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Dario Fornara
Acoustic fingerstyle guitarist, composer, solo artist.
It offers a varied musical repertoire, which ranges from original songs to arrangements of famous songs, without distinction of genders! The unique and original style, made of simple and elegant melodic lines, combined with the search for clean and evocative sounds, the informal attitude aimed at involving the listener, they are the ingredients of a
guitarism where technique is always at the service of the musical result and never of virtuosity as an end in itself. The recent participations in the Soave Guitar Festival and the Festival Guitare Issoudun in France confirm the appreciation of a personal musical path which today he himself defines as 'crossover', transversal and alternative, difficult to catalogue, as is the use of both acoustic and classical guitars, depending on the sounds sought, and the mix of techniques used, always balanced between the traditional ones of fingerstyle, the classic ones and the more contemporary ones.
CONCERTO
During the concert at the Soave Guitar Festival he will perform original songs taken from his latest recordings 'Marguerite' and 'Portata dal Vento' and personal arrangements of famous songs, of the Italian and international pop repertoire.
BIOGRAPHY
Dario Fornara
Acoustic fingerstyle guitarist, composer, solo artist.
He is president of the 'Fingerstyle Life' association’ with which he promotes initiatives related to the world of guitar.
He collaborated for 8 years as an author/journalist with the specialized magazine 'Chitarra Acustica’ (fingerpicking.net).
In the 2009 publishes the solo album 'Amore e Psiche' on the Fingerpicking.net label.
In the 2009 is present in the compilation '34 Times Amore', cd produced by Fingerpicking.net.
In the 2013 releases his second solo album 'Sequeri' for the Fingerpicking.net label.
In the 2018 is present in the compilation 'Chatelier Guitars The Player's Collection'.
In the 2022 publish the 45 vinyl records 'Brought by the Wind’ with the song of the same name and the unreleased 'Momenti di te'.
In the 2023 releases the mini CD (2 tracks) ‘Marguerite’, with the unreleased songs 'Marguerite' and 'Le rêve de Marguerite'.
He has also published and produced 3 cd in favor of the 'Wine & Guitar Clan’: ‘3 Guitars Clan’, ‘Four Guitars Clan’, e ‘Five Guitars Clan’.
He has participated in important events dedicated to the acoustic guitar in Italy, France and Switzerland among them:
- Guitar Festival 'Ferentino Acustica’ Ferentino (FR)
- 'Acoustic Franciacorta' guitar festival’ Iseo (BS)
- Guitar Festival 'A Country with Six Strings’ Lake of Orta (NO)
- Guitar festival 'Guitars to Dream’ Verona
- Guitar festival 'Soave Guitar Festival’ Soave (VR)
- Guitar festival 'Madame Guitare’ Thirtieth (UD)
- Festival chitarristico ‘Acoustic Guitar International Meeting’ Sarzana (SP)
- Guitar Festival 'Guitar and Harp’ Bussolengo (VR)
- Guitar festival 'Bachmann Acoustic Festival’ Anterselva (BZ)
- Guitar festival 'Galliate Master Guitar’ Galliate (NO)
- Chitarristico Festival ‘Guitar International Rendez Vous Convention ADGPA’ Conegliano (TV)
- Chitarristico Festival ‘Guitar International Rendez Vous Convention ADGPA’ Spilimbergo (PN)
- 'International Guitar Festival City of Fiuggi’ Fiuggi (FR)
- 'Moncalieri International Guitar Festival’ Moncalieri (TO)
- ‘Issoudun Guitar Festival’ Issoudun (France)
- ‘The Acoustic Guitar Project’ edition 2016 at the 'Salumeria della Musica’ (MI)
- Concerts and seminars at 'Six Bars Jail’ Serpiolle (FI)
- Dal 2006 al 2012 musical participation in the International Poetry Prize 'Poetry on The Lake’ Medium (NO)
- Guitar review 'Concerts under the Tower’ Leini (TO)
- Savarez Day 'Folies d'Italies' guitar festival” Pleasant (NO)
- Schertler Day guitar festival’ Pleasant (NO)
- Guitar review 'Savarez Day’ Nice (France)
- Guitar review 'Luthiers in Villa’ Lake of Orta (NO)
- Review 'Music, Harmony of the Soul’ Varzo, Ossola Valley (NO)
He collaborated with the actress Bruna Vero and the actor Domenico Brioschi in the creation of literary/musical shows. He collaborates in the artistic direction of the guitar festival 'Un Paese a Sei Corde’ and edited the 'Fingerstyle Life' section’ of the various editions of the 'Galliate Master Guitar'. E’ organizer and director of the 'Violin Makers in Villa' event, exhibition event dedicated to acoustic guitar making, event born in 2019 which he achieved in 2024 its 5th edition.
He personally held dozens of seminars, demos and workshops in important musical contexts, trade fair events, festival, shops, music schools among which:
- International Mandolin and Guitar Academy by Carlo Aonzo, Nerves
- Popular University, Vercelli
- Menichini Music, Pistoia
- Horses Music, Brescia
- Out of Time, Wedge
- Lucky Music, Milano
- Artemusica, Quincinet
- Biasin Musical Instruments, Pordenone
- Musicland, Domodossola
- School of Sound Music, Biella
- Opificio dell'Arte School of Music, Biella
- Schertler, Mendrisio (Swiss)
- Lascaris Palace Nice (France)
- Jungle Music School, Aaron
- Concerts and demos at the Cremona Mondomusica Fair
and many others…
He is a testimonial for the amplification systems and products of the prestigious Swiss brand Schertler, company for which he has worked as a demonstrator for years at fairs and musical events, of EKO Guitars acoustic guitars, of the French luthier guitars Chatelier Guitars, of Savarez Strings, You have fallen on the G7th, Foxgear effect pedals.
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