Federico Moretti nacque molto probabilmente a Napoli nella seconda metà del XVIII secolo, si recò in Spagna, nel 1795, come violoncellista e chitarrista al servizio della Corte spagnola. ###>Federico Moretti was born probably in Naples in the second half of the Eighteenth Century, he was the brother of Luigi Moretti. He moved to Spain in 1795 as cellist and guitarist in the service of the Spanish Court.