Pino Rucher (1 January 1924 – 16 August 1996) was an Italian guitarist active in orchestral settings and in film soundtracks.

[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] In 1946, Rucher entered the Carlo Vitale orchestra after coming first in a competition for the position of guitarist at Radio Bari.

Rucher played the guitar in L’Estasi, a composition written by Monti for Andrea Giordana and Marina Solinas.

[2][3][4][5][8][11][39][40][41][42][43][44] Rucher also appears in some shots from Sanremo - La grande sfida, a 1960 movie including scenes from the San Remo Music Festival.

[5][18][45] During his career he took part in musicals including Alleluja brava gente[4][6][8][11] and his guitar ideas are present in numerous Italian songs, including Casetta in Canadà (sung by Carla Boni), Flamenco Rock (Milva), Se non ci fossi tu (Mina), Andavo a cento all'ora (Gianni Morandi), Che m'importa del mondo (Rita Pavone), L'edera (Nilla Pizzi) and Adesso no (Neil Sedaka).