Pino Forastiere
Biography
Born in Latronico, Italy, Pino Forastiere moved with his family to Rome in his early childhood.
In 1992 he graduated from Santa Cecilia Conservatory with a degree in classical guitar, taking his final exam with a ten-string classical guitar.
In the following years, he used this ten-string guitar in live performances with original repertoire. In 1996 he laid down this instrument and picked up a six-string acoustic guitar.
He has studied composition and chamber music, performed in various ensembles with classical or original repertoire, and collaborated with jazz, experimental, electronic and pop projects.
Discography
- Circolare (2005)
- Rag Tap Boom (2003)
- Overcrossing (1999)
Performance Highlights
We were about to research the usual list of achievements and ran across the following poetic review of Pino's latest release. We think it says it all... and in a style much better than we could offer:
"One guitar. That's all. Nothing else, because there's no way to define in a credit list such stuff these tracks (songs?) are made of, crossed trajectories and balanced pauses and meditation in an evening singsong, while Orient dresses Latin spirits... Furtive and solemn, but always so gentle to become almost embarrassing, Forastiere's music never allows technical skill to overwhelm communicativeness. The result is a precious album, an 'islandalbum'." - Stefano Solventi, www.sentireascoltare.com
Pino Forastiere web site
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