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}}'''Alessandro Cortini''' (born May 24, 1976, in Bologna, Italy) has been the keyboardist during live performances by [[Nine Inch Nails]] since 2005. He also occasionally plays guitar. For example, Cortini plays guitar on "[[Getting Smaller]]," "[[Mr. Self Destruct]]," and "[[Echoplex]]."
==Biography==Cortini was born in the Italian city of Bologna and raised in Forli. Sometime around 1998, Cortini moved from Italy to the United States to study guitar at the Musicians Institute; after graduating he began focusing on keyboards and synths. While briefly teaching at the Musicians Institute, he saw an ad for open auditions for Nine Inch Nails; after impressing [[Trent Reznor]] in his audition, he was brought on board to form the live band for the 2005 [[Live: With Teeth]] tour and has been a member of the band ever since.
Cortini is also the frontman of Los Angeles-area band [[modwheelmood]], which he leads with former-Abandoned Pools guitarist Pelle Hillstrom; the band is signed to fellow NIN bandmate [[Aaron North]] and Travis Keller's record label, Buddyhead. Prior to forming modwheelmood, Cortini acted as touring guitarist for The Mayfield Four.