the project.

After a year of preparation, in 2019, Gracias Totales began an International Tour to allow the public to enjoy one "last time" of the band live.

Instruments
Since the beginning of his career, Charly has used Remo drumheads, Zildjian cymbals, Shure microphones, Gibraltar, Hardware, Roland Electronic Drums, and Pro-Mark drumsticks.

Since mid-2007, Charly Alberti has been using a Yamaha drum, breaking his tradition of using brand Remo drums. Charly stated that Yamaha provided the rock sound, and Remo was spending more on drums for jazz; this decision was made in conjunction with Charly and Remo Belli, founder of Remo.